Lunchtime Concerts at Tannhauser Overture.
music programme
St Catherine of Italy
This sixth season of lunchtime concerts
brings together some of our Islands’
more established performers, presenting
a series of chamber concerts which have
gained a regular audience of locals and
tourists alike. Entrance is by donation that
goes towards the Restoration Fund for the
Church of St. Catherine of Italy.
Venue: St Catherine of Italy, Valletta.
Every Sunday at 11.00 hrs.
Performers Platform
St James Cavalier is committed to
discovering, nurturing and promoting new
talent. The Performers’ Platform Concert
Series provides up-and-coming musicians
with the opportunity to perform in a
professional environment in the Music
Room at the Centre.
The Second Series of the Performers
Platform Concerts is held every
Wednesday up to 25 May 2011.
Venue: The Music Room, St. James
Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta.
Every Wednesday at 12.35 hrs
1 April
Classical music concert
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra,
conducted by Brian Schembri. Programme:
Liszt – Les Preludes, Piano Concerto No. 1
& No.2 (soloist: Balazs Szokolay),
Berlioz – Rakoczy March, Wagner –
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Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs
9 April
Peter & the Wolf/Young Person’s
Guide to the Orchestra
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Christopher Muscat,
narrator: Sarah Spiteri.
Venue: Republic Hall, Mediterranean
Conference Centre, Valletta.
Time: 18.30 hrs.
10 April
A Little Sunday Night Music
Chamber music focusing on some of the
greatest chamber pieces ever written –
performed by Trio Zigaro
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Time: 19.00 hrs.
12 April
2+2=8
An 8-hand piano concert produced by
Teatru Manoel, featuring the highly
acclaimed pianists Wayne Marshall,
Jennifer Micallef, Glen Inanga and John
McLaughlin Williams.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
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music programme
String Concert
Performed by the Camilleri Trio
Venue: Sala Isouard, Teatru Manoel,
Valletta. Time: 20.00 hrs.
16 April
Concert of Sacred Music
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Emanuel Spagnol.
Venue: St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs.
16 – 17 April
Akoustika
An annual concert where jazz, pop and
rock all come together in an explosion of
popular music and talent.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta. Time: 20.00 hrs.
26 – 30 April
International Spring Festival
Produced by Karl Fiorini, featuring local
and foreign talent.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
3 May
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer in Residence Concert
Conducted by Joseph Vella, Malta
Philharmonic Orchestra, composer-in-
residence. Programme: Marko Mihevc
– Karnaval (Symphonic Poem), Joseph
Vella – Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra
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op 121(Premier) Soloist: Godfrey Mifsud,
Christopher Muscat – Extase, Paul
Hindemith – Symphonie –Mathis der Maler.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs.
12 May
Piano Recital - Giselle Grima
Venue: Sala Isouard, Teatru Manoel,
Valletta. Time: 20.00 hrs.
22 May
A Little Sunday Night Music
A concert of chamber music focusing on
some of the greatest works written by
Verdi and Vaughan Williams.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta. Time: 19.00 hrs.
24 May
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra/
Manoel Theatre Collaboration Concert (3)
Under the direction of the Orchestra’s
music director, Michael Laus.
Programme: Bartok – Rumanian Dances,
Chopin – Piano Concerto in E minor op
11 (soloist: Joanne Camilleri), Smetana –
From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields, Kodaly
– Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (‘The
Peacock’). Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs
27 May
Music Concert
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
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Concerto all’Italiana
A concert of Italian music to celebrate
the 150th Anniversary of the Unification
of Italy, presented by Fiesole Artistic
Productions and the Italian Cultural
Institute.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs
5 June
A Little Sunday Night Music
A concert of chamber music focusing on
some of the greatest works ever written.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Time: 19.00 hrs.
10, 11, 12 June
Għanafest- Malta Mediterranean Folk
Music Festival
Celebrating the folk music heritage
of the Mediterranean. Besides għana
(Maltese folksong), the festival presents
a selection of local ensembles, Maltese
songwriters and folk musicians from
Mediterranean countries or countries that
influenced music in this region. This year
the international guests for Għanafest
are: Nakaira from Sicily, Navà Ensemble
Persian music and Swing a la Turc quartet
from Turkey. Għanafest also hosts a series
of workshops on traditional instruments
and a special programme for children.
A wonderful event for the whole family
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complemented by traditional Maltese food
theatre programme
in the marvellous surroundings of the
Argotti botanical gardens in Floriana.
Further information may be found on
www.maltafolkmusicfestival.org
Venue: Argotti Botanical Gardens, Floriana
Time: 19.00 hrs
1 – 10 April
Pupu fil-Baħar
A play by Alfred Sant, produced by KAST
Productions and directed by Carmel
S. Aquilina, featuring Antonella Galea
Loffreda, Charles Sammut and Joe Galea.
Since its inception in 2001, KAST has
become synonymous with innovative
theatrical adaptations of literary
masterpieces in English and Maltese. KAST
works through the process of collective
creation, where the actors and director
together construct an original script based
on improvisation and creative writing
inspired by the chosen literature. Alfred
Sant’s collection of twelve narratives is the
focus of this theatrical work that oscillates
between characters living on the verge
of society, middle-class mentality and the
complexity of human relationships, with
an underlying sardonic look at everyday
life and characters.
The play will be performed in Maltese.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
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The Cuckoo’s Nest
theatre programme
2 and 3 April
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Ken Kesey’s theatrical masterpiece,
