Théâtre Mogador hosts conventions, general assemblies, corporate New Year events, concerts and shows, film and photo shoots, cocktails and seated dinners. The events team quotes a range from a board meeting of 5 people to a general assembly of 1,000 staff, and the auditorium has 1,600 seats over three levels. The theater stands at 25 rue de Mogador in Paris 9th, between the Opéra Garnier and the Casino de Paris, and is run by Stage Entertainment.
Seminars and company events
For conventions, the auditorium hosts plenary sessions on a stage of more than 140 m² with recent sound, lighting and projection equipment. The foyers then serve for networking, breaks and receptions. The Foyer Palace can also take a smaller plenary with a dedicated technical kit. Corporate New Year events, product presentations and shows by the client's own artists are among the formats listed.
The stage works as a black box for photo or film shoots, and the whole building can serve as a set. A newer format, the immersive breakfast, combines breakfast with a backstage tour of The Lion King, the musical currently running at the theater. Groups attending a performance can book Cocktail and Show or Afternoon Snack and Show packages, with a private space and cloakroom access before or after the show.
A team of three event staff handles projects, from hospitality packages to full productions.
Rooms and capacities
The auditorium has 1,600 seats over three levels and a stage of more than 140 m².
The Foyer Palace, on the first floor, covers 350 m² with a bar, a dance floor and lounge furniture, and adapts to cocktails, dinners and plenary formats.
The Foyer Mogador, the main entrance hall, has screens, display totems and modular counters for welcoming guests. The Foyer Victoire extends it, with a large cloakroom and bars for a welcome coffee, and can serve as a VIP entrance.
The Foyer Opéra, on the first floor next to the Foyer Palace, takes small theatre-style formats and cocktails, and doubles as an exhibition space on the theater's musicals.
The Salon Barbara, a closed room with a bar and lounge furniture, suits meetings or hospitality. The Salon Alfred Butt, at the end of the Foyer Victoire, is a small room for quiet meetings, interviews or small groups.
Seated dinners can be set from the foyers to the stage itself. Capacities of the individual foyers and salons are not published.
History and setting
The theater was built from 1913 to 1919 on the site of former stables, commissioned by the English impresario Alfred Butt and designed by Bertie Crewe, an architect of British theaters. It was shelled by German long-range guns in 1918 and inaugurated in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson, then in Paris for the Treaty of Versailles. First named the Palace Théâtre, it took the name of its street. Its layout follows the London music halls: a large rectangular hall leads to the stalls and balconies, and the ceiling and dome recall the Victoria Palace in London, also built by Butt. The Salon Barbara is named after the singer-songwriter, who worked to protect the theater.
Getting there
The theater has step-free access through the main entrance to the auditorium, cloakroom, toilets and Salon Opéra, with wheelchair places in the auditorium.
