In this Culture section that is so close to my heart, I share my selection of the best shows and plays to see in Paris right now (and I update this article regularly). The year 2024 promises some major cultural highlights for our greatest pleasure. Head to the theaters and onto the stage to soak up all the emotions!
Table of Contents
Shows in Paris currently playing
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Les Folies Musicales Festival
From Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary music, from vocal works for small ensembles to scores for large orchestras, from Europe to Latin America, passing through India, Les Folies Musicales offers the Parisian public a second edition with no limits. Whether it’s repertoire or original creations, classical is really not all that classical, and that is precisely the ambition and mission of this event: to vigorously shake up concert codes and customs! For my part, I went to see the latest performance of “Berlioz trip Orchestra,” which recounts the tumultuous creation of the composer’s “Symphonie fantastique” in the 19th century.
Les Folies Musicales Festival
Théâtre du Châtelet / 1 place du Châtelet 75001 Paris
From May 6 to 11, 2026
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Black Legends, the musical
This show is designed as a musical retracing nearly a century of African-American music in 36 scenes: from the Cotton Club to Barack Obama’s election, passing through the pre-war era and the fight for civil rights. On stage, we find 20 singers/dancers and musicians performing cult tracks like “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” by Nina Simone, “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke, “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” by James Brown, and “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye.
A beautiful, contagious positive energy radiates from this show, which is a lovely tribute to African-American music and a hymn to love and embracing our differences.
Black Legends, the musical
Bobino
14-20 Rue de la Gaité, 75014 Paris
From November 14, 2024 to April 26, 2025 and on tour in 2026
Prices: from €29
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The Rocket Man, a Tribute to Elton John
A powerful voice, extravagant costumes, and an eccentric attitude… no doubt, when Jimmy Love is on stage, you wonder if you aren’t at a concert by the real Elton John! I had the opportunity to discover him in 2023 in the “Pop Legends” concert. This is an opportunity to (re)discover the artist Elton John and his entire career through music in a spectacular show.
The Rocket Man, a Tribute to Elton John
At the Cirque d’Hiver in Paris on 01/31/2025 and then on tour throughout France
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One Night Of Queen
This tribute show to Queen is led by the energetic Gary Mullen and his band The Works, and they are back in France in 2026. In a super engaging show, Gary Mullen truly establishes himself as the vocal and physical lookalike of Freddie Mercury, captivating the crowd with his energy and incredible voice. A great time for Queen fans! For over two hours, this live show features the best tracks from Queen such as “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Will Rock You”, “A Kind of Magic”, “Under Pressure”, “One Vision”, “Somebody to Love”, “I Want to Break Free”, “Don’t Stop Me Now”…
One Night of Queen
In concert on 01/20/2026 at 8:30 PM at the Dôme de Paris and then on tour throughout France
Upcoming shows in Paris
Tribute To Whitney Houston
Belinda Davids was in Paris on March 30, 2024, at the Salle Pleyel for an exceptional show paying tribute to the Queen of Soul, Whitney Houston, where I was lucky enough to see her. She will return on June 19, 2025, to Paris at the Casino de Paris, followed by a tour throughout France. The diva is reincarnated by the singer Belinda Davids, who is one of the only contemporary singers to possess the four-octave range necessary to perform the repertoire and greatest hits of Whitney Houston. I really loved this concert, both because of Belinda Davids’ talent and voice, but also for her showmanship. You don’t get bored for a second, and the artists’ positive energy is truly contagious.
Belinda Davids / A Tribute To Whitney Houston / The Greatest Love of All
On tour throughout France in 2026 with a Parisian concert on 11/11/2026 at the Grand Rex
Shows in Paris that have finished
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Kyle Eastwood: “Eastwood Symphonic”
Kyle Eastwood and his quintet join the FA7 Symphony Orchestra to offer a rich and emotional interpretation of Clint Eastwood‘s music, under the expert baton of conductor Gast Waltzing. A symphonic concert, like a musical road movie that travels through a selective filmography of Clint Eastwood. From “The Bridges of Madison County” to “A Fistful of Dollars” to “Gran Torino”, rediscover these iconic musical pages of cinema.
Kyle Eastwood: “Eastwood Symphonic”
Théâtre du Châtelet
April 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Circus: A Simple Space
A Simple Space played to sold-out audiences at La Villette in 2023 and returns to Paris after having toured the world several times. This show by the Australian company Gravity & Other Myths features 7 extraordinary acrobats and a musician in a performance that is at once raw, intense, fragile, and playful. Intimacy is sought with the audience, and some spectators (as was our case) are on stage with the artists (it was actually my first time experiencing this kind of immersion, and I found it really great). It allows you to feel the heat, hear the breathing, be immersed in the effort, and see the technical skill of the acrobats; it is really very impressive. Here, no makeup, no sets, no staging; it is a visceral exchange that occurs between these acrobats and the audience. Everyone pushes their physical limits, and this honesty is the very essence of this company’s work: infinitely human, generous, and alive.
Circus: A Simple Space
Bobino / 14-20 Rue de la Gaité Paris / from March 26 to April 23, 2026
Thursday to Saturday at 7:00 PM – Sunday at 3:00 PM – duration: 1h
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Molière’s The Misanthrope by Tigran Mekhitarian
Tigran Mekhitarian takes up residence at the Théâtre Antoine for a while to share his vision of The Misanthrope. Text, dance, and song intermingle for a contemporary and radical reinterpretation of Molière‘s masterpiece. Faithful to the original text, Mekhitarian propels it into a contemporary setting, where Alceste becomes a young man from a working-class neighborhood confronted with the hypocrisy of a bourgeois artistic world. The gamble was successful from my point of view; the text is almost delivered as slam poetry, and the actors are brilliant and precise in their verbal sparring. A pleasure to rediscover this classic updated with accuracy and passion.
Molière’s The Misanthrope by Tigran Mekhitarian
Théâtre Antoine / 14 boulevard de Strasbourg 75010 Paris
From March 18 to May 10, 2026 (except May 1, 2026) / Wednesday to Sunday at 7:00 PM
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Requiem(s) by Angelin Preljocaj
Through a succession of contrasting scenes and scores, this ballet by the famous choreographer Angelin Preljocaj traverses the complex palette of emotions caused by grief, from annihilation to hope and resilience. The ballet also visits the classical repertoire of the requiem, from Bach to Ligeti, with striking touches from the band System of a Down, of which the choreographer is visibly a fan and which intentionally destabilizes the spectator throughout the show, with a very powerful passage at the end featuring the band’s well-known track: “Chop Suey!”.
