The Perfect Gentleman Assassin’s Guide at the Palais-Royal

The Guide to the Perfect Gentleman Assassin, the French adaptation of Broadway’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, arrives at the Theatre du Palais-Royal in Paris on August 21, 2026. Directed by Virginie Lemoine, this musical-comedy leans on a suspenseful, satirical crime story set in early 20th-century England.

The action unfolds in London, in 1906. A penniless young man learns that he could inherit a count’s title and a substantial fortune. Eight heirs stand ahead of him in the line of succession. He sets out to remove them one by one to claim his aristocratic destiny.

The show draws on Roy Horniman's novel and is adapted from the American Broadway musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, which won four Tony Awards on Broadway in 2014, including Best Musical. The French adaptation is by Stéphane Laporte, with direction by Virginie Lemoine.

On stage, the production brings together 11 actor-singers and 3 musicians. The announced cast includes Gaétan Borg, Benoît Cauden, Camille Nicolas, Emma Brazeilles, Sandrine Montcoudiol, Carole Deffit, Anne-Laure Triebel, Rachel Pignot, Guillaume Beaujolais, Jeremy Petit and Hervé Lewandowski.

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The creative team includes Charlotte Gauthier as music director, Mariejo Buffon as choreographer, Grégoire Lemoine as set designer, Axel Boursier as costume designer, and Mehdi Izza in charge of lighting and video. The show runs for two hours, with a 15-minute intermission for evening performances.

With its plot centered on a murderous climb up the social ladder, The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is particularly suited to fans of musical comedy, musical theater and British-style dark humor. Performances are scheduled at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, in Paris’s 1st arrondissement. A €10 ticket is available to under-26s from Tuesday to Thursday, excluding school holidays, by going to the box office one hour before the performance with proof of identity, subject to availability.

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