produced by ATGE and hosted by Teatru
Manoel. The play is currently on tour and
receiving excellent reviews.
The play will be performed in English.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
8 – 10, 15 – 17 April
Mrs Warren’s Profession
This classic by George Bernard Shaw
presented by MADC and directed by
Joyce Grech, is the story of a mother and
daughter with clashing views about a
highly lucrative but unethical business.
Cast: Isabelle Warrington, Barry Calvert,
Colin Willis, Simone Spiteri, Andrew Galea
and Chris Hudson.
The play will be performed in English.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
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16 and 17 April
The Twits
A highly interactive play, based on the
story by Roald Dahl. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are
ugly, dirty, smelly and downright nasty,
yet ingenious at playing mean tricks on
each other. They become allies only when
they are catching birds for bird pies or
training their monkeys for their dream
upside down Monkey Circus. The Twits
is performed in English and is aimed at a
young audience of 6 - 12 years. Produced
and directed by Isabelle Gatt, with musical
arrangements and vocal coaching by Sigo.
Bookings through St. James Cavalier:
21 22 32 00 or 21 22 32 16 or email
boxoffice@sjcav.org. Tickets are €8.50.
Discounted tickets for the family are also
available. Venue: MITP Theatre, Valletta.
Time: 7.30pm
29 April – 8 May
Oleanna
A play produced by Stewsoft Productions,
Oleanna is a two-hander by David Mamet,
about the power struggle between a
university professor and one of his female
students who accuses him of sexual
exploitation and, by doing so, spoils his
chances of being accorded tenure.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta. Time: 20.00 hrs.
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Bogħod mill-Għajn
A play by Vincent Vella, presented by
Teatru Manoel in collaboration with
Maleth, and directed by Alan Fenech.
The play gives insight into the family life
of one of the ‘internati’ and a series of
incidents encountered within the socio-
political background of Malta during the
Second World War.
The play will be performed in Maltese.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
13 – 29 May
The Opposite Sex
A comedy produced by TNT Productions.
A chance meeting between friendly
couples takes an unexpected twist of
fate. It is not long before what should
have been a friendly dinner party turns
into a social nightmare. As the common
denominator between the characters
starts to become clearer, the air soon
become thick with insults, black eyes and
broken chins.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
14 and 15 May do likewise.
It-Tifla li Waqgħet Ġo Ktieb
A play in Maltese adapted by Trevor Zahra
from The Boy Who Fell into a Book by
Alan Ayckbourn. As Marica reads before
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going to sleep, she suddenly finds herself
theatre programme
falling into the action with her superhero
with whom she journeys through her
entire shelf of books, meeting different
characters that overlap into each other’s
worlds flitting from one adventure to
the next. The play is aimed at a young
audience of 5 to 10 years, yet is a delight
for all the family. Directed by Marcelle
Theuma, musical arrangements and vocal
coaching by Sigo; produced by Isabelle
Gatt. Bookings through St. James Cavalier:
21 22 32 00 or 21 22 32 16 or email
boxoffice@sjcav.org. Tickets are €8.50.
Discounted tickets for the family are also
available.
Venue: MITP Theatre, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs (confirm with theatre
listings)
20 – 22 May
The Rose Tattoo
A play by Tennessee Williams, directed
by Albert Marshall and presented by
Teatru Manoel in collaboration with the
Malta Drama Centre and the US Embassy.
The Rose Tattoo is the story of an Italo-
American widow in Louisiana who,
following her husband’s death, withdraws
from society and expects her daughter to
The play will be performed in English.
Venue: Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
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VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME
Bolt from the Blue
A Mellowdrama Production. Edward
Jones was just an ordinary man, doing
ordinary things - until the day before
his fortieth birthday. What happened
next was, quite literally, incredible. It
defies belief. It defies logic. It defies the
fundamental laws of science and nature.
But it happened. And it came like a bolt
from the blue. With his latest comedy,
adapted from his novel of the same name,
David Tristram brings his trademark
hilarity to every line, but with a poignant
and unusual story that tingles every
nerve ending and jangles every human
emotion before reaching its extraordinary
conclusion.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Time: 20.00 hrs.
Until 15 May
In Quest of Beauty: Alphonse Mucha
1860-1939
An exhibition of lithographs, prints,
sketches and paintings by Prague’s most
illustrious artist.
Venue: Grand Salon, National Museum of
Archaeology, Valletta.
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 09.00
hrs till 16.30 hrs.
(Last admission: 16.00 hrs.)
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Until 10 April
Placeness - An Exhibition of Oil
paintings by Trevor Borg
The artist is highly influenced by
Mediterranean culture and the interplay of
light, shade and colour as amplified by the
warm Maltese sun. He is also fascinated by
the deep blue tones of the Mediterranean
Sea, evident by the palette he employs
to convey his visual messages. The artist
describes his work as a continuous
narrative of his inner feelings, thoughts
and comments, imbued with social as well
as cultural influences represented in the
form of a creative visual research journey.
Supported by the Malta Arts Fund.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Opening Hours: Monday and Tuesday
09.00 hrs - 17.00 hrs, Wednesday to
Friday 09.00 hrs - 21.00 hrs, Saturday and
Sunday 10.00 hrs - 21.00 hrs.
12 March – 6 April
Young Cavaliers’ Club
St James Cavalier’s annual exhibition of
creative work by children participating in
the Young Cavaliers’ Club.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Opening Hours: Monday and Tuesday
09.00 - 17.00 hrs, Wednesday to Friday
09.00 hrs - 21.00 hrs, Saturday and
Sunday 10.00 hrs - 21.00 hrs.
Free entrance
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VISUAL ARTS programme