Requiem(s) by Angelin Preljocaj
From May 6 to 9, 2026 at La Seine Musicale
1 Île Seguin, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
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Youn Sun Nah in concert
Youn Sun Nah is a South Korean jazz singer and songwriter. Lost Pieces, her new album, includes 11 songs she wrote that explore themes of doubt in love, towards others, and even towards oneself. On this occasion, she is giving 3 concerts in Paris on March 27, 28, and 29 at the Bouffes du Nord.
Youn Sun Nah concerts
Bouffes du Nord / 37 bis Bd de la Chapelle, 75010 Paris
March 27, 28, and 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Dub
Created in 2023 and after several performances at the Théâtre de la Ville, DUB by the Amala Dianor company is energizing the 13e Art for 15 shows! With a creative and powerful energy infused by choreographer Amala Dianor, 11 performers break free from dances born in urban spaces: hip-hop, waacking, coupé-décalé, electro… The dancers gravitate around several cubes that evoke both the facades of buildings in large urban spaces and those of free party sound systems. The steps follow one another to a reggae and electro soundtrack mixed live on stage by composer and DJ Awir Leon. This show gathers youth from all corners of the world in three vivid scenes that made us want to dance in our seats.
And you can also enjoy an after-show at La 13e Heure: the new after-show venue of the 13e Art. Following the performance of DUB, Awir Leon will leave the main stage of the 13e Art to provide vibes for the public until La 13e Heure (every Friday and Saturday – from 9:30 PM to 1:00 AM).
Dub by the Amala Dianor company
Le 13e Art, 30 Place d’Italie, 75013 Paris
From February 5 to 21, 2026
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Juliette & Roméo
Juliette & Roméo is a contemporary and urban ballet, produced by FMC and Indigo Productions, which revisits the Shakespearean myth by offering danced parts, slammed parts, and the rest of the story is evoked through video projections. The ballet’s original music is by Fabrice Aboulker. I liked the choreography of the dance scenes, but I was a little less convinced by the interludes. The show remains, however, very interesting in many aspects, and personally, I was touched by the emotion it exudes.
Juliette & Roméo
Le 13e Art, 30 Place d’Italie, 75013 Paris
From January 6 to February 8, 2026
Prices: from €40
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Amélia
This atypical show tells the life of Amélia Earhart, an aviation pioneer and activist for women’s rights. We discovered a magnificent aerial duet that truly won us over, along with the favorite photographer. The play of lights and the inventiveness of the show, which is teeming with visual trouvailles, truly captivated us. Not to mention Amélia’s story, which was a strong voice for female emancipation in the 1930s in America. This is the 2nd show by Lucie Calvet, a trained dancer and aerial artist, and on stage, we find Mylène Catroux & Marceau Ehrmann from the Pérégrin Company.
Amélia
La Scala Paris / 13 boulevard de Strasbourg 75010 Paris
February 3 & 4, 2026
Duration: 55 min
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TUTU by Philippe Lafeuille
In 2014, for the company’s twentieth anniversary, the Chicos Mambo presented TUTU for the first time in Paris, a multi-faceted dance show that sets fire wherever it goes. This multidisciplinary and wacky show, which has become a cult classic, strings together humorous and poetic scenes that set the cadence. I was lucky enough to be able to see this show in 2019, 2021, and 2022, and every time I had a great time, carried away by the eccentricity of the show and its humor.
TUTU by Philippe Lafeuille
at the Théâtre Libre
from October 16, 2025 to January 11, 2026
Wednesday to Saturday at 7:00 PM – Sunday at 2:00 PM
Prices: from €19
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The Opera Locos
On stage, we find 5 eccentric Opera singers who offer us a unique performance by linking famous arias from the Opera “The Magic Flute” by Mozart, “Carmen” by Bizet, “The Tales of Hoffmann” by Offenbach…), mixed with a few borrowings from Pop music (Mika, Céline Dion, Beyoncé). This show is extremely funny, and this “comic Opera show” works very well.
The Opera Locos
At the Théâtre de la Gaîté Rive Gauche
6 rue de la Gaîté 75014 Paris
From October 19, 2025 to January 25, 2026 / every Sunday at 8:00 PM (duration 1h15)
Prices: between €28 and €50
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The Silence of Sound
The Silence of Sound is a hybrid show (classical music, clown, video, and lights) for all audiences, presented for the first time in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in January 2026 after having toured in Mexico, Spain, and Germany since 2022. It was imagined by conductor and director Alondra de la Parra and clown Gabriela Muñoz, both Mexican. Both women worked for over six years on this production, which tells the story of a clown whose life is transformed when she discovers the beauty of music. I really liked the poetry of this show, even if I regret my placement on the far right of the theater, which prevented me from seeing a good part of the clown’s performance… It is, in any case, a beautiful hymn to classical music with a lot of tenderness and humor.
The Silence of Sound
Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
15 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
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The Dancer[s]
![Poster for The Dancer[s] by the François Mauduit Company in December 2025.](https://mademoisellebonplan.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Dancers-678x1024.jpg)
The show The Dancer[S] by choreographer François Mauduit (former soloist at Béjart) arrives at the 13ème Art on December 9 and 10, 2025. For the 20th anniversary of his company, François Mauduit traces his memories of dance, from the small rat of the Opéra to the interpreter of Maurice Béjart, and many memories and testimonies mingle with the daydreams of a childhood totally devoted to dance. This ballet, created in 2022 at the Caen theater, returns in 2025 with a new production with twelve soloists from the largest international troupes on stage.
Personally, I really liked some parts of this ballet, and I was less enthusiastic—perhaps a bit lost by others—especially at the end of the show. The Dancer[s] remains, nevertheless, a very beautiful restitution of the life of a dancer, both on stage and backstage, with its joys and sorrows, and it gives us a chance to see a little more than usual: the colossal work behind every perfectly executed gesture with a grace that gives the impression of ease, which in reality is totally illusory.
The Dancer[s]
December 9 and 10, 2025
Duration: 1h30
Théâtre du 13ème Art, 75013 Paris
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L’Héritage Goldman 2
If you are a fan of Jean-Jacques Goldman like me, this show is made for you! It’s the opportunity to relive on stage the greatest songs of Jean-Jacques Goldman revisited by Erick Benzi, his historic director and arranger. On stage, beautiful voices from the new French scene interpret the unforgettable major hits of Jean-Jacques Goldman, surrounded by the original musicians and artistic team of Goldman. “Pour que tu m’aimes encore” by Céline Dion, “Il me dit que je suis belle” by Patricia Kaas, or “Aïcha” by Khaled, alongside Goldman’s classics like “L’Envie” or “Encore un matin”, and many other timeless hits by Jean-Jacques Goldman personally transported me and plunged me back into my memories of that era.
