Contemporary theatre in Paris

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Le Clan des Poètesses

La Scène Parisienne · 9th

2 more dates · until 3 Dec

Directed by: Bruno Romier Cast: Sarah Avena, Mathilde Barbier, Chiara Batististini, Lou Devisme Recommended age: from 8 years old Running time: 1h10 Poetry as you have never seen it before: free, vibrant and…

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Loco

Théâtre Eurydice

Loco, spectacle de théâtre contemporain présenté au Théâtre Eurydice, à Plaisir, avec Anne Romain, Marina Simonova et Poprichtchine réunis à la distribution.

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Le Choix des Ames - Une Fable Humaniste

Espace JKM

The soul is a small wooden piece that transmits vibrations within the instrument. Without it, the cello would have a dull, empty sound1916, Verdun. In a shell crater, two men who have nothing in common: Raoul, a…

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Fils du Hip-Hip

M.J..C - Espace Louise Michel

Presented by Grange Dimiere - Theatre de Fresnes, Compagnie Légendes Urbaines / Autobiographical DJ Set A child of the area, David Farjon grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, between L'Haÿ-les-Roses and…

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Fils du Hip-hop

Grange Dîmière – Théâtre de Fresnes

Fils du Hip-hop is a contemporary theatre show presented at La Grange Dîmière – Théâtre de Fresnes, in Fresnes, in the Val-de-Marne.

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Imagine-toi – 20 ans ! Julien Cottereau

Espace Culturel Jean Racine

Imagine-toi – 20 ans! – Julien COTTEREAU MIME Saturday 14 November – 8.30pm Théâtre Raymond-Devos Duration: 1h30 All audiences from age 7 It begins with a single drop of water falling, footsteps approaching, and then it…

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L'Homme

Théâtre El Duende

The play L'Homme addresses grief through a contemporary creation presented on the stage of Théâtre El Duende.

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Oedipe Roi

Ateliers Berthier · 17th

13 more dates · until 29 Nov

Œdipe Roi after Sophocles Considered the tragedy of tragedies, Sophocles' Œdipe roi is one of the earliest instances of incest in European literature.

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Une Heure à t'attendre - Tournée

Espace Charles Vanel

UNE HEURE À T'ATTENDRE THIERRY FRÉMONT ET NICOLAS AUDE In an apartment, two men await the same woman: one is her husband, the other her lover!

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Nous le Red Star

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord · 10th

16 more dates · until 23 Jan

NOUS LE RED STAR A little boy holds his father’s hand as they walk towards the old stadium of a legendary club, caught up in the fervour of a crowd with so many stories to tell.

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Ça, c'est l'amour

Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens · 2nd

36 more dates · until 21 Feb

Ça, c'est l'amour. Suitable from 13 years old. Josiane Balasko and Marilou Berry come together on stage for the first time in a mother-daughter duo. A play written especially for these two leading actresses. On…

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La plaidoirie des forêts

Studio Raspail · 14th

A trial. A tree. Two visions of the world. Tickets via BilletReduc.

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Mauvaises Chiennes

Le Funambule-Montmartre · 18th

20 more dates · until 29 Mar

“We don't say revenge, it's not the same thing, here we repair ourselves, we take justice because nobody else is willing to do it” Four actresses for a female chorus, each playing...

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Camembert : Le Couronnement

Le Funambule-Montmartre · 18th

16 more dates · until 1 Mar

"We can't say anything any more": The national variety show Sur scène: a flirtatious nun, a prefect in briefs but without fear, a multibillionaire death, a BDSM dad, a bourgeois woman wrenched away, a little…

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Ganesh versus the third reich

Théâtre de la Cité Internationale · 14th

5 more dates · until 21 Nov

A contemporary theatre creation, Ganesh versus the third reich pits the Hindu deity Ganesh against the history of the Third Reich. The show is presented at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris.