An exhibition of paintings by Michael

In Quest of Beauty: Alphonse Mucha

von Cube and Giuseppe Schembri
Bonaci
Venue: The Contemporary Hall, National
Museum of Fine Arts, South Street,
Valletta.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00
hrs - 16.30 hrs.
Free entrance

2 April – 1 May
Humanity In Forms
An exhibition of ceramics by Mario
Sammut.
Venue: The Loggia, National Museum of
Fine Arts, South Street, Valletta.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday
09:00hrs - 16:30hrs (Last Admission:
16:00hrs)
Free entrance

15 April – 15 May
Photography exhibition by Guillem
Vidal
The exhibition brings together a collection
of 25 photographs depicting three
distinct landscapes: the salt marshes
of Malta, the port of Barcelona and the
caves of Menorca. Common to all of them
is the sea and nature. The recurring
theme of the bridge is not there by
chance as the photographs are part of a
larger retrospective by the artist, called
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 Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME
Creativity, Valletta.
Opening Hours: Monday and Tuesday
09.00 hrs – 17.00 hrs, Wednesday to
Friday 09.00 hrs - 21.00 hrs, Saturday and
Sunday 10.00 hrs - 21.00 hrs.
6 May – 5 June
VLTPH11 – Valletta Photographic
Festival
The festival is based on a concept by
Humanity in Forms: The Group
by Mario Sammut
Patrick Fenech, and is curated by Patrick
Fenech, Vince Briffa and Lisa Gwen
Baldacchino. The festival showcase the
works of 12 local artists, the Valletta
community and is aimed at engaging
students from various schools in
Malta and Gozo to appreciate fine art
photography and to learn how to ‘read’
photographs.
The festival will be held in various indoor
and outdoor venues around Valletta.
Supported by the Malta Arts Fund.
6 May – 30 June
Ġmiel il-Ħrejjef
An exhibition of paintings by Rupert Cefai.
Inspired by century-old folktales rich
in ethnographic content, this exhibition
is complemented with a programme of
thematic educational sessions between
Monday 16 - Friday 27 May.
Venue: The National Museum of
Ethnography, Inquisitor’s Palace,
Vittoriosa.
For further information and times of
opening: tel: 21663731 (Inquisitor’s
Palace)
7 May – 29 June
Daydreams
An exhibition of paintings by Barbara
Butzke.
Venue: The Contemporary Exhibitions
Hall, National Museum of Fine Arts, South
Street, Valletta.
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CINEMA PROGRAMME
09:00hrs - 16:30hrs (Last Admission: Met HD Live – Le Comte Ory –
16:00hrs) Giacchino Rossini
Time: 19.00 hrs.
27 May - 23 July
Early 19th century souvenir drawings 17 April
of the Ggantija Temples Lucia di Lammermoor (Repeat screening)
An exhibition of exclusive drawings, Time: 15.00 hrs.
held in conjunction with Lejlet Lapsi -
Notte Gozitana events. Venue: Gozo Area 23 April and 7 May
Exhibition Hall, The Citadel, Victoria, Gozo.  Met HD Live – Capriccio – Richard
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday Strauss
09:00hrs - 17:00hrs; Saturday 09:00hrs - Time: 19.00 hrs.
12:00 noon.
30 April and 21 May
June Met HD Live – Il Trovatore – Giuseppe
Re-painted Verdi
National Museum of Fine Arts, South Time: 19.00 hrs.
Street, Valletta