L’Héritage Goldman 2
At the Dôme de Paris on 09/30/2025 and on tour throughout France between September and October 2025
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La Revue Arc-en-Ciel
This Music-Hall review is a show in 11 scenes that celebrates the life and death of Joséphine Baker 50 years ago, the 100th anniversary of her arrival in Paris, and her multiple talents as a self-taught dancer, singer, and actress. Like children, perhaps the children of the “rainbow tribe” (the 12 children of Joséphine and Jo Bouillon, adopted from all corners of the planet), the artists on stage play at reconstructing the path of this great music-hall artist. The Revue Arc-en-ciel obviously also celebrates the artist’s commitments to “France Libre” and her fervent activism against racism and antisemitism, as well as the exemplary nature of her free and avant-garde family life from the perspective of adoption and the recognition of all sexualities, in the sense that “rainbow” takes on today. A great show to dive back into the extraordinary life of this woman, who was very modern for her time.
La Revue Arc-en-Ciel
Until November 9, 2025 (Thursday, October 2 at 8:00 PM – Sunday, October 5, 12, 19 at 4:00 PM – Sunday, November 2 at 4:00 PM – Saturday, November 8 at 7:00 PM – Sunday, November 9 at 4:00 PM)
Hall de la Chanson
Parc de la Villette – Pavillon du Charolais – 211, Avenue Jean Jaurès 75019 Paris
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Who Are You, Andrée Turcy?
This play, performed in a very small theater located near Montparnasse, shines a light on this essential singer of the 30s (whom I admit having personally discovered on this occasion), a great lady of realistic song, and offers a beautiful tribute to an ardent, indomitable artist and powerful troupe leader. This show was created notably for the 50th anniversary of Andrée Turcy‘s passing. It traces her journey, from her beginnings at the Eldorado in Paris to her triumphs at the Alcazar in Marseille and the Casino in Algiers. Between Parisian cabarets and legendary scenes, she traveled throughout France with her troupe, holding high the tradition of music-hall. From Félix Mayol to Francis Carco, Andrée Turcy embodies the soul of the Marseille song, between poetry, passion, and timeless success. On stage, Guillemette Lefèvre brings this artist back to life with gusto, and it allowed me to discover some songs from her repertoire and to immerse myself in the soul of an era.
Who Are You Andrée Turcy?
At the Guichet Montparnasse
15 rue du Maine 75014 Paris
Until 05/25/2025
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 PM and Sundays at 4:30 PM
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L’Injuste
In this thriller, we find Elodie Navarre, who, after being acclaimed by critics for her one-woman show in the international play “Prima Facie”, returns to the stage to play opposite Jacques Weber in a closed-room setting that offers a duel between 2 intense characters.
The pitch: In 1993, in a bunker lost in a Swiss forest, François Genoud, the banker of the Nazis, lives his last hours. All his life he escaped justice and remorse. For his final stand, he receives Sirin, a young journalist from an Israeli daily newspaper. But why her? What is he looking for? This interview will be his testament for history, one last thumbing of the nose at humanity. But the young woman standing in front of him is well decided not to make François Genoud’s end of life as easy as he had imagined.
L’Injuste
Théâtre de la Renaissance / 20 Bd Saint-Martin, 75010 Paris
Until June 8, 2025
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Les Fo’Plafonds
A true phenomenon on social networks with videos reaching more than 50 million views, the 8 artists from Cholet and its region arrive at the 13ème Art in February 2025. With them, everything is music… Everything harmonizes, everything transforms. The street and its elements have a second life, and sometimes even more! Nothing is thrown away, everything is recovered, and that’s how the instruments are created. And it’s been going on since… 2009! On the program: 1h30 of show, with covers of Dalida, Police, AC/DC, or even Charlie Parker. A great, energy-filled show that I warmly recommend to you.
Les Fo’Plafonds
At the 13ème Art from February 19 to March 1, 25 and then on tour in France until June 27, 2025
Duration of the show: 1h30
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Holiday on Ice
I am a fan of figure skating, so I have already seen several Holiday On Ice shows (in 2018, in 2019, and in 2025). This time, I went to discover their new show No Limits at the Zénith in Paris.
Verdict: I was very pleasantly surprised by the show, which offers some very beautiful moments of group skating in particular, and I therefore recommend it to all lovers of this discipline.
Holiday on Ice
Zénith de Paris, then on tour in France (13 cities) until April 2025
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Caribbean Summer Festival
The Caribbean Summer Fest returns for a 2nd edition on June 6 at the Accor Arena. On the program: a live show of more than 3 hours of Caribbean music based on shatta, zouk, kompa, soca, dancehall, and more. 19 artists have already been confirmed to date for 3 hours of explosive show, notably the iconic Meryl, Princess Lover, Nesly, Sensey, Bamby, just to name a few, who will surely unleash a storm of vibes.
Caribbean Summer Festival
Friday, June 6, 2025 at the Accor Arena
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The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Active for over 35 years, the group has become the biggest Pink Floyd tribute band in the world, with over 4 million tickets sold in more than 35 countries. Acclaimed by critics for their faithful reinterpretation of Pink Floyd’s music, the group offers immersive shows with light shows, lasers, special effects… Collaborating with former Pink Floyd musicians, TAPFS has continued to perform to sold-out crowds worldwide for over three decades. The Australian Pink Floyd Show will be on tour throughout France from March 7 to 23, 2025!
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
On tour throughout France from March 7 to 23, 2025
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Alice
This show by Taiwanese choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai and the B.DANCE company draws its inspiration from contemporary dance, martial arts, and Chinese folk dance. He offers a revisit of Alice in Wonderland, the tale by Lewis Carroll, and plunges us into a strange and fantastic universe at the heart of a ballet that proposes an introspection around a fundamental message: “The greatest enemy is oneself.” A dreamlike dive to discover absolutely!
ALICE by the B.DANCE company: a wonderful world signed Po-Cheng Tsai
At the 13ème Art / Avenue d’Italie, 75013 Paris
From April 10 to 17, 2025
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Pasión de Buena Vista
Pasión de Buena Vista arrived in France at the Casino de Paris in March 2023 and then returned to Paris to the Seine Musicale on February 15, 2024, for a new date. In 2025, they return to France for a tour of 10 shows from April 6 to 16, 2025, including two dates at the Grand Rex Paris. This show brings traditional Cuban songs back to life with legendary tracks known to all: Bésame Mucho, Hasta Siempre Comandante, Guantanamera, Quizás, Quizás, and even Chan Chan by the great Compay Segundo, etc. What best characterizes Cuban tradition and culture is music and dance! After a tour in more than 35 countries and 800,000 spectators, Pasión de Buena Vista returns to Europe and will perform in France in April 2025.
