Our 5 favorites from the next season at the Princess Grace Theater in Monaco

By unveiling its 2025/2026 program, the Princesse Grace Theater and its director Françoise Gamerdinger prove that they are maintaining the bar for a mix of great popular plays, recognized artists, and beautiful texts. A summary of the twenty-nine shows from October to May, which include their doses of stars: Pierre Arditi in The Prize ; Édouard Baer in Cyrano; Fanny Ardant in The Wound and the Thirst ; Patrick Timsit and François-Xavier Demaison in Samuel Benchetrit's latest creation; Guillaume de Tonquédec in My Lucky Day ...

Season tickets have just opened (information at www.tpgmonaco.mc) and individual tickets will go on sale from September 1st. Here are our five favorites.

1. "Bérénice," the Comédie-Française at its best at the season opener

A great text and a great production: a double whammy on October 23rd with the arrival in Monaco of the Comédie-Française, a regular on the TPG program, which will bring its production of Bérénice . Racine's text, packed into one hour and fifty minutes, is enriched by a staging that plays on visual effects to evoke this love trio between Bérénice, Titus and Antiochus.

with the Comédie-Française troupe, directed by Guy Cassiers, on October 23 at 8 p.m.

2. "Coal in the Veins", a play awarded five Molières

On April 28th, during the 36th Nuit des Molières, the play hit the jackpot, winning five statuettes, including two for its author Jean-Philippe Daguerre and for the actresses Raphaëlle Cambray and Juliette Béhar. This drew attention to the show Du charbon dans les veines . The story takes place in 1958 in a small mining town in the North and follows the story of two men connected by the music they play together in the local orchestra. And whose strong friendship will be troubled by the arrival of a certain Leila.

Written and directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, March 3 at 8 p.m.

3. "Nothing ever happened to me," Vincent Dedienne, voice actor for Jean-Luc Lagarce

Between his one-man show and his musical project, Vincent Dedienne took a break last season. Still on stage, but slipping behind the words of Jean-Luc Lagarce.

Bringing to life on stage the diary of the seminal French author of the 1980s, whose love life collides with the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. The words are both powerful and terrifying. The daily life of a man and an author, recounted through his personal diaries.

Directed by Johanny Bert, January 20 at 8 p.m.

4. "The Truth", Florian Zeller's theater lesson

He is one of the most performed contemporary French-speaking authors in the world: Florian Zeller wrote The Truth in 2011. A decade later, the play, performed in England, Germany and the United States (where the Times hailed it as "90 minutes of intelligence and brilliant cruelty" ), has just had a repeat season at the Théâtre Édouard VII in Paris. And is going on tour again with its cast: Sylvie Testud, Clotilde Courau, Stéphane de Groodt and Stéphane Facco.

Directed by Ladislas Chollat, April 9 at 8 p.m.

5. "4,211km", Iranian exile told by Aïla Navidi

By chance of timing and programming, when selecting 4,211km for its season, the TPG had no idea that the play (which won two Molières) would resonate so strongly with current political events. The title refers to the distance between Paris and Tehran and depicts the lives of two Iranian exiles who are building their families in Paris.

A story of heritage, of what we retain from a country we had to flee. And a glimpse into the barbarity of the Islamic regime in Iran.

Written and directed by Aïla Navidi, December 9 at 8 p.m.