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 1 May
09:00hrs - 16:30hrs (Last Admission: Le Comte Ory (Repeat screening)
16:00hrs). Free entrance Time: 15.00 hrs.

All the films listed below will be screened 14 and 28 May

at the Cinema of St James Cavalier Centre Met HD Live – Die Walküre – Richard
for Creativity, Valletta. Wagner
Time: 18.00 hrs
2 April
NTLive – Frankenstein (Repeat 15 May
screening) Capriccio (Repeat screening)
Time: 20.00 hrs. Time: 15.00 hrs.

3 April 29 May
Iphigenie en Taurus (Repeat screening) Il Trovatore (Repeat screening)
Time: 15.00 hrs. Time: 15.00 hrs.

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other events
Die Walküre (Repeat screening)
Time: 15.00 hrs.
30 June
NTLive – The Cherry Orchard - Live
Performance
Time: 20.00 hrs.
April
Art & Wine @ South Street
Interesting discussions on Art over a glass
of wine.
Venue: The National Museum of Fine Arts,
South Street, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs.
Free entrance
3 April
Sunday Cultural Tour
A visit to Fort Manoel including the
recently-restored Chapel dedicated to
Saint Anthony of Padova, Selmun Palace
and the Chapel dedicated to the Madonna
tal-Abbandunati at ‘Tas-Sultan’ Castle in
Wardija.
For bookings: call Noel D’Amato or Adrian
German on 21232515, 21247913 or send
an e-mail to noel.damato@maltaculture.
com or visit www.maltaculture.com
Tickets: €12; concessions for children
aged 5-12 and senior citizens: €9.50.
Venue: Coaches depart from Sliema and
Floriana.
Time: 08.45 hrs.
12
14 April
English-Speaking Union – Talks
Speaker – H.E. Jim Hennessy, Irish
Ambassador
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Time: 18.00 hrs.
May
Art & Wine @ South Street
Interesting discussion on Art over a glass
of wine.
Venue: The National Museum of Fine Arts,
South Street, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs.
Free entrance
May
Open Day at the National Museum
of Natural History, Mdina.
1 May
Cultural Walking Tour on the island
of Comino
A visit to the Tower, Gun Battery, Old
Hospital and Chapel. For bookings: call
Noel D’Amato or Adrian German on
21232515, 21247913 or send an e-mail
to noel.damato@maltaculture.com or visit
www.maltaculture.com
Tickets: €12; concessions for children
aged 5-12 and senior citizens: €9.50.
Venue: Coaches depart from Sliema and
Floriana.
Time: 08.00 hrs.
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Heritage Trail – Comino
Tickets can be bought from all Heritage
Malta museums and sites.
For further information: contact Mario
Casha on 23954242.
15 May
Cultural Tour of the Island of Gozo.
A full day tour to Gozo.
For bookings: call Noel D’Amato or Adrian
German on 21232515, 21247913 or send
an e-mail to noel.damato@maltaculture.
com or visit www.maltaculture.com
Tickets: €21.50; concessions for children
aged 5-12 and senior citizens: €19.
Venue: Coaches depart from Sliema and
Floriana.
Time: 07.30 hrs.
other events
English-Speaking Union – Talks
Speaker – H.E. Prof. Douglas Kmiec,
American Ambassador
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta.
Time: 18.00 hrs.
June
Art and Wine @ South Street
Interesting discussions on Art over a glass
of wine.
Venue: The National Museum of Fine Arts,
South Street, Valletta.
Time: 19.30 hrs.