Pasión de Buena Vista
Tour from April 6 to 16, 2025 in France and in Paris at the Grand Rex on April 13 and 14, 2025
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David Jarre
David Jarre is a magician, mentalist, and illusionist, and he will be at the Trianon on December 1st for his show Mosaic. It is the first one-man-show of this Franco-British artist, who offers illusions that defy all logic, leaving audiences in awe thanks to his skill as a magician and his stage personality. I haven’t had the opportunity to see him on stage yet, but I find it a rather intriguing type of show.
Mosaic by David Jarre
December 1, 2024 at the Trianon in Paris and on tour in France from November 2024 to March 2025 (Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Besançon, Dijon, and Seyssinet-Pariset)
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Hello, Dolly!
This musical led by Caroline O’Connor and directed by Stephen Mear is a sparkling musical full of heart that tells the story of Dolly Levi, a resourceful and witty professional matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York, to find the perfect companion for the grumpy bachelor and wealthy merchant Horace Vandergelder. In her quest to unite lonely hearts, Dolly concocts a bold plan involving unexpected encounters, hilarious misunderstandings, and a series of comical events.
Hello, Dolly! at the Théâtre du Lido
Until March 2, 2025
Tuesday to Saturday at 8:00 PM and Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00 PM
Prices: seats from €25
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Jin Xing Dance Theatre
After 20 years of absence in France, the company of the most famous Chinese choreographer returns with 4 exceptional ballets at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The Jin Xing Dance Theatre, based in Shanghai, is China’s leading contemporary dance company. It was created in 1999 by its founder and artistic director, Jin Xing, as the first private performing arts troupe in the country. Jin Xing is also the only transgender personality to have broken through in China, where LGBT+ people are little represented. On February 27 and 28, the troupe will perform 3 ballets grouped under the title Trinity, including Sacre by Israeli choreographer Emmanuel Gat, Echo by South African artist Moya Michael, and Cage Birds by Arthur Kuggeleyn, a Dutch theater man and choreographer. On March 1 and 2, the company will present a second ballet by Dutch choreographer Arthur Kuggeleyn: Wild Flowers.
Jin Xing Dance Theatre
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / 15 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
From February 27 to March 2, 2025
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Les Saisons by the Malandain Ballet Biarritz
The Malandain Ballet Biarritz returns to Paris for 10 exceptional performances of the creation by Thierry Malandain, Les Saisons. Created at the Cannes-Côte d’Azur Dance Festival in November 2023 commissioned by the Royal Opera of Versailles, it has since toured extensively in France and abroad (Asia, Europe, France, and soon in the USA) and has been a great success. Very attached to the culture of classical ballet, whose codes he revives, Thierry Malandain offers a ballet that intertwines the famous “Four Seasons” by Vivaldi with several pages from the “Four Seasons of the Year”, a little-known work by Giovanni Antonio Guido. In a setting of black petals spread across the horizon, winged beings mourn the spirit and clarity.
Les Saisons by the Malandain Ballet Biarritz
13ème Art
Avenue d’Italie, 75013 Paris
From February 5 to 15, 2025
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Brel! The Show
Olivier Laurent is a Belgian artist who brilliantly interprets the great Brel and his timeless songs in this show that we had the chance to discover at the 13ème Art in 2017. We are shaken by the resemblance of his voice and his gestures to this departed character. We think we see once again, for a moment, this great singer who marked his era (and ours, finally). Leaving this show, the favorite photographer and I had a furious desire to plunge ourselves once again into the very particular universe of this irreplaceable singer. A show that I therefore warmly recommend if you are a lover of Brel’s songs or if you want to discover a little more about his universe. He returns to Paris on Saturday, January 25, 2025, for a unique date at the Salle Pleyel!
Brel! The show
Salle Pleyel
January 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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LeNoise, Tribute to Neil Young
After a tour across Europe, the group LeNoise arrives in France to satisfy fans of Neil Young who will be able to relive the original versions of his greatest classics on stage. An event, therefore, for all fans of Neil Young and his legendary group Crazy Horse with a unique date in Paris not to be missed on Thursday, January 23, 2025, in Paris at the Salle Pleyel. The opportunity to discover for two hours, with exemplary and faithful musicians, the key tracks of “The Loner,” taken from his best albums like “Harvest,” “After the Gold Rush,” or “Tonight’s The Night.”
LeNoise, Tribute to Neil Young
At the Salle Pleyel in Paris on Thursday, 01/23/2025 at 8:30 PM
252 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris
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The 10th Anniversary of Pixel by Mourad Merzouki
After the success of the sold-out performances at the end of 2021 (where I had the opportunity to see this magnificent show again, which I discovered in 2014 during the Kalypso festival), Pixel, the great success of Mourad Merzouki, is back at the 13ème Art from November 2024 to February 2025 to celebrate the 10 years of the show, with an exceptional series of 40 dates. At the crossroads of dance and interactive video, Mourad Merzouki signs a landmark work that draws on the energy of hip-hop and 3D projection.
Created in 2014, performed more than 500 times, and after multiple tours around the world, Pixel, by Mourad Merzouki, returns for a new series of performances at the 13ème Art. Eleven dancers and circus performers are immersed in a universe of moving gravity. Thousands of pixels come to life, offering a breathtaking optical illusion, evolving in real-time according to the movements of the dancers. The subtle balance between real and virtual, energy and poetry, fiction and technical prowess, creates a futuristic ballet, at once playful and joyful.
Pixel by Mourad Merzouki
13ème Art
Av. d’Italie, 75013 Paris
From November 27, 2024 to February 1, 2025
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Little Rock Story
This show for all audiences, original, playful, instructive, and of high musical caliber, allows for a fascinating tour of the History of Rock. It is also intergenerational with the energy of rock skillfully spiced with humor, during which neophytes and specialists alike, young and adult, (re)discover the history of this musical genre and legendary figures like Elvis, The Beatles, the Stones, ACDC, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, Metallica… In any case, on my side, it made me super eager to dive back into these legendary groups and learn more about the history of this music! And very good news, after the success of the 13ème Art and Bobino, the four rascals of Little Rock Story return for a new series of performances at the Théâtre Libre!
Little Rock Story
Théâtre Libre / 4 Boulevard de Strasbourg, 75010 Paris
From October 19, 2024 to January 5, 2025
Prices: from €17 to €42
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TRASH!
This “percussive” show about recycling and consumerism arrives for the second time in Paris for 2 sessions from Thursday, November 30, 2023, to Sunday, January 28, 2024, and from October 2024 to January 2025 at Bobino. After lively success at the Avignon festival in 2022 and in several European countries since its creation in 2021 by the Spanish company of the same name. The show takes place in a recycling center, where four creative workers give a new life to all kinds of waste, showing the public the excess of consumerism in our society. There is a lot of positive energy in this show; it is rhythmic, and the artists don’t lack humor! Don’t hesitate to go and discover this show for all audiences with communicative good humor.
