The plays everyone is talking about

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What are the shows and one-woman-shows that everyone is talking about and that will be sold out? Journalist and theater critic Emmanuelle Dreyfus gives us a list of the season's plays that must be reserved before everyone else!

Who will look after the children? by Nicolas Bonneau

Spectacle de Nicolas Bonneau au théâtre Belleville

On the bill: for over two years, Nicolas Bonneau followed women politicians in their daily lives. Women of left or right, elected local and national. He thus draws up a series of moving or caustic portraits while questioning his own male domination.

Why you have to go : “For the performance and comments of Nicolas Bonneau who investigated the daily life of local and national politicians. Through portraits ( Ségolène Royal , Christiane Taubira , Simone Veil …), he takes the opportunity to make a male self-criticism.

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Where and when ? Until March 31, 2019 at the Belleville Theater . 94 rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75011 Paris. 01 48 06 72 34.

Sweet song by Leïla Slimani

Pièce de théâtre de Pauline Bayle à la Comédie Française

On the bill: the Goncourt 2016 settles in French . The story of Louise, hired as a baby-sitter by a couple of “ Parisian Bobos ”, became a pillar of the household and soon a murderer of children. What prompted the Mary Poppins- looking nanny to commit this crime?

Why do you have to go? To discover the work of Pauline Bayle , gifted in directing, and to see the highly anticipated stage adaptation of this novel with its disturbing plot that explores the figure of the monster.

Where and when ? From March 14 to April 28, 2019 at the Comédie Française , 1 place Colette, 75001 Paris. 01 44 58 15 15.

The Revenge Trilogy after John Ford, Thomas Middleton, William Shakespeare

Pièce de théâtre de Simon Stone avec Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Adèle Exarchopoulos

On the bill: a descent into hell of misogynistic violence by Simon Stone who rewrites the great female roles of Shakespeare , Middleton or Ford .

Pourquoi il faut aller? A 3-star cast with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi , Adèle Exarchopoulos , Pauline Lorillard, Nathalie Richard, Eric Caravaca, and an extraordinary director, Simon Stone. Everyone is going to talk about it!

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Where and when ? From March 8 to April 21, 2019 at the Odéon place de l'Odéon, 75006 Paris . 01 44 85 40 40.

Also discover the new Murakmi on display at Perrotin

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