Sunday Cultural Tour:

Fort Manoel
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other events
M3P Conference English-Speaking Union – Talks
A conference co-ordinated by Toni Sant, Speaker – H.E. Anne Quinane, Australian
on the first six months of the Malta Music Ambassador
Memory Project, in association with the Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
University of Hull. Supported by the Malta Creativity, Valletta.
Arts Fund. Time: 18.00 hrs.
Venue: St James Cavalier Centre for
Creativity, Valletta. 21 June
Time: 9.00 – 17.00 hrs. Summer Solstice at Mnajdra Temples
Experience the Spring Equinox sunrise
5 June from Mnajdra Temples. Including a tour of
Filfla Heritage Trail Mnajdra Temples and access to the Visitor
Tickets can be bought from all Heritage Centre.
Malta museums and sites. Tickets at €15 (€10 for Heritage Malta
For further information contact Mario members) may be purchased from all
Casha on 23954242 Heritage Malta sites and museums. Places
are limited.
7 June For further information tel. Heritage
Heritage Malta Open Day Malta on 21424231.
Visit Heritage Malta sites and museums
for free: 28, 29 June
National Museum of Fine Arts Mnarja
Malta Maritime Museum A programme of activities to
Domus Romana commemorate the traditional feast of St
Inquisitor’s Palace Peter and St Paul including folk singing
For further information contact Mario and village band music on the 28th; and
Casha on 23954242 the traditional horse races at Racecourse
Street, Rabat on the 29th.
7 June Venue: Buskett Gardens and Rabat
Sette Giugno Commemorative
ceremony
A National Festivities event
Venue: Hastings Garden, Valletta.
Time: 21.30 hrs.

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CONTACTS
Office of the Prime Minister
Auberge d’Italie, Merchants Street, Valletta VLT 1170
Tel: (+356) 2291 5006, Fax: (+356) 2291 5039
Website: www.visitmalta.com

The Malta Council for Culture and the Arts

230 Republic Street, Valletta VLT 1116
Tel: (356) 2124 5168, Fax: (+356) 2124 1964
E-mail: info@maltaculture.com, Website: www.maltaculture.com

St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity

Castille Place, Valletta VLT 1060
Tel: (356) 2122 3200, Fax: (+356) 2122 3218
E-mail: info@sjcav.org, Website: www.sjcav.org

Teatru Manoel
115, Old Theatre Street, Valletta VLT 1426
Tel: (356) 2122 2618, Fax: (+356) 2124 7451
E-mail: info@teatrumanoel.com.mt, Website: www.teatrumanoel.com.mt

Mediterranean Conference Centre

Hospital Street, Valletta VLT 1645
Tel: (356) 2559 5215/209/201, Fax: (+356) 2124 5900
E-mail: sales@mcc.com.mt, Website: www.mcc.com.mt

Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

88, Old Mint Street, Valletta VLT 12
Tel: (356) 2124 4473; 2123 8835, Fax: (+356) 2124 4473.
E-mail: info@maltaorchestra.com, Website: www.maltaorchestra.com

Heritage Malta
Ex-Royal Naval Hospital, Triq Marina, Kalkara, KKR 1524
Tel: (356) 2295 4300, Fax: (+356) 2122 2900.
E-mail: info@heritagemalta.org, Website: www.heritagemalta.org

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 1. St James Cavalier
locations
2. St Catherine of Italy
3. National Museum of Fine Arts
4. St John’s Co-Cathedral
5. Teatru Manoel
6. MITP Theatre
7. Mediterranean Conference Centre
St James Cavalier, Teatru Manoel and the
Mediterranean Conference Centre
are accessible to all, including
wheelchair users.