Protesters have called for deep rooted change at the Comédie-Française, the world's oldest running theatre company, to ...

A new leader for the Comédie-Française, Clément Hervieu-Léger, is an insider who looks set to keep the venerable Paris company on a steady course. By Laura Cappelle Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon ...

A passé take on Georg Büchner’s 1835 play about the French Revolution leans into the worst instincts of the Comédie-Française, our critic writes. By Laura Cappelle Laura Cappelle is a Paris-based ...

For the first three month of the year, the Comédie-Française hosted a weekly sale featuring a curated selection of costumes meticulously crafted in its own workshops. From embroidered dresses, shirts, ...

During a costume sale at the Comédie-Française boutique in Paris, January 2024. COLL. COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE On Thursday, February 1, shortly before noon under the arcades of the Palais-Royal, a small ...

Prouhèze (Marina Hands) and Balthazar (Laurent Stocker) in 'Le Soulier de satin,' by Paul Claudel, at the Comédie-Française. JEAN-LOUIS FERNANDEZ The return of Le Soulier de satin (The Satin Slipper) ...

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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Cross-dressing has enjoyed less fortune on the French stage than across the Channel. In that context, the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Eric Ruf probably hoped for a more conclusive inauguration at the Comédie-Française. So far, the first season he has ...

A hearing this month allowed one of France's most important theatre's to dismiss controversial actor Nâzim Boudjenah. But it's too little, too late for the movement against male violence in the arts.