Contemporary theatre in Paris

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Conspirations

Theatre Michel · 8th

11 more dates · until 27 Dec

A hit at the Festival OFF d'Avignon 2025! WHO HASN'T DREAMED OF BECOMING A DETECTIVE? A show by Benoît Facerias, Maxime Schucht and Sylvain Vip Directed by Matthieu Hornuss Duration: 1h20 Nicolas de La Reynie, the…

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L'Affaire Bobby

Le Montorgueil - Scène des Halles · 1st

2 more dates · until 20 Oct

For several months, animals have been mysteriously disappearing in the city. Maggy, a journalist and environmental activist, crosses paths with Pénélope, a social media star and figure in the animal rights cause.…

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Augustin Émile

Théâtre du Chariot · 11th

4 more dates · until 27 Oct

🎶 Augustin Émile — a contemporary theatre event to experience at Théâtre du Chariot, in the atmosphere of a Parisian venue dedicated to live performances.

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La Prochaine Fois Que Tu Mordras La Poussière

Le Trianon · 18th

11 more dates · until 2 Jan

LA PROCHAINE FOIS QUE TU MORDRAS LA POUSSIÈRE based on the novel by Panayotis Pascot adaptation and direction Paul Pascot Theatrical adaptation of "La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière" Based on the

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Tumultes

Théâtre Darius Milhaud · 19th

9 more dates · until 30 Nov

Discover "Tumultes", a contemporary play presented at the Théâtre Darius Milhaud, which explores human emotions and relationships through original staging. An artistic proposition that invites reflection and…

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Big Floyd

Théâtre Essaion · 4th

12 more dates · until 3 Jan

Discover « Big Floyd », a contemporary play that explores current themes at Théâtre Essaion, brought to life by a dedicated cast.

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Je m'appelle Lolita Godinez

Le Local des Autrices · 1st

3 more dates · until 23 Dec

By Nathalie Rouckout Directed by Nathalie Rouckout With Alexandra Krimian, Sophie Lagache, Anna Coulon, Noémie LeMâa Duration 1h20 "One is not born a feminist, one becomes one!" Gisèle Halimi The inter

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Octopus - Théâtre Immersif

Theatre le Ranelagh · 16th

4 more dates · until 21 Mar

& Cie 5e Acte Octopus Immersive Theatre Author Frédéric TEXIER / Directed by Nicolas VIAL With Alix de CHALON, Marion JADOT, Jean Marc LALLEMENT, Laurent PAOLINI, Charlie PETIT, Boris RAVAINE, Guillau

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Ailleurs

Comédie des Champs-Elysées · 8th

78 more dates · until 30 Dec

AILLEURS A play written and directed by Audrey Schebat With Eric Elmosnino, Barbara Schulz and Jeanne Chartier Tired of the world we live in?...

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L'Arbre sous la valise

Théâtre Pixel · 18th

4 more dates · until 10 Oct

A woman, suitcases and a mission: to mend the living. Tickets via BilletReduc.

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On fera Avec

Théâtre du Chariot · 11th

12 more dates · until 8 Nov

A small town amateur theatre troupe decides to stage Romeo and Juliet, a project that proves a little too ambitious for them.

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Tristesse et joie dans La vie des girafes

Théâtre du Gouvernail · 19th

4 more dates · until 21 Oct

This show is for children, for adults who have remained children, and for adults who have become parents!

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Ici sont les dragons : Deuxième époque

Théâtre du Soleil - Grande salle - La Cartoucherie · 12th

35 more dates · until 29 Nov

Ici sont les Dragons: Deuxième époque 1918-1933: Choc et mensonges. Tickets via BilletReduc.

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Le Maître de Santiago

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

2 more dates · until 19 Nov

1519. Avila. The obsessive quest for purity and the mystical journey of a man attempting to perfect his salvation.

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Marcia Hesse

Théâtre La Croisée des Chemins - Salle Paris-Belleville · 19th

5 more dates · until 28 Oct

During a New Year's Eve celebration, in an isolated house on a peninsula, swept by the storm.

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La clairière

Les 3T - Théâtre du Troisième Type

4 more dates · until 4 Oct

A play for eight actors with sharp wit, biting humour, full of sensitivity and insight. Tickets via BilletReduc.