TRASH!
Bobino / 14-20 Rue de la Gaité, 75014 Paris
From October 17, 2024 to November 03, 2024 then from December 19, 2024 to January 19, 2025
Duration : 1h15
Prices : from €19 to €49
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Yule, the true story of Santa Claus at the Grand Hôtel des Rêves
After their opening show on Beauty and the Beast, which I didn’t have the opportunity to see, the Grand Hôtel des Rêves, this new venue for immersive shows in Paris, offers to discover or rediscover the story of Santa Claus for this holiday period. On the program for this venue are immersive shows all year round, for the whole family, and presented in a historic venue in the heart of the 5th arrondissement (formerly the Le Brun hotel). Spectators are led by dozens of actors, singers, and dancers into extraordinary theatrical adventures of about 1 hour, from room to room, over more than 1000m2 of sets. What I particularly appreciated personally in this show are the details and the enchantment of the sets that plunge us into the magic of this Christmas tale. And at the end of the visit, there is a small tea room area to have a hot drink and take some pictures with Santa Claus for the big and little children.
Yule, the true story of Santa Claus
Grand Hôtel des Rêves
47 rue du Cardinal Lemoine 75005 Paris
Until January 19, 2025
Prices: from €29.50 for adults and €19 for children from 4 to 15 years old
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A Century, Life and Death of Galia Libertad
Here is the pitch of this play that Carole Thibaut wrote custom-made for close artists: “A small group gathers around Galia Libertad (incredible Monique Brun), their friend, mother, grandmother, lover, who has invited them to “embrace them one last time”. On stage, ghosts return, meals are improvised, arguments arise, small and big stories intertwine.” Through these colorful farewells, it is the intimate and collective History of a century, the 20th century, that is told to us in the background. I had personally discovered this saga in 2022 at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris and I found it particularly moving and interesting.
A Century, Life and Death of Galia Libertad
Text & direction Carole Thibaut
From December 5 to 15, 2024
At the Théâtre de la Tempête, Paris
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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company
After 7 years of absence in France, the prestigious New York company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater makes its big comeback on stage from October 18 to 26, 2024, at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. Founded in 1958 by Mr. Alvin Ailey, this company is described as “an essential ambassador of American culture in the world.” It is particularly committed to celebrating African-American culture. During 11 performances in Paris, 32 dancers will perform on stage the mythical ballets that made the company’s reputation throughout the world, and new works, never before presented in France. Two programs will be presented alternately: program A composed of unpublished works and “Survivors” by Alvin Ailey and Mary Barnett; program B composed of works that have already met with great success (“Following the Subtle Current Upstream” by Alonzo King and “Dancing Spirit” by Ronald K. Brown).
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company
Palais des Congrès / 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, 75017 Paris
From October 18 to 26, 2024
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WING CHUN
WING CHUN, the official troupe, will perform for the first time in the West, in Paris, after two years of touring in Asia. This dramatic dance show tells the story of the legendary Ip Man, that of the marriage of strength and art with the 50 artists of the Shenzen Opera and Dramatic Dance Theater. It highlights two elements of Chinese cultural heritage: Wing Chun martial arts and Xingyun Silk, from which all the costumes are made.
Wing Chun
Palais des Congrès de Paris
October 4, 5, and 6, 2024
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Jungle, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company
The Korea National Contemporary Dance Company will perform for the first time in France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. These two evenings will take place on the stage of the 13e Art in Paris. The company’s choreographer, Kim Sungyong, will present his creation with 17 dancers: Jungle. We are plunged into the middle of a tropical forest with music composed by Japanese artist Marihiko Hara. This organic choreographic journey leads us into an intense trance with the dancers, all of whom are exceptional. Movement, a theme much appreciated by the choreographer and director of the company, is at once individual and unitary, as in the heart of a living organism with multiple components. A very beautiful moment of dance, which explores all the complexity of Korean culture.
Jungle, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company
July 23 and 24, 2024
Le 13e Art
Avenue d’Italie, 75013 Paris
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Mourad Merzouki in residency at the 13e Art
Mourad Merzouki, the famous choreographer of hip-hop dance and contemporary dance from Lyon, returns with the Käfig Company to the 13e Art with two exceptional series of performances of Zéphyr, one of his latest creations around the wind, and Boxe Boxe Brasil, the Brazilian version of his cult play from 2010.
On one side, Zéphyr is a show created by Merzouki for the mythical Vendée Globe race, which takes 10 dancers on an ocean of imagination. With his faithful collaborators for the music (enchanting music by Armand Amar), lighting, and at the heart of a moving set, the choreographer sculpts the wind to exalt dance in a game with the untamable forces of nature. The play is powerful, organic, and hypnotic, and you let yourself be carried away by an almost mystical energy that leads the dancers and the spectators into a sublime trance. One of the most beautiful dance shows I’ve ever seen, I think…
On the other side, a revisit of an emblematic show of the Käfig company dating from 2010: Boxe Boxe Brasil. Mourad Merzouki invites the Debussy Quartet to share the stage with his hip-hop dancers to play on the contrasts and similarities between dance, boxing, and classical music, once again participating in a dynamic of meeting different aesthetics.
Zéphyr from June 12 to June 30, 2024
Boxe Boxe Brasil from July 3 to 20, 2024
Le 13e Art
Avenue d’Italie, 75013 Paris
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Tango y Tango
This show offers a dive into a vibrant milonga in Buenos Aires, where the bar and the dance floor turn into a disenchanted dream of a flamboyant Argentina. On this ballroom floor, couples challenge and seek each other to the rhythm of passion. With original music by Philippe Cohen Solal, co-founder of the Gotan Project, the dancers retrace the history of their country: its wars, its myths, the military dictatorship, and its renaissances. We find Élodie Menant, Helena Noguerra, and Rodolfo de Souza. I particularly liked the dance numbers and the virtuosity of the dancers, who made me very eager to go take a little trip to Argentina to discover all this on the spot!
Tango y Tango
At the Théâtre Marigny / Carré Marigny, 75008 Paris
Repeats starting from May 16, 2024 and until June 13, 2024 / Wednesday to Saturday at 9:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday at 4:00 PM
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Orangerie Sonore Festival at the Orangerie de Bagatelle
The Orangerie Sonore Festival is a true immersion into the world of chamber music. It takes place from May 24 to 26 in the sumptuous setting of the Orangerie de Bagatelle, a historic jewel nestled in the heart of Paris. In 2024, the festival highlights youth and female creation, thus participating in the “Classiques à Bagatelle” series.
