The latest theatre news from France — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
From 2023 to 2026, Festival d’Avignon artistic director Tiago Rodrigues has invited director Gwenaël Morin to stage an annual production under the banner Démonter Les Remparts Pour Finir Le Pont / Dismantle the Walls to Finish the Bridge.
Les Amazones d’Avignon, a local feminist collective, distributed flyers to audience members entering the Cloître des Carmes for Milo Rau’s Le Procès Pelicot.
Since its founding in 1947, only a handful of performances at the Festival d’Avignon have achieved mythic status.
I should perhaps begin with a confession: I don’t know the work of Jacques Brel.
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The impulse with Avignon’s Cour d’Honneur is to go big.
Mette Ingvartsen’s Delirious Night, now in performance at the Festival d’Avignon’s Cour du Lycée St.
Choreographers Selma and Sofiane Ouissi appear only on screen in Laaroussa Quartet, now in performance at the Festival d’Avignon’s La Fabrica.
This past week, I found myself explaining the concept of “commit to the bit” to a friend in Paris.
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As part of the official program for the Off-Avignon festival, Joanna Pickering will perform her one act play Lara's Journey on July 17th at 11.
On July 10, Broadway producer and fashion icon Jordan Roth is set to debut a special 'fashion performance', Radicals Acts of Unrelenting Beauty, at the Louvre.
Whether you’re a film buff, a Dion stan, or just craving a night of pure fun, this off-Broadway transplant will have you laughing, crying, and belting out “My Heart Will Go On” long after the curtain falls.
The Paris Opera will launch its 2025–26 season at the iconic Palais Garnier with a landmark event: the directorial debut of acclaimed British actor Ralph Fiennes, presenting a new staging of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
Manon by Jules Massenet is now playing at Opéra Bastille.
Hofesh Shechter comes to the Paris Opera this month.
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the European premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception.
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the European premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception in June.
The winners of the 2025 Molière Awards have been announced, featuring Ladislas Chollat's production of Les Misérables at Théâtre du Châtelet.
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.
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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.
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.
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ROMEO & JULIETTE PALAIS NIKAIA DE NICE (3/17-3/19) |
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L''INCROYABLE HISTOIRE THEATRE DES MATHURINS (10/21-1/12) |
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LE FANTÔME DE L’OPÉRA THEATRE DU GYMNASE (10/09-1/17) |
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CLEMENT VIKTOROVITCH ZENITH DE LILLE (2/06-2/06) |
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L''AFFAIRE DE LA RUE LOURCINE RADIANT - BELLEVUE (1/06-1/07) |
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L''AFFAIRE BUCKINGHAM THEATRE A L'OUEST DE LYON (4/09-10/27) |
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MON BREL PREFERE THEATRE DAUDET (1/23-1/23) |
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LILLY ET LE MUSICAL THEATRE DE LA TOUR EIFFEL (11/21-1/02) |
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LA SOEUR DE JESUS CHRIST RADIANT - BELLEVUE (1/31-1/31) |
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TOUTE LA FAMILLE QUE J''AIME RADIANT - BELLEVUE (4/28-4/28) |
