Introducing the theatre

Soon, a new theatre will open in Paris

Elizabeth Czerczuk devises the dramatic experience as a catharsis, for the actors as well as for the audience. It must be a search for the inner truth and the true form.
In this intense corporal theater, both deep-rooted and spiritual, the audience is engaged in a singular relationship with the actors in a space where the borders between the stage and the audience fade.

A laboratory to explore artistic radicality

Researching what is at the opposite of superficiality, that is the whole purpose of this laboratory. It ought to be a way to renew and stimulate the mind, to sharpen the sensibility, to strengthen the imagination and to awaken the humanness. A research born from the need to provoke and shake the public, the objective being to stimulate his existential reasoning and even his anxiety.

A place of creation

Following her well-recognized creation Dementia Praecox which was set up in 2016 in the Paris catacombs, Elizabeth Czerczuk invested a new space in the 12th district of Paris, where she is working on her new creation, Requiem pour les artistes. The latter is a tribute to her spiritual masters (Tadeusz Kantor, Jerzy Grotowski and Antonin Artaud) and will be first performance shown to the public on the night of the theatre opening on the 5th of October. Next will ensue performances of her previous creations.

A place where you can meet and talk

As soon as spring 2018, Elizabeth Czerczuk will host artists whose work is related to her immersive and radical artistic approach. Besides, writers, philosophers, playwrights and sociologists, whose action is alert and resisting the sheep-like attitude typical of our time, as Witkiewicz would say.

A school : Le Laboratoire d'Expression Théâtrale (The Laboratory of Theatrical Expression)

In this school, students will be taught how to perform with their entire body on stage: they will work on the voice, the dance moves, the interior rhythm… A performance will take place at the end of each training course. Shorter master classes will be offered all year long to focus on specific aspects of acting.

Practical information

Located near Place de la Nation (20th district of Paris), the theatre can host 200 spectators at once. You are also welcome in our bar where the public can discuss with the actors and a shady garden. Artists are welcome to stay in our many studios to practice their art.