London’s West End and New York’s Broadway aren’t the only places to catch a show, you know. There are amazing theatres to be found across the length and breadth of the globe, so, as a lover of performance, whether you’re into big productions or local artists, you’re definitely spoilt for choice.

To find an alternative list of some of the world’s greatest theatre destinations, make sure to read on.

Antalya, Turkey

If your performance passions lie in opera, ballet, or classical musical, then you need to head to Antalya, Turkey. Here, you will find the amazing Amphitheatre of Aspendos (known in Turkish as the Belkis Theatre), a well-preserved two-millennia-old Roman theatre that wouldn’t look out of place in Rome itself. In this open-air theatre, especially if you visit while the Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival is on, you will be able to enjoy an array of amazing performances from both Turkish and foreign performers alike.

To ensure that your holiday is as memorable as it can be, why not organize amazing accommodation for yourself? If you’ve got enough cash left after all of those shows that you pay to see, why not check out some villas in Turkey? By doing so, your trip will be sure to be made even better.

Athens, Greece

Are you a keen Western theatre historian? If so, then a trip to Athens should be in order for you. Heralded as being the birthplace of the type of theatre that the world knows and loves today, Greece’s capital is packed full of interesting things to see and unearth about the history of live performance. From costume design to plot lines, you’ll be sure to find out something you didn’t already know about your passion.

This doesn’t mean that Athens’s actual live performance scene is stuck in the past, though. With 148 theatres (which makes it the city with the world’s biggest collection of theatres), all of which play the world’s most modern and popular shows, you’ll be sure to find a performance to keep you entertained.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The West End is great, but it isn’t the only British mecca for all things live performance. Edinburgh, a stunning Scottish city in its own right even before you consider its show culture, is a place to consider heading to if you’re a lover of music and the arts.

If you truly want to enjoy everything that this city has to offer with regards to live performances, then you need to visit it while the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is in full swing. If you do, you will be able to enjoy weeks of music, dancing, and acting — with over 50,000 performances to see while the festival is on, you will definitely be able to catch something that you like.

If you want to experience a different kind of live performance culture to that of which you are used to, then you should seriously consider checking out the theatre cities listed above.