Back in 1857, in the years following the foundation of the Bois de Boulogne as a public park, a small open-air theatre, the Théâtre de Fleurs, was founded.

Over the following century the theatre encountered various problems with heightened competition and fell in to disrepair with the arrival of the WWI. Fortunately though, there remains a theatre on the same site today.

The Jardin Shakespeare was founded in 1953, with help from the Amis de la France and the then chief of Paris’ public gardens and parks, Monsieur Joffet.

The theatre is set in the Pré-Catelan area of the park and has five small gardens, each named after a Shakespearean play. It hosts both French and English language productions in the spring and summer, with London’s Tower Theatre Company visiting every June since 1992.
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