Montansier Theater - Phèdre

Tuesday 14 April 2026

20:30 to 22:30

Wednesday 15 April 2026

20:30 to 22:30

Thursday 16 April 2026

20:30 to 22:30

Location : Théâtre Montansier

Destination

13 Rue des Réservoirs

78000

Versailles

GPS coordinates

Latitude : 48.808077

Longitude : 2.12423

A13 Paris-Rouen motorway, Versailles Château exit
Place d'Armes car park (opposite the château,
free from 7.30pm, 5 minutes from the Theatre).
Notre-Dame market car park (fee payable).

SNCF: Paris Saint-Lazare terminus
Versailles Rive Droite (10-minute walk)

SNCF: Paris Montparnasse, Versailles Chantiers stop
then Phébus bus line B, Réservoirs stop
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RER line C5, terminus
Versailles Rive Gauche (10-minute walk)

RER line C7, direction Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
stop Versailles Chantiers then bus Phébus line B, stop Réservoirs
- Phébus line B, Réservoirs stop
- Veolia line 1, Réservoirs stop
- RATP line 171, Château de Versailles stop

Event Organizer

Théâtre Montansier

Phone : +33 1 39 24 88 88

"Théâtre Montansier"

Location

Théâtre Montansier

13 Rue des Réservoirs

78000

Versailles

Théâtre Montansier

Presentation

Phèdre - Theater

Racine's masterpiece tells of a struggle between light and shadow, between desire and honour, driven by the violence of the feelings that drive Phèdre, love's most touching and memorable victim.

Phaedra, the tragic heroine par excellence, confesses her torment and her guilty love for young Hippolytus, the son of her husband Theseus, King of Athens, whom he had with an Amazonian woman. Soon rumours of Theseus' death spread through the city, and Phaedra tells Hippolytus of the tragic death and confesses her love for him.

The young man who loves Aricie rejects Phèdre. After the pain of the confession comes another piece of news, terrible for Phaedra: Theseus is not dead; he has returned and Hippolytus is with him. What fate awaits the young queen whose love has disgraced her in the eyes of her husband and who can no longer escape the curse of the gods?

"To allow the actors to hear this journey through the language of Racine, I propose a very simple stage set-up: organised frontally with the actors never leaving the stage. This simplicity and proximity allow everyone to make Racine's language their own. A bare stage that leaves room for the word, the poet and the actor. Robin Renucci