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Miranda Rouge

Théâtre Ouvert · 20th

2 more dates · until 18 Nov

Assigned male at birth, two teenagers begin a game in a garage, taking the form of an interview. With a camera between them, one plays the boy, the other the girl. They meet every Wednesday afternoon to continue this…

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Vous n'Aurez pas ma Haine

Le Quai 3

Vous n'aurez pas ma haine Necessary and luminous! Antoine Leiris's testimony, a huge cry to life, a hymn of love and resilience after 13 November 2015. Three days after the attacks, Antoine Leiris posted his now-famous…

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Mode d’Emploi pour Metteur en Scène en Temps de Guerre

Théâtre du Rond Point - Salle Roland Topor · 8th

9 more dates · until 28 Nov

A User's Guide for a Director in Wartime, by Hannan Ishay and Ido Shaked. Theatre, Salle Topor. Running time 1h10. Performed in English, with French surtitles. A survival manual for bewildered artists. Funny…

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Ces Filles qu'On Attend

Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Salle R. Blin

9 more dates · until 27 Nov

What marks does childhood leave behind? What battles have shaped the lives of the strangers we pass in the street? No one simply strolled over three hills to lounge in a meadow; childhood leaves its traces on adults…

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Chère Ijeawele

Théâtre Louis Aragon

Dear Ijeawele, or A Manifesto for Feminist Parenting - Ludmilla Dabo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A Free Girl in Fifteen Chapters In 2017, a letter addressed to a friend who wonders how to raise her daughter in a feminist…

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Eclipse

Lucernaire - Théâtre Noir · 6th

57 more dates · until 7 Feb

and Théâtre des Béliers Parisiens. ECLIPSE What if everything hinges on the gaze? At 13, an eclipse upends his way of seeing the world. Rémi Larrousse makes it the starting point of a show in which the gaze becomes a…

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Diskoteekki

Th.rond — Point Salle Renaud Barrault · 8th

5 more dates · until 22 Nov

Diskoteekki Nicole Genovese / Claude Vanessa / Les Percussions de Strasbourg theatre / music Salle Renaud-Barrault Running time 1h30 Humour and misery of the Far North Come and discover how a grim village hall can be…

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No more tragedy

La Reine Blanche - Salle Marie Curie · 18th

5 more dates · until 22 Nov

La Reine Blanche - Salle Marie Curie is staging No more tragedy, a contemporary theatre show.

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(Onpp) se baigner dans la rivière

Théâtre du Chariot · 11th

4 more dates · until 22 Nov

Walking along the edge, brushing against the limit, repeating again and again … Why replay the scene when we know the story is going to end badly?

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4211 km - Aïla Navidi - Tournée

La Grange de la Ferme des Jeux

2 more dates · until 30 Jan

4211 kmWritten and directed by Aïla Navidi, « 4211 km » is a true theatrical gem, a profound reflection on uprootedness, inheritance and identity, performed by striking actors.

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Garçons-Blockhaus

Théâtre Ouvert · 20th

Garçons-Blockhaus is a runaway journey through the poetry of the margins and provocative punchlines. At the very end lies survival.

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Sylvain Gaudu : La ligne de nage

Théâtre L'étoile du nord · 18th

2 more dates · until 20 Nov

Sylvain Gaudu presents La ligne de nage, a contemporary theatre play staged at Théâtre L'étoile du nord, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

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Le Maître de Santiago

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

Presented by La Compagnie de L'Elan. Directed by Patrice Le Cadre. By Henry de Montherlant. With Didier Bizet, Olivier Bruaux, Rui Ferreira, Joseph Gabison, Claude Gentholz, Pascal Guignard-Cordelier, Geneviève Jadot,…

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Un Week-end Chargé

Casino Barrière Enghien

2 more dates · until 18 Dec

Following the success of the play Tout va très bien, don't miss Arthur Jugnot's new production, driven by Éric Assous' incisive writing!

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La Prochaine Fois Que Tu Mordras La Poussière

Espace Carpeaux - Camille Saint-Saëns

Adaptation collaboration and assistant direction Marguerite de Hillerin Set design Christian Geschvindermann Lighting design Dominique Borrini Music and sound design Léo Nivot…

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Stabat Mater Furiosa

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

10 more dates · until 29 Nov

Presented by Le Théâtre de l'épée de boisFace to horror, a woman stands tall, refusing tears and submission.

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The Witch of Konotop

Casino de Paris · 9th

Presented by FCA SHOW LT.Performed in Ukrainian, with French surtitles. The celebrated 'The Witch of Konotop', based on the short story by Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, is a show for which it is almost impossible to get…

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Papy Quichotte

L'Avant Seine / Théâtre de Colombes

Blending theatre, singing and puppetry, an inventive fable paying tribute to Cervantes, in which an eccentric Papy shakes up our certainties.

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Burning Scarlett

L'Avant Seine / Théâtre de Colombes

A reworking of the legendary Autant en emporte le vent through our contemporary gaze... Edifying!

