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Gaspard Sauvage, dit le Zèbre, refuse de croire au déclin des passions. Bien que notaire de province, condition qui ne porte guère aux extravagances, le Zèbre est de ces irréguliers qui vivent au rythme de leurs humeurs fantasques. Quinze ans après avoir épousé Camille, il décide de ressusciter l'ardeur des premiers temps de leur liaison. Insensiblement, la ferveur de leurs étreintes s'est muée en une complicité de vieux époux. Cette déconfiture désole Gaspard. Loin de se résigner, il part à la reconquête de sa femme. Grâce à des procédés cocasses et à des stratagèmes rocambolesques, il redeviendra celui qu'il n'aurait jamais dû cesser d'être : l'amant de Camille, l'homme de ses rêves. Même la mort pour lui n'est pas un obstacle.

Winner of the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Award for 1987, Louis Malle's Au revoir les enfants has been acclaimed as a masterpiece wherever it has been shown. One of the great filmmakers of our time, Malle both wrote and directed this delicate and heartbreaking portrait of a friendship—between Julian, a Catholic boy, and his schoolmate Jean, one of several Jewish children being sheltered at a boarding school during the Nazi occupation of France. It is once a moving, unforgettable story and an evocation of a deeply personal formative experience in Malle's life.

Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old Moses lives in the shadow of his less-than loving father. When he's caught stealing from wise old shopkeeper Monsieur Ibrahim, he discovers an unlikely friend and a whole new world. Together they embark on a journey that takes them from the streets of Paris to the whirling dervishes of the Golden Crescent.This delightful, moving play has already been a huge hit in Paris and New York. Performed in thirteen countries and published in twelve languages, it is also an award-winning film starring Omar Sharif.Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an received its UK premiere at the Bush Theatre on 17 January 2006.

Carmen ! C’est le nom d’une femme, celui de la passion et du danger. Carmen est une sirène, une envoûteuse, une manipulatrice. Les hommes sont attirés par cette beauté bohémienne. Pour elle, ils sont prêts aux pires folies. Carmen ! C'est un poison. Une fois injecté, il coule pour toujours dans les veines de ceux qui ont croisé son regard. Ami lecteur, prend garde à toi ! Autour de Carmen c'est la mort qui plane. Carmen est une des œuvres magistrales de Prosper Mérimée. Cette nouvelle à la fois picaresque et tragique a fait le tour du monde, se déclinant en une multitude de films et opéras.

Jean Baptiste Poquelin who is better known by his stage name Moliere was a 17th century French author known for his comedy. After abandoning a law career Moliere began acting, directing and writing plays in Paris and the surrounding area. The scathing satire in his plays made him several important enemies. Shakespeare gave his characters complexity while Moliere used simplicity to produce his memorable characters. The Miser is a romantic comedy about an old man who interferes with the marriage of his

Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Downstairs in a beautiful, ornate apartment, lives Philibert Marquet de la Durbellière, a shy, erudite, upper-class man with an unlikely flatmate in the shape of the foul-mouthed but talented chef, Franck. One freezing evening Philibert overcomes his excruciating reticence to rescue Camille, unconscious, from her garret and bring her into his home. As she recovers Camille learns more about Philibert; about Franck and his guilt for his beloved but fragile grandmother Paulette, who is all he has left in the world; and about herself. And slowly, this curious quartet of misfits all discover the importance of food, friendship and love.