Contemporary theatre in Paris

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La fille de Déméter

Comédie des 3 Bornes · 1st

8 more dates · until 25 Nov

A dystopian one-woman show where Greek myth is reborn, between a quest for power and intimate resistance. "La fille de Déméter" revisits the myth of Persephone in a dystopian world where three great powers

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Pas une éponge non plus

Le Local des Autrices · 1st

4 more dates · until 2 Dec

Pas une éponge non plus aims to stage 8 testimonies collected from psychologists, social workers, doctors, and associative coordinators.

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The Curing Line

Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bernhardt · 4th

THE CURING LINEMichael GallenCREATION • FOCUS IRELANDGenre: Contemporary TheatreAll audiencesDuration: 1h30 AN UNCLASSIFIABLE WORK THAT PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF OPERA.Between musical theatre and cinematic ope

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De Lumière

Th.rond — Point Salle Jean Tardieu · 1st

10 more dates · until 11 Oct

De lumièreAzilys Tanneau / Jean-Baptiste Turtheatre / musicSalle TardieuDuration 1h35The legacy of fathers, what to do with it?

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Diderot en Plein Cœur

Theatre Montmartre Galabru · 18th

9 more dates · until 26 Nov

A joyful adaptation of Jacques le Fataliste et son maître, enriched with numerous excerpts from Diderot's work, offering a lively, sensitive, and playful overview of his thought. The show explores with

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Freud, Dernier Combat

Studio Hebertot · 17th

6 more dates · until 10 Oct

Freud, dernier combat Category: Theatre “An intelligent show in the form of an investigation led by two actors brimming with truth.

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Huis Clos

La Comédie St-Michel - Grande Salle · 5th

11 more dates · until 30 Dec

Garcin, Inès and Estelle have been brought together in an unusual place for a reason they ignore...

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L'Heure H

Le Contrescarpe · 5th

16 more dates · until 28 Jan

Presented by Les 2 Belges Productions.(1-2024-006491/2-2024-006488/3-2024-006490) L'Heure H What would you be willing to sacrifice for power?

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Le Poids de l'Eau

A la Folie Théâtre · 11th

18 more dates · until 7 Nov

In a swimming pool changing room, two strangers meet for the first time. The setting is ordinary, but the encounter is unique. An inexplicable impulse breaks down their defences, giving way to raw confessions, fragments…

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Le Voleur de Mots

Théâtre de Passy · 16th

69 more dates · until 3 Jan

LE VOLEUR DE MOTS His family and his public are eagerly awaiting his second book. The problem is that the person who writes his books for him has disappeared without a trace… Louis Vannier, who lives in Nice, arrives in…

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Les Enfants du Paradis

Theatre le Ranelagh · 16th

62 more dates · until 12 Apr

Les Enfants du Paradis Based on dialogues by Jacques Prévert Adapted & directed by Jean-Philippe DAGUERRE Assistant Director Hervé HAINE With Aurélie Noblesse; Oscar Voisin; Stéphane

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Martine a dit : "Je m'en fous!"

Le Local des Autrices · 1st

10 more dates · until 10 Dec

“It started when I told her we were expecting a second baby and she replied: This coffee is excellent, that’s a good coffee!

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Pierrefayes

Studio Hebertot · 17th

9 more dates · until 17 Oct

Pierrefayes Category: Theatre June 1940. The Pierrefayes estate is threatened by the German advance. Should they flee, fight, or find an agreement with the enemy? June 1940. The Pierrefayes estate is threatened by the…

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Sacrée Soirée - La Grande Comédie, Paris

La Grande Comédie · 9th

184 more dates · until 25 Apr

Sacrée Soirée - La Grande Comédie, Paris showing at La Grande Comédie, in the 9th arrondissement.

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Sur Un Fil - Claire et Antho

La Scala Paris · 10th

2 more dates · until 11 Nov

SUR UN FIL - Claire et Antho A theatre, dance, shadow, and video show by 2 artists acclaimed across Europe (La France a un Incroyable Talent, Spain Got Talent, Famille je vous aime (Michel

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Article 353 du code pénal

Theatre du Petit Saint Martin · 10th

19 more dates · until 31 Oct

Emmanuel Noblet adapts and directs Tanguy Viel's novel, « Article 353 du Code pénal », for a contemporary theatre play at the Théâtre de Chelles.

