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| The courtyard |
Situated by the Pont Marie on l'ile Saint-Louis is a tiny theatre. It doesn't announce itself on the street and for a moment as we crossed the bridge and looked across to where the theatre should be according to Google maps, it didn't look promising. It's the second of those dark doorways to the left of the picture. As we approached we saw a small poster on the door, with details of the piano recital we had come to hear, and then realised that the door code for the theatre was posted up under the door code panel. Once inside the heavy street door we ventured up the attractive interior courtyard to the theatre at the top. There was no one in sight but we could hear a piano being played vigorously. I gently opened the door and instantly realised that the theatre was minute and we had interrupted the rehearsal! The owner/caretaker (I thought owner, but Peter thought caretaker prejudiced by his 5 o'clock shadow and rumpled appearance) told us to come back in 10 minutes and assured us there were still tickets available. We went and had a glass of wine.
Back inside we entered the tiny, red velvet lined space. 35 seats in all and a little 'box office' at the side with a cupboard under the stairs for the phone. About 30 seats were taken for the concert, Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin played by handsome floppy haired young Georgian called Georges Bériachvili.
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| The pianist |
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| The box office |
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| We were in the 4th and back row |
It was quite an intimate experience! We came away with the programme which looks very promising.
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