The End of Civilization: An AI Locks Four Patients Inside the Funambule Montmartre

A visit to a diagnostic laboratory becomes a claustrophobic ordeal in La Fin de la civilisation, on stage at the Funambule Montmartre from October 8 to November 1, 2026. In this comedy written by Alain Péron, four patients will have to learn to cooperate in order to reclaim their freedom.

An overwhelmed father, a protesting wife, an impulsive young woman, and a chatty man await the opening of a laboratory. Tensions among these strangers mount. Their interlocutor is Clara, the artificial intelligence that runs the place. She treats their quarrels as symptoms of a virus and decides to lock the doors.

Four characters, cut off from their phones and under surveillance, must work through their differences. The show pits the logic of an automated system against the way its users behave, a premise that lets the comedy explore both artificial intelligence and the realities of living together.

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Fanette Jounieaux Maerten directs the staging of this production from the Hent Ar Mor Company. The cast brings together Chloé Boccara, Max Bousbib and François Marion, with Anaïs Alric or Patricia Perrault alternating. The performance runs 1h10.

The End of Civilization is staged at 53 Rue des Saules, in Paris’s 18th arrondissement. Showtimes run from Thursday to Saturday at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM, and on Sunday at 6:00 PM or 8:00 PM depending on the date. The schedule and tickets are available from the Funambule Montmartre official page.

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