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Champs-Élysées (Map; 01 53 53 64 64; 74 av des Champs-Élysées, 8e; 10am-midnight Mon-Sat, noon-midnight Sun; Franklin D Roosevelt)

Étoile (Map; 01 44 09 18 00; 26-30 av des Ternes, 17e; 10am-7.30pm Mon-Sat; Ternes)

Forum des Halles (Map; 01 40 41 40 00; Forum des Halles shopping centre, level 3, 1-7 rue Pierre Lescot, 1er; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat; Châtelet Les Halles)

Montparnasse (Map; 01 49 54 30 00; 136 rue de Rennes, 6e; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat; St-Placide)

St-Lazare (Map; 01 55 31 20 00; 109 rue St-Lazare, 9e; 10am-7.30pm Mon-Wed & Sat, to 8.30pm Thu & Fri; St-Lazare).

Virgin Megastore ( 08 25 12 91 39; www.virginmega.fr, in French) branches:

Barbès (Map; 01 56 55 53 70; 15 blvd Barbès, 18e; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat; Barbès Rochechouart)

Champs-Élysées (Map; 01 49 53 50 00; 52-60 av des Champs-Élysées, 8e; 10am-midnight Mon-Sat, noon-midnight Sun; Franklin D Roosevelt)

Galerie du Carrousel du Louvre (Map; 01 44 50 03 10; 99 rue de Rivoli, 1er; 10am-8pm Mon & Tue, to 9pm Wed-Sun; Palais Royal Musée du Louvre)

Gare Montparnasse (Map; place Raoul Dautry, 14e; 7am-8.30pm Mon-Thu, to 9pm Fri, 8am-8pm Sat; Montparnasse Bienvenüe)

Other ticketing box offices:

Agence Marivaux (Map; 01 42 97 46 70; 7 rue de Marivaux, 2e; 11.30am-7.30pm Mon-Fri, noon-4pm Sat; Richelieu Drouot) Paris’ oldest ticket agency, just opposite the Opéra Comique.

Agence Perrossier & SOS Théâtres (Map; 01 42 60 58 31, 01 44 77 88 55; www.agencedetheatresdeparis.fr; 6 place de la Madeleine, 8e; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat; Madeleine)

Discount Tickets

Come the day of a performance, snag a half-price ticket for the ballet, theatre, opera etc at discount-ticket outlet Kiosque Théâtre Madeleine (Map; opp 15 place de la Madeleine, 8e; 12.30-8pm Tue-Sat, to 4pm Sun; Madeleine) or Kiosque Théâtre Montparnasse (Map; Parvis Montparnasse, 15e; 12.30-8pm Tue-Sat, to 4pm Sun; Montparnasse Bienvenüe).

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CABARET

Parisians don’t tend to watch the city’s risqué cabaret revues – tourists do. Times and prices for the dazzling, pseudo-bohemian productions starring women in two beads and a feather (or was that two feathers and a bead?) vary: shows often begin at 7pm or 7.30pm, 8.30pm or 9pm, or 11pm, and some venues have matinées and additional evening shows at the weekend. Tickets cost anything from €65 to €120 per person (€140 to €400 with swish dinner and champagne). All venues sell tickets online.

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top picks

FREE SHOWS

Paris’ eclectic gaggle of clowns, acrobats, Rollerbladers, buskers and other street entertainers can be highly entertaining and costs substantially less than a theatre ticket (€1 in the hat is a sweet gesture). Our favourite spots for a good show:

Place Georges Pompidou, 4e (Map) The huge square in front of the Centre Pompidou.

Place Jean du Bellay, 1er (Map) Musicians and fire-eaters near the Fontaine des Innocents.

Pont St-Louis, 4e (Map) The bridge linking Paris’ two islands.

Pont au Double, 4e (Map) The pedestrian bridge linking Notre Dame with the Left Bank.

Palais de Tokyo & Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 16e Venue of choice for the city’s most acrobatic inline skaters.

Parc de la Villette, 19e African drummers at the weekend.

Metro (Map) Any time on any line – even when you’re not in the mood.

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CRAZY HORSE Map

01 47 23 32 32; www.lecrazyhorseparis.com; 12 av George V, 8e; Alma Marceau

This popular cabaret, whose dressing (or, rather, undressing) rooms were featured in Woody Allen’s film What’s New Pussycat? (1965), now promotes fine art – abstract 1960s patterns as they appear superimposed on the female nude form.

LE LIDO DE PARIS Map

01 40 76 56 10; www.lido.fr; 116bis av des Champs-Élysées, 8e; George V

Founded at the close of WWII, this gets top marks for its sets and the lavish costumes of its 70 artistes, including the famed Bluebell Girls and now the Lido Boy Dancers.

MOULIN ROUGE Map

01 53 09 82 82; www.moulinrouge.fr; 82 blvd de Clichy, 18e; Blanche

Ooh la la… What is probably Paris’ most celebrated cabaret was founded in 1889 and its dancers appeared in