France Theatre Newsroom

Manon by Jules Massenet is now playing at Opéra Bastille. f this opera, inspired by Abbé Prévost’s novel, is one of Jules Massenet’s most popular, it is because the drama is portrayed in a musical idiom as fertile as it is varied...

Hofesh Shechter comes to the Paris Opera this month. The production is playing at Palais Garnier now through July. Learn more about the performance here!

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the European premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception. Learn more!

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the European premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception in June. Learn more about the event here.

The winners of the 2025 Molière Awards have been announced, featuring Ladislas Chollat's production of Les Misérables at Théâtre du Châtelet. See the full list of winners!

Puerto Rican filmmaker Ariel Orama López, also known by his artistic name AG Orloz, marks his third appearance in the city of Cannes with the animated short film Märbles.

Scheduled from May 16-17, 2025, the seventh annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), celebrating short film and short-form content from around the globe, has unveiled the finalist shorts of the 2025 competition.

Ménopause, currently running at Le Grand Point Virgule in Paris until November 2, 2025, is a lively French adaptation, including songs, of Jeanie Linders' American hit, Menopause The Musical.

Pub Royal, the electrifying musical inspired by the iconic Québécois band Les Cowboys Fringants, is a vibrant celebration of music, circus, dance, and storytelling that has taken the Dôme de Paris by storm during its performances on April 18 and 19, 2025. Crafted by the visionary collective Les 7 Doigts de la main, which already did wonders for the  Tony-winning revival of Pippin in 2013.

The Broadway masterpiece, a crowning achievement of musical theater, finally makes its way to Paris, brought to new life by a stellar cast and crew under the visionary direction of Laurent Pelly.

In this work, first performed in 1871 at the Cairo Opera, Giuseppe Verdi alternates epic scenes such as the famous triumphal march with more intimate arias such as “Celeste Aida”.

Now open through January 4, 2026, an immersive experience at the Château de Versailles revives for the first time three historically significant lost spaces of Versailles' gardens built under Louis XIV, the “Sun King.”

L'Isola disabitata by Joseph Haydn is now being performed at Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE comes to the Paris Opera, now playing until the end of March. Learn more about the production and find out more about how to get tickets here!

Sharon Eyal /​ Mats Ek will be performed at the Paris Opera this month. Performances will run at Palais Garnier from 27 March to 18 April 2025. Learn more here!

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I Puritani is now playing at Opera Bastille. In his last opera, blending melancholy with fiery lyricism, Bellini delivers one of his loveliest female portraits in Elvira.

Experience the premiere of Gypsy at the Philharmonie de Paris, a musical production exploring the ambitions of a vaudeville family in the late 1920s. Performances run from April 16-19, 2025, under the direction of Laurent Pelly with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Internationally acclaimed artist and co-curator of L Gallery Eva Lanska will donate one of her paintings The Stable at The BEST Awards annual gala dinner. Learn more and see how to attend.

In continuing my goal to have one new experience every day, I decided to get tickets to Théâtre du Lido 2's production of 'Hello Dolly!'.  It was such a blast of a night and it was so much fun to see a musical performed in Paris!

Après six semaines consécutives, « À la volonté du peuple » a résonné une dernière fois jeudi 2 janvier sur la scène du Théâtre du Châtelet, marquant un point d'orgue pour cette aventure inoubliable.

Most people I have met have urged me to study abroad. I always thought it was a good idea, but to actually be here and experiencing it is an incredibly surreal experience. I arrived in Paris on January 14 and have been running around since!

I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini is coming to Opéra Bastille next month. Learn more about this upcoming production and find out how to get tickets here!

Das Rheingold comes to Opera Bastille in January. Borrowing from Norse and Germanic mythology, Wagner conceived an extraordinary cycle that reflected his innovative ambition: to create a total work of art inspired by ancient tragedy.