Dir. Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau
2026 | 75 mins | France | French with English Subtitles
Pauline Clément, Laurent Stocker, Julien Frison , Marina Hands, Adeline D’Hermy

Showing Times

• Fri 16 Oct: 6pm
• Sat 17 Oct: 6pm
• Tue 20 Oct: 7.30pm
• Wed 21 Oct: 2pm + 5:30pm
• Thu 22 Oct: 5.30pm

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Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau’s hilarious laugh-aminute comedy is a wonderfully chaotic love letter to theatre packaged up neatly in 75 mins!

The Comédie-Française is one of France’s most revered arts institutions, and the oldest still-performing theatre company in the world. There is one golden rule: the play is never cancelled. Unfortunately for theatre producer Nina (Pauline Clément), everything is unravelling just three hours before the premiere of her first production – an ambitious retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Her lead actor is stuck on a train, tensions are exploding, passions flaring, equipment breaking down and egos are clashing. With panic setting in and the clock ticking Nina must hold the show together at all costs. Will the show go on?

France’s big comedy of the summer and the runaway winner of four awards at the Alpe d’Huez comedy Film Festival, Comédie Française is a delicious behind-the-scenes farce which is unafraid to poke fun at the highbrow reputation of French theatre. Featuring a cast of real-life members of the ComédieFrançaise company, this is a gleeful, knowing parody and a sheer delight.

Venue: Studio 74, Exeter Phoenix

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