Special offer: attend a Comédie-Française play for less

The Comédie-Française, a veritable French theatrical institution, is often perceived as a prestigious venue where ticket prices are excessive. Yet it's perfectly possible to attend without blowing your budget, as long as you know the tricks for accessing more affordable seats.

This emblematic venue offers a range of cards with exclusive benefits. Cards must be purchased at the beginning of each Comédie-Française season , and the number of cards on sale is unfortunately limited to 4,000 Adult Cards, 1,700 Youth Cards and 700 Family Cards.

• The Adult Card: After purchasing the 25€ card, the adults in question then benefit from preferential rates on the full price for 1 or 2 seats per show.
• The Carte Jeune: For those under 28, the Comédie-Française offers Cartes Jeunes at €10, offering various preferential prices for 1 or 2 seats per show, provided that the accompanying person can also justify being under 28.
• The Family Card: The card costs €35 and entitles the holder to preferential rates for up to 6 seats per show: 1 or 2 adults and 1 to 4 young people under 28.

But that's not all! The Comédie-Française is offering between 65 and 85 seats at €5 for each performance in the Salle Richelieu , and up to 85 free seats for under-28s. Reduced-audience tickets can be picked up one hour before the start of the performance, without reservation, at the Petit Bureau.

Young people aged 15 to 18 can also take advantage of Pass Culture. Set up by the government to promote young people's access to culture, it gives teenagers a credit of between €20 and €300, via a dedicated application, to book cultural activities and outings. Schools, from 6e to terminale, also benefit from a Culture Pass budget to organize group activities.

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Through this program, the Comédie-Française offers :

• Individual offers: Young people can book tickets for shows, visits or meetings at the Salle Richelieu . Reservations can be made directly via the pass Culture application or on the passculture.app/ platform.
• Collective offers: Teachers can organize outings for their classes. These include shows at the Salle Richelieu, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier or Studio-Théâtre, as well as visits to the Parcours-promenade Molière. To do so, they should contact the relevant theaters or the library-museum directly.

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Good to know too, the Comédie-Française has partner offers if you buy certain tickets from their ticket office, such as preferential rates for plays at the Théâtre de la Ville, Théâtre 13 or Théâtre 14.

So you see, you can attend a Comédie-Française performance without breaking the bank! On the other hand, plays are often sold out very quickly, so we advise you to keep an eye on when tickets are released.

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