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La Leçon

At Théâtre de la Huchette

Latin Quarter, Paris

🎭"been playing Ionesco for 60 (!) years. But performance is as fresh as ever"
🎟️Book ahead, tiny venue fills fast
🇬🇧English subtitles only on Wednesdays

Step into a Parisian institution where Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece unfolds nightly. The Lesson pairs a shy professor with an insolent pupil, their power dynamic twisting into delicious dark comedy. Wednesday performances include English subtitles above the stage.

intimate theatre
dark comedy
60-year tradition
English subtitles

Wednesday, November 4

What are you into?

  • intimate theatre
  • dark comedy
  • 60-year tradition
  • English subtitles
  • Théâtre de la Huchette
  • Latin Quarter
  • Paris

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