No Exit: The Musical
Avignon OFF Festival
After their deaths, three strangers find themselves locked together. Is this Hell? Impossible to say, because nothing happens.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Author(s): Jean-Paul Sartre
Staging: The Egg or The Human
With (alternating): Pauline Auriol, Gaëlle Brissé, Axel Prioton-Alcala, Valentin Santes, Pierre-Louis Sémézis
LAURETTE THEATRE AVIGNON, 14 rue Plaisance, 84000 Avignon
Access 16/18 rue Joseph Vernet
Near Place Crillon
MUSICAL THEATER – DRAMA – MUSICAL COMEDY
LAURETTE THEATER AVIGNON - MUSICAL THEATER – DRAMA – MUSICAL COMEDY
About the show:
No suffering, no executioner. There is only this musician, observing them unseen. Very quickly, the proximity becomes suffocating. The music harasses. The monstrosity within each of them awakens. Estelle, Garcin, and Inès understand:
Hell is already here .
Press :
Critical Zone: "Like the opening credits of a Tim Burton film, the aesthetics are very polished and completely deliberate. 'The Egg or the Human' sets the bar very high. They appropriate Sartre's classic with great finesse, intelligence, and beauty."
Place to be: “A bold choice. It has to be said that it works, once the initial surprise of the idea has passed. One of the very good ideas is having reversed the genders of the actors. This reverses the power dynamics and creates an interesting tension. A real success.”.
The Theatregoer: “No Exit, a fantastic musical! When Sartre meets music, the result is dazzling. The songs are written and performed with great taste, a rock version of Sartre's work. I was very moved during the curtain call. I felt a great sincerity and a wonderful camaraderie among the cast.”
Mr. N: “This perilous exercise is brilliantly accomplished by the actors. Valentin Santes’ compositions are beautiful and melodious; all three are absolutely talented, strong, and intense in their performances and in conveying their emotions and anxieties to the audience. A daring and totally successful adaptation.”
Spectacles Moments: “A theatrical and musical gem that plunges the spectator into the heart of a mysterious, unsettling, and captivating atmosphere, blending theatre and music, between suspense and poetry. A suspended moment in the theatre.”
Take your seat: “An emotional experience not to be missed under any circumstances. A performance that captures the spirit of the times. The infernal triangle is examined and tortured under the delighted and captivated gaze of the audience. Our ears are tossed about by the power of original, effective, and magnificently performed songs. We leave shaken and with our heads full of captivating melodies.”
Musical Avenue: “An intimate, unsettling and effective staging. 14 catchy, intoxicating, mysterious tracks. A trio as captivating as it is talented.”
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GOING OUT IN AVIGNON
AVIGNON CITY THEATRE / GENERAL ADMISSION ROOM 1 (MAIN ROOM)
PRICES (excluding ticket office booking fees)
Normal: €19
Reduced price*: €13
The applicable price is the box office price. No "web or network promotional" prices are offered directly at the box office. Any discounts and promotional offers are announced in the press and/or on posters. Therefore, it is the responsibility of ticket holders who wish to take advantage of these offers to purchase them directly from the relevant networks and points of sale when the offer is available.
*Reduced rate (to be justified at the ticket office): student, young person under 25, unemployed, RMI/RSA, PMR**, over 65, senior card, holiday show card, intermittent show worker, pregnant woman, veteran, under 12, FNCTA (amateur theatre), conservatory student, student in professional theatre courses (La School, Simon, Florent, Perimony…), Large Family Card, Public Member Card (former Off Card).
No free admission for children of any age.
Please note: People with reduced mobility are invited to contact us by phone at 09 53 01 76 74 in order to ensure and facilitate their access to the room.
Target audience: General public
Language: French
Room 1 - Main Hall - "Laurette"
Avignon Festival / OFF Festival Diary
Year: 2025
Representations:
- From July 5th to 26th, 2025. Every day at 4:15 PM, except Thursdays (no performances on July 10th, 17th and 24th)








