3 Best Performing Arts Venues in The Latin Quarter, Paris

Formerly Le Desperado, then Les Écoles 21, the refurbished Les Écoles Cinéma Club continues the tradition of presenting version originale American classics and cult films for €10 on two screens.

One of a number of popular cinemas near the Sorbonne, St-André des Arts is also one of the best cinemas in Paris. It hosts an annual festival devoted to a single director (like Bergman or Tarkovsky) and shows indie films every day at 1 pm. Some of the latter are part of "Les Découvertes de Saint-André" series, which focuses on the work of young filmmakers; these screenings are followed by a discussion (check the website for details). Tickets cost €10.50 (€6.50 for the "Les Découvertes" matinee series).

This tiny Rive Gauche venue has been staging the titanic Romanian-French writer Ionesco's The Bald Soprano and The Lesson since 1957: before the COVID-19 pandemic, it held the world record for a nonstop theater run with 19,000 performances viewed by more than 2.5 million people. The two classics play Tuesday through Saturday, and you can see both shows on the same day for €43; Wednesday shows have English subtitles. Other productions are also mounted, and single tickets cost €29.