International

The Théâtre du Rond-Point offers several shows that don't require understanding the French language. From dance to performance, including magic and acrobatics, we offer a wide range of shows. Here's a short presentation for each of them. Unfortunately our online booking software doesn't have an English version but is quite easy to understand. If necessary, don't hesitate to call us for assistance +33 1 44 95 98 21 from tuesday to saturday, from 11 a.m to 6 p.m

Performance in English, surtitled in French

Ido and Hannan are two Israeli stage directors. One lives in Tel Aviv, the other in Paris. In 2022, a European festival commissions them to create a piece around a perfectly reasonable question: what does it mean to be Israeli today?

Then comes the October 7 attack and the extreme violence unleashed in their name. A major existential artistic question arises: what do we do now? They choose the worst possible option: not to know. They play themselves, contradicting each other live on stage. Genocide, terror, Shoah, the words burn as they sink deeper into their paradoxes.

Darkly funny, biting, and at times absurd. A performance that seeks neither to reconcile nor to reassure, but to stare chaos straight in the eye.

Performance in French, surtitled in English

At the barbershop, people build community as much as they celebrate and put the world to rights. On the day of the Champions League final, television sets blare their excitement in cities across the globe. Barber Shop Chronicles unfolds over a single day in several barbershops, from Brussels to Dakar.

Africans and members of the African diaspora speak loudly and freely, about everyday life, raising children, exile, masculinity, racism, and football, of course. Michael De Cock and Junior Mthombeni orchestrate these vibrant, mixed snapshots with great skill, rich in ideas and brimming with infectious energy.

Performance in Italian and Spanish, surtitled in French

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes. Of the forty-five passengers on board, more than half survived, but they waited a long time for rescue under extreme conditions.

Italian director Fabiana Iacozzilli investigated by speaking with survivors and bereaved families to reconstruct the ordeal they endured. In a set resembling the wreckage of a dilapidated airplane, the actors visibly manipulate life-sized puppets inspired by the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti, ghostly, fragile figures of the survivors, resisting as best they can, facing hunger, cold, isolation, and the death of some among them.

And the tragedy reaches the power of myth.