One of the things I sorely miss about New York is theater, going at least once a week when I lived there. Although there is lots of theater in Paris, my comprehension of French cannot withstand 2 hours non-stop, so I rarely go.
I was happy to recently hear of two theater companies that offer performances in English.
Montmartre Dionysia is a biannual theater festival and competition started on a whim last year by two friends in a drunken stupor (Don’t you love stories like this? It’s kind of the same way Air BNB started and look at where those guys are now).
Nine original short plays, four in competition, five put of competition, and two Pinter plays are performed in a seven day period. Performances are in two spaces, a theater in Montmartre and a peniche on the Quai St. Bernard. Judges Romily Masters (director of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust and artistic director of Cinemorphe) and Jos Houben (Creator of The Art of Laughter and teacher at Ecole Jacques Leocq) will select the best play and actor.
December 1-6
Tickets are 8 & 12 euros
Click here for full info and performance schedule
Theatre in Paris offers classic French plays with English surtitles. (surtitles are texts translated on to a screen above a stage during the performance). Current productions include Cyrano de Bergerac directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre and Around the World in Eighty Days directed by Sebastien Azzopardi.
Tickets are 44 euros, 29 euros under 26
Click here for full info and performance schedule
Christmas/Holiday Tour of Paris for 2014
Tour times 10AM-1PM or 2PM-5PM
Cost: 225 euros for 1-3 people, 75 euros each additional person. Hot chocolate is not included in price. Email me at r.nahem@gmail.com to book the tour or for more information.
Tours will be conducted everyday from December 20, 2014 to January 5, 2015 except on Christmas and New Years Day.
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, co-author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook (with Olivia Kiang-Snaije). First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotte's professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.
Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.
Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.
I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
Tours cost 210 euros for up to 3 people, and 70 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
Click here to watch a video of our famous Marais tour