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Bientôt le Jour

Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Salle R. Blin

8 more dates · until 9 Oct

What drives a person to change their life overnight? Co-founder with Jade Herbulot of the Birgit Ensemble, Julie Bertin writes and directs Bientôt le jour. Conceived from testimonies collected in France and abroad –…

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Les Mémoires de Paul Palandin

La Scène Parisienne · 9th

52 more dates · until 2 Jan

The story of a man who loses his memory only to fall eternally in love with his wife. It's the story of a guy who loses his memory every time he finds it.

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Rowlands et Cassavetes

Essaïon - Salle Cabaret · 4th

3 more dates · until 3 Oct

This play is a free adaptation of the love story of the legendary couple John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands.

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Tristes en été

Théâtre du Chariot · 11th

8 more dates · until 11 Oct

In a gym, two women, winners of an Instagram competition called HardBodyCore, confront the mechanics of the machines and their own image in the mirror.

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Villa Dolorosa

Théâtre de l'Épée de Bois - Salle en Bois · 12th

8 more dates · until 11 Oct

Presented by Le Théâtre de l'épée de bois Three sisters, three birthdays, a crumbling villa.

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Ce Que Je Veux Dire

Salle Andre Malraux

Theatre and dance from age 12. Ce que je veux dire explores the teenage experience through the lens of public speaking and expression.

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Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, le rouge de la colère

Théâtre de la Clarté

3 more dates · until 4 Oct

Little Red Riding Hood… but not the one from the stories told to children. What if the tale you thought you knew was just a facade? What if, behind the vibrant red of the cape, lay a simmering anger, invisible wounds,…

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Les Mortes-Vivantes

Le Local des Autrices · 1st

6 more dates · until 11 Oct

De Ysé Legros, écriture adaptée du livre "Viol, le procès d'Aix-en-Provence" de l'association Choisir la cause des femmesMise en scène Ysé LegrosAvec Mathilde Mouton, Ysé Legros, Léa Soukouti, Quentin

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Lettres à Anne

Centre Culturel Jean Vilar

LETTRES À ANNE Based on Lettres à Anne (1962-1995) by François MITTERRAND (© Éditions Gallimard) Adaptation: Alice Faure and Céline Roux Directed by: Alice Faure With Samuel Churin and Céline Roux Cie

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Macbett - Farce Tragique d'Eugène Ionesco

Théâtre de Suresnes - Salle Jean Vilar

2 more dates · until 3 Oct

By Compagnie Les Dramaticules. Written by Ionesco as a response to Shakespeare, Macbett offers an illuminating reflection on the mechanics of power.

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Terre des Hommes

Le Contrescarpe · 5th

24 more dates · until 19 Dec

TERRE DES HOMMES By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1926. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry crashes his plane in the Sahara. He then has to survive. First flight, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry takes off at dawn on 29 January 1926 towards…

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Tombeau pour un Cheval d'Orgueil - Bartabas - Tzar - Lucile Boulanger - Théâtre Equestre Zingaro

Theatre Zingaro

40 more dates · until 31 Dec

Tombeau pour un cheval d'orgueil Bartabas - Tzar - Lucile Boulanger Here is the time to unveil our next creation: Tombeau pour un cheval d'orgueil; a tribute to my horse, Tzar, on the occasi

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Vania est vivant

Le Local des Autrices · 1st

6 more dates · until 11 Oct

A powerful story about propaganda, loss, and grief. Everything is going well in Alia's life. Spring has arrived, the sun is shining, and her son Vania will soon return from “where there is peace”. But the day she learns…

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Appelez-moi Madame George Sand

A la Folie Théâtre · 11th

18 more dates · until 28 Nov

For years, Georges has identified with George Sand. Will he lose his identity? Georges is fascinated by George Sand, this free and rebellious woman; he wants to be like her. He begins sessions with a psychiatrist who is…

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J’ai Toujours Voulu qu’on m’Appelle Papa

Theatre Montmartre Galabru · 18th

12 more dates · until 18 Dec

“J’ai toujours voulu qu’on m’appelle Papa!” is a one-man show that is funny, impactful, tender, and incisive. All themes of parenthood are scrutinised with humour and a quirky perspective: couples, difficulties, magical…

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Les Gens qu’On Aime

A la Folie Théâtre · 11th

18 more dates · until 28 Nov

There's that magical moment of nascent love, the feeling that anything is possible. And then one day, the phone rings. Early 80s. Sara, a waitress in a club, meets Hugo, a touching and humorous young man. To the rhythm…