Orangerie Sonore Festival
From May 24 to 26, 2024
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West Side Story
The great classic of the West Side Story musical returns to Paris and France with a new staging by Broadway director and actor Lonny Price. What a pleasure to re-discover the mythical music of Leonard Bernstein, still as modern and inspired as ever, in this new virtuoso adaptation. The colorful and pinpoint-accurate staging elevates the choreography (originally by Jerome Robbins), and the performers are up to the task to pay tribute to them, both in singing and dancing. Finally, even if the story of West Side Story is over 60 years old, it doesn’t get old. The dramatic aspect remains moving, and this story about impossible love, racism, fear of the “other”, and integration is still relevant – which is in a way quite sad to write… In short, a must-see to discover at least once in your life!
West Side Story
Théâtre du Châtelet / 1 place du Châtelet 75001 Paris
From October 20 to December 31, 2023
Tuesday to Friday at 8:00 PM / Saturday at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM / Sunday at 3:00 PM
Prices: from €14.90 to €119.90
And French tour between February and March 2024 (Bordeaux, Lyon, Rouen, and Nantes)
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Les Souliers Rouges
After its creation at the Folies Bergère in 2020, Les Souliers Rouges, the musical show by Marc Lavoine and Fabrice Aboulker, returns on February 9, 10 & 11, 2024, in Paris – Salle Pleyel, and then on tour throughout France. Inspired by the tale by Hans Andersen, the story of Les Souliers Rouges begins like a fairy tale. There would be a pair of ballet slippers hidden in the opera. Magic dance shoes that hold a trap: she who puts them on will know fame, but must renounce love forever. Some passages are quite interesting, the lighting design is also very well done, and the dancers are excellent, but I had trouble being carried away by the songs, which I personally found a little too simplistic and full of good intentions for my taste.
Les Souliers Rouges
Musical Show by Marc Lavoine and Fabrice Aboulker
February 9, 10, and 11, 2024 at the Salle Pleyel, Paris – then on tour throughout France
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Romeo + Juliet by Matthew Bourne
This danced version of a timeless story that tells of adolescent discovery and the madness of first love, “Romeo and Juliet,” was unanimously acclaimed by critics during its first presentation in 2019. It returns in 2024 to the Théâtre du Châtelet in the New Adventures repertoire alongside the best dance and theater productions by Matthew Bourne, renowned worldwide.
My opinion: I had a bit of a hard time getting into the show at the beginning because the story drifts significantly from the original text, but little by little I was captured by the magnificent music of Prokofiev and by the modern choreography of this musical without words, whose certain dance numbers seemed very poetic to me, especially the duets between Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo + Juliet by Matthew Bourne
Théâtre du Châtelet
From March 9 to 28, 2024
Tuesday to Sunday at 8:00 PM and some Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Prices: from €10 to €99
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CAR/MEN by Philippe Lafeuille
Directed by Philippe Lafeuille, Bizet’s work is revisited by eight dancers and a singer who, with fantasy, tenderness, and derision, play with the masculine and the feminine. A choreographic show mixing humor, theater, song, clowning, object theater, and video. This modern CAR/MEN evolves in a whirlwind of colors. An original choreography, punctuated by well-dosed humor, impertinence, and derision. I really liked this show with its communicative energy, and the scenes are quite striking. Not to mention the performers, who are also up to the level of the performance. I warmly recommend it to you.
CAR/MEN by Philippe Lafeuille
Théâtre Libre / 4 Bd de Strasbourg, 75010 Paris
From December 14, 2023 to February 4, 2024
Prices : from €27
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Stomp
Stomp and its musicians of a different kind need no introduction! Since its creation in 1991, Stomp has captivated more than 15 million spectators around the world. Their secret: simple everyday objects—a broom, a sink, a lighter, trash cans—used as instruments. 8 young artists on stage make the street their playground, their outlet to express a state of mind, a lifestyle, and deliver a message.
On stage, scenes more astonishing than the next succeed each other, leading the public into a rhythmic frenzy. The troupe’s prowess comes from its complicity, each one listening to the other to perfect a note, a sound, an effect in the beauty of the whole. We have fun, we tap our feet, we snap our fingers listening to this atypical percussion. A gigantic music box that smells of tar and waste. I have already seen them several times personally (I talk about them in another “shows” article), and I never tire of them!
Stomp
at La Cigale in Paris / 120 boulevard de Rochechouard 75018 Paris
From 12/19/2023 to 01/14/2024Prices: from €40
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The Black Blues Brothers
In a nightclub reminiscent of the Cotton Club, following the whims of an extravagant vintage radio that plays rhythm’n’blues music, the bartender and servers turn into artists. By turns, they are tightrope walkers, acrobats, create human pyramids, dance the limbo with fire, and much more, accompanied by the engaging notes of the soundtrack of the cult film The Blues Brothers by John Landis, but also other cult films and music. After their success at the Fringe Festival of Edinburgh where they gathered more than 15,000 spectators in August 2023, these 5 Kenyan acrobats arrive for the 1st time in France! This show, created in 2014, mixes circus, acrobatics, and comedy.
The Black Blues Brothers
At the Théâtre Libre
4 bd de Strasbourg 75010 Paris
From October 18 to November 12, 2023
Wednesday to Saturday at 9:00 PM – Sunday at 4:00 PM
Prices: Carré Or, €59 / Category 1, €49 / Category 2, €39 / Category 3, €27
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Christophe Alévêque is a “Vieux Con” (Old Jerk)
(review by Julie Brando)
Our favorite big grumbler is back on stage with a new creation, “Vieux Con,” which he performed at the Théâtre du Rond Point in March and April 2022. With the presidential news, the acerbic humorist also presented his show during two exceptional “Special Presidential” performances, in which he announced the results live. And knowing the individual, it is a safe bet that these two sessions had (we did not attend) a bitter aftertaste full of sarcasm and very cynical comments. But that’s why we love him.
With “Vieux Con,” Christophe Alévêque defends total freedom of expression, without filter, the kind that feels good where it hurts. It is to his two-year-old son that he recounts a state of the world that makes one’s blood run cold. The humorist takes a look full of insolence and provocation at an era where everyone wants to be the spokesperson for a sordid and omnipresent political correctness. Everyone gets their share: Covid, #MeToo, Zemmour, social networks, everything that makes our era an aberration where human stupidity never stops its quest for excellence. A very real “idiocracy” that takes shape in Alévêque’s words. We love this grumbling and life-saving bad faith, and we keep asking for more, because after all, young and old jerks are more than useful in these troubled times. No more smooth thoughts, and welcome to free thought, to the right to say “It was better before”!
Christophe Alévêque
Vieux Con show
Café de la Gare
41 Rue du Temple, 75004 ParisStarting from October 4, 2022, every Tuesday at 9:00 PM
Duration: 1h30
Price: €26
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Barbara
It’s been a little over 25 years now since the long dark-haired lady went away. But as an artist never dies, it is through the talents of today that we rediscover with joy all this musical richness that is part of our national heritage. I discovered this show in 2016 and it returns to the Théâtre de Passy for a few performances in February and March 2023.
