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15 April 2010

Vaut le détour

A journey around Paris's theatrical fringe.

By Gina Allum

Ah, Paris! The city where the size of your dog is inversely proportionate to the size of your purse. Le Marais, (or “swamp”) where I dipped in my sample jar to check out the state of fringe theatre, is very much a district of the small dog. And yet, its medieval streets have a strong tradition of outsider status — and were hence overlooked by the zealous boulevard builders — first as a Jewish ghetto, and now as a thriving gay community. And maybe this edginess explains the dozen or so of small, well-supported theatres operating in a relatively confined area.

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