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Daft Punk: Around the World, an exhibition of previously unseen photos in Paris

58 RUE VOLTA, PARIS 3RD ARRONDISSEMENT
Pre-opening from October 23rd to 24th, 2026

Five years after the duo's separation, Around the World brings together around sixty rare or unpublished photographs of Daft Punk, and offers a free twenty-four-hour non-stop preview in the Marais.

Theatre in Paris: what's new in December 2026

Simone de Beauvoir, Les Gaulois, Food Court and The King's Speech: the theatre premieres of December 2026 in Paris, and the other major events of the month.

• Theater
• Literary

Simone de Beauvoir, Two or Three Things She Tells Us About Herself, at the Théâtre de la Ville

CITY THEATRE – SARAH BERNHARDT
December 1–19, 2026

Marie-Armelle Deguy brings to life the youth of Simone de Beauvoir at the Théâtre de la Ville, from December 1st to 19th, in a one-woman show created from her memoirs.

• Shows
• Discovery

No Regrets?, The Rat Pack's cine-circus-concert at La Scala Paris

LA SCALA PARIS
From November 20, 2026 to January 17, 2027

The Rat Pack Cie blends circus, cinema and live music in Sans Regrets?, at La Scala Paris from November 20 to January 17.

• Shows
• With family

Ten Thousand Hours, by Gravity & Other Myths, at La Villette

LA VILLETTE – GRANDE HALLE
From December 2 to 26, 2026

The Australian acrobats of Gravity & Other Myths are showing at La Villette, from December 2nd to 26th, what ten thousand hours of training conceal.

• Theater
• Discovery

The Gauls at the Bouffes du Nord

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
December 3–20, 2026

Thomas Blanchard and Olivier Martin-Salvan are performing in Marion Aubert's Les Gaulois at the Bouffes du Nord, a farce about identity to be seen from December 3 to 20.

• Theater
• Festival

Food Court, from Back to Back Theatre, at the Odéon

ODÉON – THEATRE DE L'EUROPE
December 4–19, 2026

The Australian company Back to Back Theatre presents Food Court at the Odéon from December 4 to 19, with the trio The Necks performing live.

• With family
• Shows

Electric Fanfare [expérience] at the Electric Circus

CIRQUE ÉLECTRIQUE
From November 13 to December 30, 2026

The Electric Circus opens its big top at the Porte des Lilas to families with Fanfare [expérience] électrique, from November 13 to December 30, from age 3.

• Shows
• With family

A4 (Like the leaf), by Philippe Lafeuille, at Bobino

BOBINO
From November 26, 2026 to January 24, 2027

After Tutu, Philippe Lafeuille returns to Bobino with A4 (Like the leaf), four dancers and Vivaldi's Four Seasons, from November 26 to January 24.

• With family
• Shows

Coffre, by Laurent Fraunié, at the Théâtre Paris-Villette

PARIS-VILLETTE THEATRE
From December 17, 2026 to January 3, 2027

During the Christmas holidays, the Théâtre Paris-Villette is showing Coffre, a journey in puppets and cardboard for children aged 3 and up.

• Shows
• With family

Humans 2.0, the Circa circus at the Silvia Monfort Theater

SILVIA MONFORT THEATRE
December 9–20, 2026

The Australian company Circa returns to Paris with Humans 2.0, ten acrobats at the Théâtre Silvia Monfort from December 9 to 20, from age 8.

• Food & Drink
• Unusual

Christmas Yule Logs 2026: The most beautiful and craziest in Paris

Parisian Palaces and Pastry Shops
Christmas 2026

Circus tent, Morris column, chocolate village: the 2026 Christmas logs from Parisian palaces and grand houses compete in extravagance and can be ordered from November.

• Shows
• With family

Between dogs and she-wolves, the Cirque Le Roux at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
From December 22, 2026 to January 8, 2027

Cirque Le Roux sets up for the holidays at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with Entre chiens et louves, an acrobatic epic set to the music of Alexandra Stréliski.

• Theater
• Unavoidable

The King's Speech at the Gymnase Theatre

MARIE BELL GYMNASIUM THEATRE
From September 17, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Francis Huster and Philippe Torreton star opposite each other in The King's Speech, playing at the Théâtre du Gymnase until January 3, including holidays.

• With family
• Shows

Blanca Li's Nutcracker at the Théâtre Libre

THE FREE THEATRE
From November 25, 2026 to January 17, 2027

Blanca Li brings The Nutcracker to life with hip-hop dancing at Théâtre Libre from November 25th to January 17th, a Christmas ballet to see with the family from age 5.