The pitch: Music professionals and insiders know well the pianist and accordionist that is Roland Romanelli. Those who admire Barbara have met him at least once in one of her shows. This man, who accompanied the singer on stage as well as in life, tells us with much restraint, tenderness, and respect about the astonishing and amusing woman she was in everyday life. And it is his current partner, the singer Rébecca Mai, who interprets with great sincerity a score of songs that remind us how superb Barbara‘s repertoire was.
The songs interspersed with the narrations of Roland Romanelli and excerpts from interviews with the singer make it an engaging show. One feels good in this universe where the piano, the light panels, without forgetting the rocking chair, take a beautiful place in the story and in the space. Without revealing everything, the end is masterful and I even had a small tear in the corner of my eyes, that’s saying something, while Melle Bon Plan, a big fan of Barbara, was crying her eyes out! This show is a beautiful tribute to her who will forever remain among the giants of French chanson of the 20th century.
Barbara
Mondays and Tuesdays at 9:00 PM from February 6, 2023
Théâtre de Passy
95 rue de Passy 75016 Paris
Prices: between €15 and €35
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The Producers
This show has been playing for 1 year on the stage of the Théâtre de Paris and has received numerous awards, including the 2022 Molière for Best Musical. It is adapted by Alexis Michalik from Mel Brooks’ film “The Producers.” This show, given on Broadway starting in 2001, stayed on the bill for more than 6 years with resounding public and critical success, as it remains the most awarded musical in Broadway history!
The Producers
Théâtre de Paris
15 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris
Until June 25, 2023
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Pop Legends Concert
Pop Legends is an event for fans of The Beatles, ABBA, and Elton John, which pays tribute to these mythical artists with a show entirely dedicated to them. I was lucky enough to see them on May 2, 2022, with a concert at the Dôme de Paris Palais des Sports, which then continued throughout France. Pop Legends gathers for the first time in the same evening the artists magisterially interpreting the three greatest groups in the history of pop music, namely The Beatles, Elton John & ABBA, interpreted respectively by The Bestbeat (I personally found them truly incredible; they really succeeded in bringing back to life the soul and the sound of the group, I find), The Rocket Man (special mention to the artist’s incredible costumes), and Mania. This evening, therefore, offers 3 groups on stage for 3 hours of hits!
- The Bestbeat plays on the same instruments that The Beatles had at the time, wear the same costumes, right down to the memorable “mop-top” haircuts.
- The Rocket Man: a powerful voice, extravagant costumes, and an eccentric attitude… no doubt, when Jimmy Love is on stage, you wonder if you aren’t at a concert by the real Elton John!
- MANIA remains faithful to the slightest details of ABBA’s concerts: lyrics, sound, lighting, choreography, platform shoes, disco globe… right down to the Swedish accent.
Pop Legends Tour
June 04, 2023. Lyon, Salle 3000
June 07, 2023. Brest, Arena
June 08, 2023. Paris, Dôme de Paris
June 09, 2023. Tours, Palais des Congrès (Le Vinci)
June 10, 2023. Limoges, Zénith
June 13, 2023. Caen, Zénith
June 14, 2023. Rouen, Zénith
June 15, 2023. Lille, Zénith
June 16, 2023. Longuenesse, Scénéo
June 18, 2023. Saint Etienne, Zénith
June 20, 2023. Chambéry, Le PharePrices: from €25
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Once Upon a Time, The Nutcracker
It was at the end of a performance of “The Nutcracker” by Rudolf Nureyev that Karl Paquette was named “Étoile” (Principal Dancer) at the Opéra national de Paris. This ballet has held a special place in his life ever since. With this show, Karl Paquette therefore wishes to transmit to a young audience the passion for dance, its magic, and its enchantment during the spring break with this new adaptation. To the famous music of Tchaikovsky, the tale of Hoffmann, revisited by Alexandre Dumas, is rendered here by Clément Hervieu-Léger of the Comédie-Française.
We were lucky enough to attend the premiere of this show on April 19 and we were enchanted by this fairytale ballet that makes you dream, as much by the quality of the sets and costumes as by the talent of its performers. A rewriting to make a more concise version while respecting the structure of the ballet and highlighting the most emblematic and well-known moments. A perfect introduction if you don’t yet know this ballet, and one that will certainly make you want to discover more!
Once Upon a Time, The Nutcracker
from April 19 to 30, 2023
Théâtre du Chatelet
Prices : from 6 to €55
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PSS PSS Compagnia BACCALA
PSS PSS is a show that features two contemporary clowns using the universal language of the body and the look, and which also makes many references to silent films. Camilla Pessi and Simone Fassari, clowns, acrobats, and musicians, take us on a performance out of time, with all the gravity, the recklessness, and the cruelty of being two. It’s poetic, extremely funny, and it speaks to all ages.
Winner of 15 international awards, PSS PSS has been performed more than 950 times in more than 50 countries and on 5 continents and settles for the first time in Paris for 20 exceptional performances and to celebrate its thousandth performance. Don’t miss this very successful show!
PSS PSS Compagnia BACCALA
Théâtre Libre
4 Bd de Strasbourg, 75010 Paris
From March 10 to April 23, 2023
Friday and Saturday at 7:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PMPrice: from €19
Duration: 65 min
For all ages (from
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Soy de Cuba
Soy de Cuba returns to Paris in March 2023 at the 13ème Art for 14 exceptional performances of the show “Viva La Vida”! I discovered this show in June 2021 at the Casino de Paris, a direct boarding for Havana with very beautiful Latin dance numbers. Under the direction of composer Rembert Eguës, 14 dancers and 6 musicians carry us away in the magic of the Cuban show Viva la Vida! Cigars, mojitos, colonial architecture, sublime American cars with gleaming chrome… we are propelled into the humidity of the nights in Havana, thus breathing the very singular atmosphere of the famous Caribbean island.
Viva La Vida! by Soy De Cuba
from March 14 to 26, 2023
at the 13ème Art
Avenue d’Italie, 75013 Paris
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Lights in the dark by E.L Squad
LIGHTS in the DARK is a show by the Japanese troupe E.L Squad (Electro-Luminescence). Led by choreographer Yokoi, a world reference on the hip-hop scene, the show allows us to discover a technology that allows dancers evolving in total darkness to create phantasmagorical and luminous effects. In the purest tradition of manga, LIGHTS in the DARK mixes characters, eras, and places in a whirlwind of sounds and images.
