Musical about Lourdes saint falls foul of France's school secularism rules by Kim Willsher In Paris

Show excluded from 'pass culture' scheme that allows teachers to take groups to cultural events for free French officials have prevented schools from taking pupils for free to a musical ab…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:36pm on November 3, 2023☆⚑

Paris exhibition to tell story of eccentric acting pioneer Sarah Bernhardt by Kim Willsher In Paris

Petit Palais show celebrates breadth of belle epoque theatre star's creative talents with 400 exhibits On page 158 of a heavy, leather-bound Paris police register from the 19th century, a ha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:36am on April 10, 2023☆⚑

Ruth Mackenzie: the British change-maker sacked by Paris's artistic elite by Kim Willsher In Paris

Despite fulfilling her brief to bring diversity to the Châtelet Theatre, the veteran director was brusquely dismissed. So what went wrong? When the British arts supremo Ruth Mackenzie was…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:06am on August 31, 2020☆⚑

Ruth Mackenzie hits out at 'brutal' dismissal from Paris's Châtelet theatre by Kim Willsher In Paris

British artistic director says immediate termination of her contract is 'inexplicable' The British arts director Ruth Mackenzie has lost her job at one of France's most prestigious theatres …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:48pm on August 28, 2020☆⚑

Greek tragedy prompts 'blackface' racism row at Sorbonne by Kim Willsher In Paris

Protesters force university in Paris to cancel play for which actors were due to wear masks A row over alleged racism and attacks on freedom of expression has erupted in France after student…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:32pm on March 28, 2019☆⚑

Paris's grand Châtelet reopens as activist theatre inspired by Robin Hood by Kim Willsher In Paris

Unveiling new programme, Ruth Mackenzie explains how rich theatregoers can 'steal from themselves to give to the poor' and why the Châtelet is reaching out to the banlieues It has been tw…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:00am on March 27, 2019☆⚑

Paris's Châtelet theatre lines up Ruth Mackenzie as new artistic director by Kim Willsher In Paris

Briton is chosen to take over from Jean-Luc Choplin at theatre celebrated for its range of cultural eventsParis's Châtelet theatre, celebrated for its range of cultural events including E…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24am on January 3, 2017☆⚑

Yvette Chauviré, French prima ballerina, dies aged 99 at home in Paris by Kim Willsher In Paris

Child prodigy who danced with legends including Rudolf Nureyev regarded as one of France's greatest ever classical dancers Yvette Chauviré, a grande dame of French ballet, has died at the a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:52am on October 20, 2016☆⚑

Paris Opera Ballet lambasted by auditors for €90,000 taxi bill by Kim Willsher In Paris

Report also reveals 'sudden progression' in amount spent on meals by just four staff members " to about €52,000 in 2014It declares itself the birthplace of classic dance and is among t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:12am on September 16, 2016☆⚑

Carmen with cha-cha-cha: adaptation with all Cuban cast opens in Paris by Kim Willsher In Paris

Reimagined in 1950s Cuba and directed by Christopher Renshaw, Carmen la Cubana will open at the Théâtre du Châtelet over 140 years after Paris debutIt is Carmen, but not as we know it…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:38am on April 6, 2016☆⚑

Paris fears for fate of theatre that added chic to pop culture by Kim Willsher In Paris

Jean-Luc Choplin, the Châtelet's director, gave a high-art gloss to popular Broadway showsWhen Jean-Luc Choplin took over more than a decade ago as director general of Paris's Théatre du…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:05pm on April 2, 2016☆⚑

Fanny Ardant: 'I suffer profound despair " I see things noir' by Kim Willsher In Paris

Fresh from directing Gérard Depardieu in the role of Stalin, the French star is now staging Sondheim's Passion in Paris. She talks about the art of pretending, embarrassing her children and…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:03am on March 15, 2016☆⚑

From Broadway to France's boulevards: how Paris fell in love with musicals by Kim Willsher In Paris

Director Jean-Luc Choplin explains how he led an English-language musical comedy revolution when he took the reins at Paris's Châtelet theatreAs a young Frenchman visiting New York in the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:28am on November 13, 2015☆⚑

How young writer captured cultural heart of Paris by staging English theatre by Kim Willsher In Paris

Novelist's plan for a night of fringe plays in his flat grows into biannual week-long festival and competition, Montmartre Dionysia Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:10pm on May 23, 2015☆⚑

Shakespeare First Folio found in French library by Kim Willsher In Paris

The book " one of only 230 believed to still exist - had lain undisturbed in library at Saint-Omer for 200 years Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:02pm on November 25, 2014☆⚑