Music, Dance and Theatre: The Cambridge Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street (tel: (01223) 357 851; website: www.cornex.co.uk) is the city's centre for performing arts and entertainment. The largest venue in Cambridge, it stages a wide variety of shows and performances, from cutting-edge European jazz, rock and pop, opera, comedy, classical music and kids' shows through to dance shows, new music, comedy and West End productions.

Cambridge Arts Theatre, 6 St Edward's Passage (tel: (01223) 503 333; website: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com) is a traditional theatre, offering a wide variety of shows by professional theatre companies, amateur dramatic clubs and student groups. Also dance, music, comedy, pantomime and West End shows can be enjoyed here.

The ADC Theatre, Park Street (tel: (01223) 503 333; website: www.adc-theatre.cam) is the oldest university playhouse in the country, staging a combination of high quality student and local drama. The Guildhall, Market Square (tel: (01233) 357 851) is a listed building the centre of the city. It has two impressive spaces, The Large Hall and The Small Hall, and it is used for a variety of events from live music events to comedy, talks, craft fairs, conferences and much more.

Situated in the heart of the Anglia Ruskin University Campus (off East Road), the Mumford Theatre (tel: (01223) 352 932; website: http://web.apu.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre) is a university theatre presenting professional touring, local community and student theatre productions.

West Road Concert Hall (tel: (01223) 335 184; website: www.westroad.org) is one of Cambridge's premiere music venues. It is renowned for its excellent acoustics and is used for orchestral concerts, fully staged opera performances and smaller scale chamber concerts, as well as for commercial recordings.To find out what's on, www.visitcambridge.org/visitors/whatson.php

Film: Cambridge has three cinemas. Cineworld (tel: 0871 200 2000;website: www.cineworld.co.uk) in Cambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Way, and Vue Cambridge (tel: 0871 224 0240; website: www.myvue.com) in The Grafton Centre, East Road, are multiplex cinemas screening mainstream films and all the latest blockbusters. Arts Picturehouse (tel: 0870 755 1242; website: www.picturehouses.co.uk), 38-39 St Andrew's Street, is the place to go for independent and international film.