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La Lettre - Tournée

L'Embarcadère

2 more dates · until 21 Nov

LA LETTRE Directed by: Edouard Pluvieux Cast: Maxime Gasteuil, Camille Combal, Charlotte Gabris and Jean-François Cayrey Text: Sarra El Borj and Thomas Hoff Production: Varion Productions Running time: about 1h30 Four…

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Personne n'est Ensemble Sauf Moi

Le Figuier Blanc

Cie Amonine As part of the Festival Imago Through their distinctive voices, teenagers with disabilities delicately and sensitively sketch the fragile passage into adulthood.

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Exit

Théâtre El Duende

2 more dates · until 11 Dec

The Théâtre El Duende hosts the contemporary creation Exit, led by a cast comprising Lucile Schmitz, Baptiste Coelho, Tiago Dias and Padmé Deneyrat.

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Femme Non Rééducable

Theatre Victor Hugo - Bagneux

Femme non rééducable Chouette Compagnie A woman of struggle. Femme non rééducable pays tribute to Anna Politkovskaïa, a Russian journalist who covered the war in Chechnya.

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Vertiges

La Ferme du Buisson

La Ferme du Buisson in Noisiel is hosting Vertiges, a contemporary creation by author and director Nasser Djemaï.

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Pour un Oui ou pour un Non

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

3 more dates · until 15 Jan

Presented by La Compagnie de L'Elan « En moins d'une heure une amitié finit de se décomposer dans le rire et la fureur » Arnaud Rykner « C’est biiien… ça…

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Aujourd'hui, c'est mon anniversaire

Théâtre Elizabeth Czerczuk · 12th

2 more dates · until 26 Nov

Contemporary theatre piece titled Aujourd'hui, c'est mon anniversaire, presented at the Théâtre Elizabeth Czerczuk in Paris, in the 12th arrondissement. Direction and choreography by Elizabeth Czerczuk.

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Ils ne Méritent pas tes Larmes

Théâtre des Arcades de Buc

It all started with a photo that went viral worldwide. Elizabeth Eckford, alone, pursued by a racist mob. It was 4 September 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, a back-to-school day marked by the end of school segregation.…

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Histoire(s) de Tchatcho, de Tchokotage et de Xessal

Théâtre Ouvert · 20th

Histoire(s) de Tchatcho, de Tchokotage et de Xessal est une pièce de théâtre contemporain présentée au Théâtre Ouvert, à Paris. Olivia Mabounga est associée à cette production.

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La Vie et la Mort de J. Chirac Roi des Français

La Pépinière Théâtre · 2nd

2 more dates · until 6 Dec

LA VIE ET LA MORT DE J.CHIRAC, ROI DES FRANÇAIS Script: Julien Campani and Léo Cohen Paperman Directed by: Léo Cohen Paperman Cast: Julien Campani, Clovis Fouin or Mathieu Metral Duration…

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Merci de Votre Collaboration

Theatre de l'Atelier · 18th

39 more dates · until 28 Feb

By Lola Lafon© Les Solitaires intempestifs Directed by Emmanuel Noblet With Solal Bouloudnine, Servane Ducorps, Elsa Guedj, Zita Hanrot, Olivia Jubin, Eszter Tompa and the participation of the JTN (Jeune…

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Brecht de l’Exil au Procès

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

9 more dates · until 25 Jan

Presented by La Compagnie de L'Elan. « To enter this country, you need a passport that is a passport. The passport is the noblest part of man. » From Exile: Two characters fleeing Nazi Germany meet on a train platform.…

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À droite le couteau : théâtre

Théâtre Ouvert · 20th

"À droite le couteau" is a portrait of the outer-lying neighbourhood of a small French town between 1989 and 2001, told through the reunion of two sisters. As the echoes of war hang over the lives and imagination of the…

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Cabinets de Curiosités

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

5 more dates · until 12 Dec

Presented by La Compagnie de L'Elan. It's a bit like Narcotics Anonymous at the theatre. So there's Jack Da, whose thing is firewater from morning till night. Sister Emmanuelle, whose weakness is sex, while Betterave,…

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Hinda

Théâtre Ouvert · 20th

On 8 February 2018, I post a video on YouTube in which I perform an extract from an unpublished text by Pascal Rambert. I then enter the competition for the Théâtre national de Bretagne's drama school. Meeting this text…

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Seppuku. El Funeral De Mishima

Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe · 6th

14 more dates · until 5 Feb

Seppuku. El Funeral de Mishima. O el placer de morir. Genre: Contemporary theatre. Not recommended for under-18s. Running time: 2h without interval. In Japanese and Spanish, surtitled in French. An obsessive reader of…