To the theatre people usually come dressed up, they take off their coats in the cloakroom and there they can also hire opera glasses. You can get tickets to the stalls, pit, gallery, dress circle, upper circle, balcony, gods and boxes. People usualy read the programme before the performance to see who stars in the play and who plays the supporting roles, something about the story and who designed the stage scenery and costumes. The curtain goes up and the performance begins. Between two acts there is an interval. You can walk in the foyer, smoke, buy some refreshments or share opinions of the performance with your friends. When the performance is over, the audience bursts into applause. Sometimes the actors and actresses are called out. The play may be the tragedy, a serious play about great suffering, or the comedy, which is light and amusing.

Our Czech theatre enjoys great popularity not only in this country but around the world. Czech actors even travel abroad to perform. Many foreigners also travel for theatrical performances to our country. Our best known theatre is the National Theatre in Prague. Tickets are expensive there and must be bought well in advance. In Prague we can also find many other theatres. A person who truly loves the theatre acquires a different view of the world. Radio and TV

Radio and television are also a part of people´s lives. Some people have the nasty habit to put on television immediately after coming home. Some people like watching TV, but some are against that. You can learn from TV foreign languages and it´s wonderful source of information, but on the other hand there is a lot of crime and violence. Nowadays watching television is very popular. Sometimes watching TV is only waste of time, but everyone can choose those programmes which prefers. If you have satellite, you can choose from channels such as Hallmark, HBO, HBO 2, MTV Hits, MTV Base, VIVA, Pro7, RTL, Eurosport, Spektrum, Discovery and many others. You can watch horrors, westerns, adventure films, thrillers, soap operas, action, psychological, romantic and science-fiction films. You can watch quizes, competitions, educational programmes, TV news or weather forecast, too. I think that bad TV programmes are stupid competitions, where you don´t need to know anything to win some money. I think it´s quite unfair, because if it´s competition, you should prove something of your knowledge. In Great Britain, radio and TV broadcasting is mainly provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which has four radio and four television channels.