Normalito: Pauline Sales’s play at Paris-Villette

Normalito, by Pauline Sales, is scheduled at the Théâtre Paris-Villette for a run of public performances from December 18, 2026, to January 3, 2027. Recommended for ages 9 and up, this play explores difference through the everyday lives of two children.

Lucas is ten years old. For a school assignment, he imagines a superhero who can make everyone ordinary: he feels overshadowed by classmates whose differences are more obvious. Iris, by contrast, wants to escape what sets her apart. Their meeting takes them beyond their usual routines and confronts them with other ways of life.

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Pauline Sales wrote and directed the play. Antoine Courvoisier, Anthony Poupard and Claude Lastère bring this story to life, with its journey also leading the children to cross paths with a station toilet attendant. The play thus explores the fears that someone we do not understand can inspire, starting with the questions Lucas and Iris ask themselves.

Running 1 hour and 15 minutes, Normalito is performed in the theater’s main auditorium on Avenue Jean-Jaurès in Paris’s 19th arrondissement. The first public performance takes place on Friday, December 18, at 7 p.m.; subsequent performances are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. on Sundays, according to the booking calendar.

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