Behind closed doors

LAURETTE THEATRE PARIS, 36 rue Bichat, 75010 Paris

DRAMA – THEATER – CONTEMPORARY THEATER

LAURETTE THEATER PARIS - DRAMA – THEATER – CONTEMPORARY THEATER

About the show:

Garcin, Inès, and Estelle have been brought together in an unusual place for a reason unknown to them... Very quickly, they discover that each of them is to become the executioner of the other two... "Hell is other people."

Others may try to objectify me, but they cannot steal my freedom. No Exit is central to Sartrean existentialism. Once a person has chosen their actions, there is no going back. Sartre pushes this idea to its extreme: contemplating one's past life and one's absence from Earth is a form of torture for our characters... Sartre wrote this one-act play, which he initially titled The Others, in fifteen days in 1943.

However, to consider No Exit a pessimistic play would be a mistake. No Exit is a farce with metaphysical undertones, and it owes its enduring, paradoxical nature to being one of the greatest successes of contemporary French theater, both in France and abroad. Human beings should be able to live with the consequences of their choices for eternity. No Exit thus invites us to give meaning to our lives rather than simply enduring them. "We always die too soon—or too late. And yet life is there, over; the line is drawn, we must take stock. You are nothing other than your life.".

GOING OUT IN PARIS

CITY OF PARIS THEATRE / GENERAL ADMISSION

PRICES (excluding ticket office booking fees)

Normal: €18

Reduced* : 13€

The applicable price is the box office price. No "web or network promotional" prices are offered directly at the box office. Any discounts or 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 course (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 84 14 12 12 in order to ensure and facilitate their access to the room.

Target audience: general public

Language: French

In season / Paris theatre

Year: 2026

Representations:

Every Friday at 9pm from January 9th to April 17th, 2026
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