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Désobéir ou Éducation européenne

Le Magasin

2 more dates · until 2 Oct

Adapted from Romain Gary's novel, Désobéir ou Éducation européenne is a theatrical ode to youth resistance against fascism.

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Katte

Théâtre Lucas-Paumier · 20th

30 more dates · until 22 Nov

In 1730, in the brand new Kingdom of Prussia and its new capital Berlin, the Soldier King Frederick William imposed his martial excess on the entire state and reigned terror within his family.

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Les peintres au charbon

Les 3T - Théâtre du Troisième Type

2 more dates · until 4 Oct

Set in 1930s England, this is the true story of coal miners who take up painting and challenge preconceived notions about artistic legitimacy.

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The Lover

Théâtre de Nesle - grande salle · 6th

3 more dates · until 11 Oct

A disturbing comedy with unexpected twists and turns. Play in English with French surtitles.

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Génération Mitterrand

La Pépinière Théâtre · 2nd

9 more dates · until 20 Dec

La Pépinière Théâtre hosts "Génération Mitterrand", a contemporary play that explores the resonances of a significant era on today's youth.

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À Odessa, Un Jour Peut-Etre

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

Presented by La Compagnie de L'Elan. When present and past intertwine around a historic city searching for its identity. A strange phone call from Odessa will disrupt the quiet Parisian life of Stéphane and Marie, a…

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Orphelins

Théâtre Lucas-Paumier · 20th

12 more dates · until 29 Dec

Orphelins is a social slap in the face. Irresistible, suffocating, inevitable. Tickets via BilletReduc.

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Le reste tout le monde s’en fout

Mairie du 11ème · 11th

As part of Accessibility Fortnight, La Fabrique Plurielle (Gosh company) offers two participatory events combining performed reading, workshop, and open mic, focusing on life stories, vulnerabilities, and inclusion.

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Originelles

Le Local des Autrices · 1st

6 more dates · until 8 Nov

Neither sinner nor faithful, Eve and Penelope transgress their legends. Eve has been given a life sentence. Homicide. Imprisoned since she was 18, she rules her cell, ritualises her solitude, with her Gros Robert…

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Brigitte Bardot femme libre

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

2 more dates · until 8 Jan

In memory of Brigitte Bardot, global cinema icon, woman of freedom, fervent defender of animal welfare.

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Giordano

La Reine Blanche - La Grande Salle · 18th

10 more dates · until 7 Nov

You are probably more afraid, you who issue this judgment, than I who receive it. Ticketing BilletReduc.

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Bunker

Théâtre de la Cité Internationale · 14th

3 more dates · until 10 Oct

In his luxury bunker, a petrochemical CEO enhanced with neuro-implants runs his empire. His daughter Ami, however, has stopped speaking.

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Le Choeur des femmes

Théâtre El Duende

Jean - Djinn - Atwood must spend 6 months in a "women's medicine" department to validate her fifth year of hospital residency.

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Bienvenue chez les Berton

Théâtre La Croisée des Chemins - Salle Paris-Belleville · 19th

14 more dates · until 20 Nov

What if a centuries-old African legend could still disrupt the destiny of a couple today? Tickets via BilletReduc.

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La Nuit juste avant les forêts

Théâtre du Temps · 11th

4 more dates · until 28 Nov

A man sitting at a café table tries to hold onto a stranger he met on a street corner one evening when he was alone, using every word he can find.

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Les Criminelles

La Comédie St-Michel - Grande Salle · 5th

10 more dates · until 27 Dec

Sultan and Yesim come from opposite backgrounds. Yet, they share the same reality: the violence and erasure imposed by their husbands. Brought together in a tense and grotesque closed-door setting, they decide to…

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Chroniques de chair

La Reine Blanche - La Grande Salle · 18th

13 more dates · until 6 Nov

Inventory of a plastic surgeon. Tickets via BilletReduc.

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Barbe Bleue

Théâtre Darius Milhaud · 19th

8 more dates · until 27 Nov

The Théâtre Darius Milhaud presents a contemporary adaptation of the tale of Barbe Bleue, exploring the psychological depths of this timeless myth.

