The Théâtre de la Cité internationale rents out three halls and a café-restaurant for conferences, plenary sessions, receptions and other company events, with seating from 144 to 418 and standing capacity up to 400. It stands in the park of the Cité Universitaire internationale, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Its team accepts any type of event, except requests for artistic residencies or shows.
Seminars and company events
The three stage halls and the café are sized differently, which lets an organiser build a full programme on one site: a plenary session in a tiered hall, workshops or a reception in another, lunch or a cocktail in the café. The official site describes the spaces as complementary in size and layout, so very different set-ups are possible.
Practical support is part of the offer. The theatre has a car park, on-site security and a decorated access with level-access delivery, which helps for equipment and staging. Requests go to the rental team of the theatre by email. Organisers should state the date, the headcount and the format they have in mind, so the team can propose the matching hall.
Rooms and capacities
La Coupole is the largest hall, with 418 seats. La Galerie is a modular hall: 230 seats with tiered seating, or 400 guests standing when the tiers are removed. La Resserre seats 144 and opens onto a terrace of 120 square meters. Le Café du Théâtre covers three rooms and takes 180 guests standing or 100 seated.
Catering
Catering is provided by the Café du Théâtre. It serves seasonal cooking built around carefully selected organic products, in warm interior rooms and on a terrace with a view of the large lawn of the park. The café is open to the public on regular days, so an event there is arranged around the venue's own schedule.
History and setting
The theatre belongs to the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, a campus of student residences set in a large park in the south of the capital. Beyond rentals, it runs a public season of theatre, dance, concerts, screenings and talks, which means the building is used daily for performance and has professional stage equipment in its halls. The official text presents the architectural setting as distinctive, and the park is part of what guests see on arrival.
Getting there
The venue is about 15 minutes from Châtelet by RER B, or 20 minutes by bike. The address is 21 boulevard Jourdan, Paris 14th. Parking is available on site.