• With family
• Shows

Odyssey, the Stars of the Beijing Circus at the Phoenix Circus

CIRQUE PHÉNIX
From November 28, 2026 to January 10, 2027

For the holidays, the Cirque Phénix welcomes forty acrobats from the Stars of the Beijing Circus, from November 28 to January 10 on the Reuilly lawn.

• Shows
• Unavoidable

Children's shows in Paris: where to take the little ones during the Christmas holidays 2026?

Chinese circus, hip-hop Nutcracker, Australian acrobats and puppets: nine shows for a family outing during the Christmas holidays of 2026.

• Unusual
• News

Monet in full: Didier Sandre reads Monet at the Musée d'Orsay

On Saturday, October 10, for the centenary of Monet's death, Didier Sandre reads the painter's correspondence at the Orsay Museum auditorium, with Claire-Marie Le Guay at the piano.

• News
• With family

Invalides Music Season 2026-2027: Our Top 5 Concerts

American music for the 250th anniversary of independence, David Fray, Natalie Dessay, Lambert Wilson: our top 5 concerts of the 2026-2027 Invalides music season.

• Discovery
• News

The TOP highlights of the 2026 National Architecture Days in Île-de-France

NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE DAYS
October 17 and 18, 2026

A weekend to enter the buildings through the architects' door, free of charge.

• News
• Free

MaSH 2026: major art events in the 8th arrondissement of Paris

MASH – MATIGNON SAINT-HONORÉ
Late-night event on October 19, 2026

On October 19, 38 galleries in the Matignon Saint-Honoré district will open Paris Art Week under the patronage of Jacques Grange. Our selection of exhibitions, from Flemish painting at De Jonckheere to Lee Krasner at Gagosian, all with free admission.

• Unavoidable

Mary Cassatt exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay: our photos and our review

MUSÉE D’ORSAY
From October 6, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Mary Cassatt, the independent one.

• Case
• Unavoidable

Marc Chagall exhibitions: our top picks for autumn 2026, in France and Europe

MARC CHAGALL
In France and Europe

From Paris to Nice, from Mons to Aosta: this autumn, Marc Chagall is on display in painting, ceramics, stained glass, and even haute couture. Our selection of Chagall exhibitions to see in France and Europe

• Contemporary
• Free

Pietrantonio Exhibition, Between the World's Mesh at the Faidherbe Gallery

FAIDHERBE GALLERY
From October 15 to November 14, 2026

Fishing nets, sand, and blocks of intense color: at the Galerie Faidherbe, the Apulian painter Pietrantonio brings back from the Adriatic Sea an abstraction somewhere between Arte Povera and Fontana, on view with free admission

• Festival
• Shows

Autumn Festival 2026: our selection of shows in Paris

AUTUMN FESTIVAL – PARIS AND ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
From October 30 to December 12, 2026

Theatre, dance, music and performance: fifteen events of the 2026 Autumn Festival in Paris and Île-de-France, from Romeo Castellucci’s Faust without words to the fifty pianos of La Villette.

• Theater
• Festival

Piano Man, by Marcus Lindeen and Marianne Ségol, at Nanterre-Amandiers

NANTERRE-AMANDIERS
From November 12 to 22, 2026

In 2005, a mute stranger found on an English beach turned out to be a piano virtuoso: Marcus Lindeen and Marianne Ségol have drawn from this a documentary play, at Nanterre-Amandiers with the Festival d’Automne.

• Theater
• Festival

The Parable of Resentment, by Rébecca Chaillon, at the Montreuil Public Theatre

MONTREUIL PUBLIC THEATRE
From November 26 to December 12, 2026

After Vienna and Avignon, Rébecca Chaillon brings back home to Montreuil, with the Festival d’Automne, her science-fiction fable about a community of fat people resisting the end of a world.

• Theater
• Festival

The Death of the Kid, by Sébastien Kheroufi, at La Colline

LA COLLINE – NATIONAL THEATRE
From November 6 to December 12, 2026

Sébastien Kheroufi, theatrical revelation of 2024 for the Critics' Union, creates his first play at La Colline, with Reda Kateb, Élodie Bouchez and Oulaya Amamra, as part of the Festival d’Automne.

• Theater
• Festival

Faust. An untold story by Romeo Castellucci, at the Odéon

ODÉON – THEATRE DE L’EUROPE
From October 30 to November 27, 2026

A Faust without words, created this autumn: at the Odéon, Romeo Castellucci reinvents the myth for one of the highlights of the 2026 Autumn Festival.

• Discovery
• With family

Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI at Fontainebleau: the opening weekend with Sofia Coppola's film

Château de Fontainebleau
From October 11, 2026 to January 25, 2027

More than one hundred and twenty works to tell the story of the royal couple's stays in Fontainebleau, and an opening weekend in music and images.