31 theatres to discover
Palais Garnier
Paris, France
Opulent 19th-century opera house with a Chagall-painted ceiling, the inspiration for Phantom…
Comédie-Française - Salle Richelieu
Paris, France
This company has existed since 1680 and is France's only national theatre with a permanent…
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
Paris, France
Peter Brook reopened this abandoned 1876 theatre in 1974 and deliberately left its peeling…
Chaillot - National Dance Theatre
Paris, France
This theatre is in the Palais de Chaillot, built for the 1937 World's Fair and host to the…
Théâtre Mogador
Paris, France
Since 1919 this theatre near the big department stores has welcomed its audience on three…
Au Lapin Agile
Paris, France
Picasso painted this pink house in Montmartre in 1905, and the name comes from a sign by…
La Colline - National Theatre
Paris, France
Close to Père-Lachaise stands the youngest of France's five national theatres, opened on 7…
Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
Paris, France
The square with its curved facades is part of the experience of this theatre, built at the…
Folies Bergère
Paris, France
Three levels and 1,600 seats make this hall, a protected monument since 1990, an impressive…
Paradis Latin
Paris, France
Gustave Eiffel supplied the steel structure of this Latin Quarter cabaret in 1889. You watch a…
Crazy Horse
Paris, France
Alain Bernardin opened this cabaret in 1951 on the elegant Avenue George V. The show revolves…
Moulin Rouge
Paris, France
Joseph Oller founded this cabaret in 1889 on the edge of Pigalle, and the red windmill is…
Cabaret Sauvage
Paris, France
Méziane Azaïche opened this venue in the Parc de la Villette in December 1997. It holds…
Théâtre du Châtelet
Paris, France
Its great size and stage machinery made this theatre famous for its fairy spectacles in the…
Théâtre de la Huchette
Paris, France
This Latin Quarter theatre has just ninety seats but a special reputation: Ionesco's The Bald…
Théâtre de la Ville - Sarah-Bernhardt
Paris, France
Sarah Bernhardt ran this theatre for more than twenty years, and since it reopened in 2023 it…
Le Bal Blomet
Paris, France
This club first opened back in 1924, and after a thorough renovation between 2013 and 2016 you…
Maison de la Radio et de la Musique
Paris, France
This round building on the Seine, a historic monument since 2018, is the home of Radio France.…
Philharmonie de Paris
Paris, France
On the edge of the Parc de la Villette lies this concert hall with the Grande Salle Pierre…
Le Bataclan
Paris, France
The name comes from an Offenbach operetta, and the 1864 building has been a listed monument…
The Olympia
Paris, France
Singers and bands have performed here since 1893, in a hall with almost two thousand seats.…
La Cigale
Paris, France
Philippe Starck designed the decor when this old concert hall at the foot of Montmartre…
Sunset-Sunside
Paris, France
Two rooms under one roof, between Les Halles and the Centre Pompidou. Downstairs in the…
Duc des Lombards
Paris, France
In this jazz club from 1984 you sit at a small table a few metres from the musicians. The club…