See the Arizona Opera at Symphony Hall, 75 North Second Street (tel: (602) 266 7464; website: www.azopera.com). The Phoenix Symphony (tel: (602) 495 1999 or 1 800 776 9080; website www.phoenixsymphony.org) also performs at Symphony Hall as well as at the following venues: the Orpheum Theatre, 203 West Adams Street (tel: (602) 257 4300); the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 7380 East Second Street in Scottsdale (tel: (480) 994 2787; website: www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org); Mesa Arts Center, 1 East Main Street, Mesa (tel: (480) 644 6500; website: www.mesaartscenter.com); Pinnacle Church Presbyterian Church, 25150 North Pima Road, Scottsdale (tel: (480) 585 9448; website: www.pinnaclepres.org/missions); and Maricopa County Events Center, 19403 RH Johnson Boulevard, Sun City West (tel: (623) 544 2888; website: www.maricopacountyeventscenter.com). The latter is also the venue for Broadway-style theatre.

See Ballet Arizona at the Ballet Arizona Studios, 3645 East Indian School Road (tel: (602) 381 1096; website: www.balletaz.org), or at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 East Monroe Street (tel: (602) 254 7399; website: www.herbergertheater.org).

Center Dance Ensemble (tel: (602) 997 9027) and resident theatre companies, which include Arizona Theatre Company (tel: (602) 256 6899; website: www.aztheatreco.org), Childsplay (tel: (480) 350 8101; website: www.childsplayaz.org) and Actor's Theatre of Phoenix (tel: (602) 253 6701; website: www.atphx.org) perform at various venues. Check www.showuptickets.com for discount tickets.

You'll find two strategically located cinemas at the AMC Arizona Center 24, 565 Third Street (tel: (602) 956 4262), and Harkins Fashion Square 7, 7014 East Camelback Road, Scottsdale (tel: (602) 222 4275).