Lights in the Dark
Théâtre Libre – 4 Bd de Strasbourg, 75010 Paris
Until January 8, 2023
Wednesday to Saturday at 9:00 PM and Sunday at 4:00 PM
Duration: 1h10
Prices: from €26 to €56
To book your seats
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Marie-Claude Pietragalla at the Théâtre de la Madeleine
In November and December 2022, the Théâtre de la Madeleine offers no less than 2 shows by Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Julien Derouault! The first is a solo show, “La femme qui danse“, which celebrates the more than 40 years on stage of the Opéra principal dancer, now a choreographer of her own company, the Théâtre du Corps. The second, “La Leçon“, is a masterful danced and theatrical adaptation of Eugène Ionesco’s cult play by Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Julien Derouault. The opportunity to treat yourself and go discover these two shows before the end of the year.
Juliette’s opinion on La Leçon: “Every time new shows from the Théâtre du Corps company are released, I answer the call of dance. After “La Femme qui danse” last year with Marie-Claude Pietragalla alone on stage (which is still performed alternately with La Leçon), the Company is attempting a new experience around the verb “to dance”, exploring language and the body in movement with Julien Derouault as a teacher of dance, arithmetic, philology, or linguistics. From Eugène Ionesco’s theatrical play, “La Leçon” projects us into a whirlwind of madness whose dance steps transcend the spectator. Go see it absolutely if you like theater and dance!”
La Femme qui danse
La Leçon
Théâtre de la Madeleine
Until December 2022
Prices: from 21 to €76 / package offer 2 shows between 37 and €113
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Smile
Smile takes place in September 1910, at an important date in the life of the legendary interpreter of Charlot, Charlie Chaplin. Inspired by real events (but highly fictional), the play by Nicolas Nebot and Dan Menasche tells the story of a romantic date in a shabby bar and its bartender who wants to do well, all from the point of view of each of the three characters. The director uses all the artifices of cinema: flashback, black and white (yes, you read that right, the play is in black and white!), and deconstructed narration. We thus discover a hybrid, inspired mix where the staging is at the service of the narration.
Charlie Chaplin is known for his films that are as funny as they are moving. Smile attempts the same approach, succeeding with a certain accuracy to find this perilous balance between humor and drama. It is, however, mostly in the latter aspect (and in its last third, when the pieces of the puzzle are recomposed) that it reveals its most beautiful moments. The show is to be discovered at the La Nouvelle Eve theater, which has a retro atmosphere (tables in front of the stage) that is in perfect harmony with the subject of the play!
Smile
Until December 23, 2022
La Nouvelle Eve
25 Rue Pierre Fontaine, 75009 Paris
Prices : from €20
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The musical 42nd Street
42nd Street is the unmissable musical of this year’s end, and it returns to the Théâtre du Châtelet in December 2022. It traces the backstage of show business and tells the story of the “behind the scenes” which is not always rosy. On the program: tap dance demonstrations, showers of sequins, and 16 scenes with more than 300 costumes.
42nd Street
Direction and choreography: Stephen Mear
from December 7, 2022 to January 15, 2023
Théâtre du Chatelet
2 Rue Edouard Colonne, 75001 Paris
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Féerie Sur Glace: Voyage
The Féerie Sur Glace troupe was created in 2008 and is composed of internationally renowned skaters, as well as artists from cabarets and circuses. The troupe resides at the Accor Arena ice rink in Paris Bercy. This year, its new production “Voyage” is a Christmas journey whose story is particularly aimed at children and is a pretext for scenes featuring synchronized skating or moments of individual or couple figure skating.
The show is joyful and some skaters have a good level, even if I regretted an ensemble that was sometimes a little too amateur and approximate during certain scenes. But the overall atmosphere of the show is very sympathetic, and the troupe shows a contagious enthusiasm.
Féerie sur Glace: Voyage
from December 27, 2022 to January 1, 2023
Accor Arena Ice Rink Paris Bercy
Prices: between €15 and €35
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Pockemon Crew
The world breakdance champions, Pockemon Crew, presented their new creation “Nineteen”, an ecological fable that invites the spectator to question the state of the World and to envision a better future through Hip-Hop dance. Pockemon Crew is the success story of a Hip-Hop collective from Lyon (yeah! I’m being a bit chauvinistic!) that now performs on the biggest international stages. I have been following them for several years, and I believe this is at least the third time I’ve seen them on stage.
“Nineteen” by Pockemon Crew
Thursday 24, Friday 25, Saturday 26 November 2022 at 9:00 PM
duration: 1h30
Le 13ème Art
Avenue d’Italie, 75013 Paris
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Diamond Dance
(review MelleBonPlan)
Diamond Dance is a danced show orchestrated by a troupe of 20 dancers accompanied by live musicians: alto, violin, cello. The show tells in a very classic way the idyll of Marie and Raph, who are opposed by their cultures (one is a classical dancer, the other lives only for hip-hop), but it is dance and performance that will bring them together. Despite a scenario seen over and over again, the contagious energy and good humor of the troupe make all the charm of this show with its life-saving good mood. You have until April 10 to let yourself be carried away by Diamond Dance at the Le 13ème Art theater.
Diamond Dance
Toulouse, Casino Barrière on November 20, 2022
Palais des Sports de paris on November 26, 2022
Lyon Amphi 3000 on November 27, 2022
Prices: between €20 and €59
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The “Wriggles” put themselves in four at the Scène Libre
(review by Julie Brando)
The men in red, Machiavellian clowns who have been singing for 20 years, are back to put a little spice on the Parisian stage. Stéphane Gourdon, Antoine Réjasse, Emmanuel Urbanet, and Fabien Marais return to us with a show mixing old hits and small updates in a great, well-crafted farce, written with accuracy, poetry, and a great sense of the formula that made them successful. Four actors/singers/pranksters who enchant our ears and our zygomatics thanks to musical skits of insolent hilarity. It’s the story of four guys, four baby-boomers who wonder what it is to be a man today, a poor guy from the “CFMR” (Confédération Française des Mecs Relous) in the era of #MeToo and its upheavals.
Everything goes: a certain presidential candidate that no one saw coming (Z?), sexual predators, sinister family secrets, global warming, drugs, social networks… Dark humor seems once again de rigueur in an era that takes itself too seriously. It’s nostalgic “franchouillarde” (French-style) music, but with a touch of modernity in some texts. They are four guys who have aged and who carry with humility a tender and dark look at the time that flies to the rhythm of their instruments, of their voices, which have broken the house down and continue to bring together some blasé baby-boomers who still want to hear the story of “Poupine and Thierry” and “Julie la petite Olive”. It is clever, well-interpreted, musically up to their reputation. To be discovered or rediscovered urgently.
Les Wriggles put themselves in four
Every Tuesday at 8:30 PM until April 26, 2022
La Scène Libre
4 boulevard de Strasbourg, 75010 Paris