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Miss griff mess' pour les nuages et les malades mentaux

Le Colombier

2 more dates · until 10 Oct

In German, 'missgriff' evokes: error, misstep, getting it wrong, gaffe. Tickets via BilletReduc.

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Clochardes Célestes

Bouffon Théâtre · 19th

3 more dates · until 11 Oct

The possibility of a new life trajectory. Tickets available via BilletReduc.

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Raphaël Sanzio

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

2 more dates · until 9 Nov

Presented by La Compagnie de L'Elan. Can one paint death and mourning at twenty-four years old? A masterpiece, the Baglioni Altarpiece. 1507. Raphaël, the painter, the “Divine Raphaël”, is twenty-four years old. The…

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À quel prix

Théâtre La Flèche · 11th

10 more dates · until 12 Dec

What if we changed our perspective on the world's oldest profession? Tickets available via BilletReduc.

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Tel le fleuve rencontre la mer

Théâtre El Duende

Carried by sensitive writing and a multilingual cast, this play gives voice to those whose trajectories, seemingly distant.

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C'est comme ça

Théâtre du Chariot · 11th

10 more dates · until 1 Dec

C’est comme ça is a one-man show that speaks of the desire to change the world, to make it more beautiful, more just.

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Le Motel des destins croisés

L'Avant Seine / Théâtre de Colombes

3 more dates · until 12 Dec

Combining participatory theatre, connected objects, and humour, we are plunged into the strange and penetrating dream of Didier, a sleeping spectator.

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Chronique d'une Mère Ordinaire

Theatre du Nord — Ouest · 9th

Presented by La Compagnie de L'Elan. Retracing the journey of this ordinary mother because everyone has their story and everyone could be interested in her life if they had understood it. Shortly after their mother's…

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Le Voyage en Uruguay

Lucernaire - Salle le Paradis · 6th

41 more dates · until 3 Jan

The epic adventure of five Norman bulls. In 1950, Hector Caorsi, a wealthy Uruguayan breeder, travels to France to buy Norman cows. After touring Normandy, he finally arrives at Ferme Neuve. The discussion is brief and…

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Bad Queen - Essaïon Théâtre, Paris

Essaïon - Salle Cabaret · 4th

16 more dates · until 30 Dec

Confessions of Snow White's Stepmother. To have only her beauty as a companion and the certainty of growing old, losing her only power. This is the Queen.

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Merci de Votre Collaboration

Th.rond — Point Salle Renaud Barrault · 8th

8 more dates · until 14 Nov

Merci de votre collaboration Lola Lafon / Emmanuel Noblet theatre Salle Renaud-Barrault Duration 1h40 Word for woes Lola Lafon moves from novel writing to theatre and entrusts the staging of her first play to Emmanu

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Hugo l'Espagnol

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

8 more dates · until 15 Nov

Presented by Le Théâtre de l'épée de bois A show about Victor Hugo's relationship with Spain, women, poetry, travel, and exile.

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Morbec

Theatre Victor Hugo - Bagneux

Morbec Cie Hippocampe Co-production Théâtre Victor Hugo Carnivalesque Thriller Morbec, a small village in Northern France, celebrates Carnival: brass bands, floats, competitions, chips and beer in the rain.

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Kabinet

Le Funambule-Montmartre · 18th

16 more dates · until 29 Nov

"JE existe parce qu’un jour un autre m’a dit TU" That's Freud! It feels good! It feels good to see someone. Don't we say: You should go see someone? Don't we say: Have you ever considered going to see someone? Don't we…

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Radio Live - Le Jour d'Après Ukraine / Aurélie Charon & le collectif Radio

Théâtre National de Chaillot - Salle Gemier · 16th

2 more dates · until 7 Nov

Aurélie Charon & le collectif Radio Live Radio Live – le jour d’après (Ukraine / Egypte)A vast documentary project unparalleled in the history of live performance, Radio Live now unfolds

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Cut ! Des Histoires et des Vies

La Scala Paris · 10th

7 more dates · until 14 Nov

CUT!Des histoires, des vies...by Mathilda May After its success at the Grande Halle de La Villette in January 2026, Mathilda May's troupe takes over La Scala Paris for a series of 7 exceptional performances