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Al Capone

Théâtre des 3 Clés · 1st

13 more dates · until 29 Oct

Author: Christophe Delort Director: Christophe Delort Artist(s): Loïc Lacoua or Alex Putfin, Bruno Chapelle, Florian Maubert or Nicolas Bresteau, Samuel Debure and Georges Daudignon, Bénédicte B

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L'Âge Tendre

Th.rond — Point Salle Roland · 1st

11 more dates · until 17 Oct

L’Âge tendreGeorge Brant / Laurent FréchurettheatreSalle ToporDuration 1h15How to resist the gears of the machineWhen he applies for a night watchman job, Martín Ramos, a young Texan of Mexican origin

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Lexikon

Ateliers Berthier · 17th

12 more dates · until 16 Oct

Lexikon As part of the Festival d’Automne Performance in Spanish, surtitled in French “Our head is a big dictionary […].”

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Tout Le Bleu Du Ciel

La Pépinière Théâtre · 2nd

27 more dates · until 5 Dec

An unforgettable love story. Émile is twenty-six years old, and soon he will have no memory of it.

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La Beauté Intérieure

La Ferme du Buisson

An electric and liberating musical melodrama, somewhere between stand-up and concert, transforming intimate cracks into bursts of life. In this first-person rite of passage, Marion Corrales, singer

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Les Cosmics

L'Orange Bleue

Céleste is ten years old. Her mother, an astronaut-mechanic, is sent on a space mission. But an incident diverts the trajectory of the European Space Agency's rocket. Communication between mother and daughter is cut…

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Ma Famille En Or

La Ferme des Communes

Ma Famille En Or - Ferme des Communes - Serris at La Ferme des Communes, in Paris. Tickets available from Fnac Spectacles.

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Du Charbon dans les Veines - Tournée

Espace Des Arts - Salle Philippe Noiret

4 more dates · until 20 Mar

Written and directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, featuring Jean-Jacques Vannier, Julien Ratel, Juliette Béhar, Raphaëlle Cambray, Théo Dusoulié, Aladin Reibel, and Yves Roux.

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Génération Mitterand

La Pépinière Théâtre · 2nd

9 more dates · until 20 Dec

GENERATION MITTERRAND Text: Léo Cohen Paperman and Emilien Diard-Detoeuf Directed by: Léo Cohen Paperman With: Léonard Bourgeois-Tacquet, Mathieu Metral alternating with Clovis Fouin, Hélène Rencure

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Le Chat

Apollo Théâtre - Salle 360 · 11th

Presented by Les Grands Théâtres. In a suburban house, Raymond and Margot, an ageing couple, share a daily life marked by silence and bitterness.

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La Vie Est Une Fête

Theatre de l'Atelier · 18th

29 more dates · until 3 Jan

Following their first Molière award - Best Public Theatre Show - won in 2026 for I Will Survive, Les Chiens de Navarre are bringing back La vie est une fête, highly acclaimed on tour and in Paris since its creation in…

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Sourdre ou l'enterrement de mes oreilles

Les Plateaux Sauvages · 20th

12 more dates · until 14 Nov

This poetic autobiographical account explores the metamorphosis of a body and its relationship with the world.

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Maître Mô

Le Funambule-Montmartre · 18th

14 more dates · until 5 Jan

The incredible true stories of a lawyer who pleaded by day and wrote by night. The show is an adaptation of "Le Livre de Maître Mô" by Jean-Yves Moyart, an insomniac criminal lawyer who pleaded

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Une Vie sans Ordonnance ! - Théâtre de l'Essaïon, Paris

Essaïon - Salle Cabaret · 4th

11 more dates · until 3 Nov

I had no idea on the morning of this seemingly ordinary day that it would be so far from ordinary… A female doctor, as every day, sees her patients in her practice.

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Ferme Bien Ta Gueule

Théâtre du Chariot · 11th

8 more dates · until 27 Oct

This is the story of Nue and Bianca, who can no longer love each other properly and decide to break up.

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On peut s'appeler Alain et sauver le monde

Theatre Michel · 8th

25 more dates · until 29 Dec

Mission: Impossible — Budget: 6 chairs — Result: Spectacular When the boss of the world's largest multinational decides to eliminate half of the population, only one man can stop him: A

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La Douleur

Petit Theatre du Gymnase · 10th

20 more dates · until 9 Dec

LA DOULEUR « A moving dive into one of Marguerite Duras' most intimate texts, between love, absence, and memory » Adapted from Marguerite Duras' autobiographical account, La Douleur, the

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C'était Notre Terre

La Fabrique

5 more dates · until 10 Oct

Regarding the relationship between France and Algeria, many stories still need to be told...