2024

THÉÂTRE DU MARAIS

Theater
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The theatre of the Marais began in the th century. At the time, the Marais is already a fashionable neighborhood and popular actors look for a place where they could represent themselves. It is then that the "marsh of the Marais" is formed in the room of the palm game street Old-du-Temple. This is where Corneille's first "Le Cid" will be played in January 1637. After a few years of success, the theatre took fire in 1644 and was completely renovated. The troupe no longer met the same success and it was only at the end of the th, with a renovation and the parts of Beaumarchais, that the theatre regained its lustre of yesteryear. Today, this place, which is located in Volta Street, lives with modern pieces. Since 2009 the theatre of the Marais is managed by Sébastien Autret, Charles Petit and Quentin Paulhiac. The great story continues…

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2024

MAISON DE LA POÉSIE

Theater

Founded by the City of Paris on an idea of Pierre Seghers in 1983, the Maison de la Poésie was installed until 1995 on the terrace of the Forum des Halles. She now sits in the walls of the Molière theatre. It was inaugurated in 1791, in the midst of the French Revolution - in 1793, it is renamed Théâtre Des Sans Culottes. He knows some frustrations and becomes an arms room, depository shop, ballroom, returns to the theatre, then turns into a meeting place and ends up being shared by shops. Completely renovated, the grand hall presents the characteristics of the architecture of the theatres of the th century. It can contain one hundred and four spectators. A second room has seats. The programming consists of shows devoted to poets and playwrights of yesterday and today, from here and elsewhere. Conferences and meetings are also held in these walls.

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