[HDNG]CITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.30 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.20[ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]The city is becoming quite student-oriented for night life. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cinema:[EBOLD] 7-screen multiplex.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] (3) The Nuffield specialises in modern drama, the [PARA]Mayflower in the touring blockbusters and the Gantry in arty and [PARA]experimental theatre.[PARA][BOLD]Pubs:[EBOLD] Lots of pubs with late night licences and music and many [PARA]open all day. There are plenty of distinct types, such as Irish, [PARA]modern and olde worlde. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: New Inn (good cheap grub [PARA]and range of whiskies); Joiners, Scholars (live music at both); [PARA]Talking Heads; Hobbit; Frog and Frigate for pissed debauchery. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos: [EBOLD]Southampton is not short of fun ways to make [PARA]your legs ache. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: Jesters (busy but basic, ú1); Rhino [PARA]Club (indie, ú1-2); Kaos; 'Magnum' (mostly gay, ú4).[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] The Joiners for up and coming indie (The [PARA]Levellers, Lush before they made it); The Gantry for jazz and [PARA]folk, The Mayflower and the Guild Hall for mainstream (recently, [PARA]Manic Street Preachers, Gary Glitter, Midge Ure).[PARA][BOLD]Others: [EBOLD]The 'Bitterne Bowl' is the place for a spot of hi tech ten [PARA]pin bowling and zap your pals at the Quasar Studio at Ocean [PARA]Village.[HDNG]UNIVERSITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.20 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.10[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] (7) 5 bars in the residential halls. Of the Union's 2 [ITAL]airport [PARA]lounge-like[EITAL] bars, 1 is non-smoking.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] (3) 2 of the theatres are temporary spaces used for [PARA]between 1 and 3 weeks a term. The 3rd is The Nuffield, a [PARA]professional theatre used once a year by students.[PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] The recent screenings from the award-winning Union [PARA]Films have included Falling Down and Like Water for Chocolate. [PARA]It's a[ITAL] very active[EITAL] club with regular cult movie nights.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] Every Friday the Union gives itself up to 'The [PARA]Beehive' (adm ú1) - indie, soul, rave and disco in the ballroom (cap[PARA]400), which also hosts regular live gigs. The University's largest [PARA]venue is the West Refectory (800) for a whole mound of live [PARA]sound. There are 3 other bars and rooms, all with capacities [PARA]under 250 and the Turner Sims Concert Hall.[PARA][BOLD]Cabaret: [EBOLD]Most Sundays, there's a snicker sesh, courtesy of [PARA]Hattie Hayridge, Stevie Starr and the like.[PARA][BOLD]Recent band appearances:[EBOLD] Curve, St Etienne, Megadog.[PARA][BOLD]Others:[EBOLD] Cafes and jazz evenings, debates and speakers, and [PARA]there's always a party to crash. Every year, there are at least 6 [PARA]black tie balls, [ITAL]but at ú20-30 a ticket, and no free booze, it gets [PARA]beyond the means of many[EITAL].[HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][PARA]For a bite and bit of idle banter the places to go are the [PARA]University's 2 refectories (feeding 1,000 for a long lunch and early[PARA]dinner) and the Union coffee bar open all day, every day. There's [PARA]also a bistro being planned, for healthier tucker. But for those [PARA]who fancy a change from institutional nosh, there are local pubs[ITAL] [PARA]worth taking an empty gullet to[EITAL]. The restaurants offer plenty of [PARA]choice from French haute cuisine to imported ambience in [PARA]Mexicans and Italians. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]'s top tips are La Brasserie (exquisite[PARA]French food at rock bottom prices), Fatty Arbuckle's, Ghengis [PARA]Khan's (Mongolian), Alice's Mex Tex (to stuff you silly). Cafes [PARA]are not so good, mainly stodge food at middling prices. [EITAL] There are[PARA]various late pit stops all over the shop. [ITAL]Students could do worse [PARA]than kebabs in Bedford Place or curry at the Dhaka[EITAL] until 4am.[PARA][PARA]
