Théâtre de la Huchette
Facade of the theatre | |
| Address | 23 rue de la Huchette |
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| Location | Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′11″N 2°20′43″E / 48.8530°N 2.3453°E |
| Public transit | Saint-Michel (Métro), Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame (RER) |
| Genre(s) | Theatre |
| Capacity | 85 |
| Production | The Lesson and The Bald Soprano |
| Opened | 1948 |
| Website | |
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The Théâtre de la Huchette (French pronunciation: [teɑtʁ də la yʃɛt]) is a theatre in Paris.
This small theatre in Paris' Left Bank, located at 23 rue de la Huchette in the 5th arrondissement, is known for playing Eugène Ionesco's absurdist double-bill of The Lesson and The Bald Soprano in permanent repertory since 1957, as Spectacle Ionesco. Today, a third play is presented and this changes from time to time. Despite the theatre's tiny size of only 85 seats, a total of over one and a half million spectators have attended the show.
The theatre's first production, by Georges Vitaly, was Albertina by Valentino Bompiani. The date was 26 April 1948. In 1951, he premièred Georges Schehadés first play Monsieur Bobl'le.
In 1952, Marcel Pinard took over as owner, and brought to the theatre the works of Jean Genet, Federico García Lorca, Ivan Turgenev, Eugène Ionesco and Jean Tardieu.
The closest métro and RER stations are: Saint-Michel and Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame.