http://www.freeblog.org.uk/madridtravel/ en-us Webligo BlogHoster  Madrid’s theatre scene is a year-round affair, but it really gets going in autumn. Most shows are in Spanish, but those who don’t speak the language may still enjoy musi-cals or  zarzuela, Spain’s own singing-and- dancing version of musical theatre. Tickets start at around €10 and run up to €50. Mostly you can buy tickets at the box office on the day of the performance, but for new, popular or weekend shows you should book ahead. Note that box offices are usually closed on Mondays and sometimes Tuesdays, when there are no shows. On other days they’re generally open from about 10am until 1pm and again from 5pm until the start of the evening’s show. http://www.freeblog.org.uk/madridtravel/4495/ Madrileños are among Europe’s most devoted movie-goers and on Sunday evenings just about every  sala (venue) in town is packed and queues stretch down the street. Most people buy tickets at the door, but turning up a couple of hours early or ringing the cinema to make a booking can be a good idea. Regular tickets cost about €6, rising to €7 on weekends, though there’s a discount on Wednesdays, the día de espectador (spectator’s day). There are further discounts one day a week (also usually Wednesday) for seniors http://www.freeblog.org.uk/madridtravel/4060/ If  madrileños  mostly drink wine with their meals, they drink lager-style beer for much of the rest of the time. In the majority of bars you won’t have much choice, but thankfully Madrid’s flagship beer, Mahou, goes down well. Mahou was first produced in Madrid by a French entrepreneur in 1890 and comes as both draught and bottled. Cruzcampo is a lighter beer. Otherwise, two Catalan compa-nies, Damm and San Miguel, each produce about 15% of all Spain’s beer. Foreign beers are becoming more widely available, but you’ll have to ask for them and don’t expect too much choice other than in Irish bars. The Mexican Coronita is also widely on sale.   http://www.freeblog.org.uk/madridtravel/3380/