What to do this week

Theatre - "Can't Pay? Won't Pay!"

Tuesday 18 March 2025, at 8 pm, Grimaldi Forum Monaco
Can't Pay? Won't Pay! is one of the great contemporary comedies. A thought-provoking, satirical play, anchored in the social and political realities of the time by its writers Dario Fo and Franca Rame. This is a veritable dramatic "war machine", with a humorous style almost unique in contemporary theatre. The comedic mechanics of the play push into the territory of the absurd, all the better to showcase the human behaviours and dysfunctions of our western societies. This is the French language version.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, at 8 pm

Grimaldi Forum Monaco

10, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 93 25 32 27

Exhibition - "The Butterfly Effect"

Until Londay 1 December 2025, from 9 am to 6 pm, Musée d’Anthropologie Préhistorique
The Monaco Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology is delighted to invite you to discover its new temporary exhibition: The Butterfly Effect: The Pre-History of Animals, organised under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. Explore whole rooms themed to the animal kingdom and biodiversity, and take a fascinating journey through archaeology and our natural history!

From Sunday 1 December 2024 to Monday 1 December 2025, from 9 am to 6 pm

Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology

56 bis, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 98 98 80 06

Exhibition - "Francisco Tropa - Paesine"

From Friday 6 December 2024 to Monday 21 April 2025, from 10 AM to 6 PM, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Paloma
The exhibition takes its name from "pietre paesine", ruined marble, whose geological markings are reminiscent of painted landscapes, on the boundary between figuration and abstraction. This analogy of nature and technique is a central theme in the work of Francisco Tropa, which focuses on the way in which an image appears and is perceived.

From Friday 6 December 2024 to Monday 21 April 2025, from 10 am to 6 pm

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Paloma

56, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 98 98 48 60

Exhibition - "Agora, the Place of the Museum"

From Friday 24 January to Sunday 4 May 2025, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Sauber
Back in 2015, the NMNM debited its first ever LAB giving visitors a glimpse "behind the scenes of the museum". Then in 2018, five guest artists were invited to produce their own musings on the very meaning of the museum itself. In 2025, as the Villa Sauber prepares to undergo a radical transformation, the NMNM is giving pride of place to its public-facing programmes, where the focus is on artists and promoting a wider sharing of art appreciation.

From Friday 24 January to Sunday 4 May 2025

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Sauber

17, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 98 98 91 26

Festival - "Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo"

From Sunday 2 March to Sunday 27 April 2025, Principality of Monaco
The Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo 2025 Festival will celebrate the centenary of Pierre Boulez, a leading figure in the world of contemporary music, who pioneering work and worldwide influence will be explored through a series of concerts, screenings, and performances. The Festival will also showcase the artistic connections between Boulez and painter Francis Bacon. Six of Bacon's paintings, created around the time the two men met in Paris, illustrate the themes of human fragility and time and reflect on the ways in which music and painting each inspire the other. The dialogue between two of the 20th century's great cultural geniuses is a unique immersion in their artistic world.

From Sunday 2 March to Sunday 27 April 2025

Principality of Monaco

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague - "AS Monaco - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul"

Thursday 20 March 2025, Salle Gaston Médecin
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Basketball: AS Monaco Roca Team - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Thursday 20 March 2025

Salle Gaston Médecin

Stade Louis II

+377 92 05 43 06

Le Printemps des Arts - "Melodies by Debussy & Ravel"

Thursday 20 March 2025, at 7.30 pm, Théâtre Princesse Grace
A foray into poetry, an art form for which Pierre Boulez developed a particular affection, and two composers whose works he conducted on numerous occasions: Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. This collection of their melodies is performed by two long-time collaborators, the bass-baritone Vincent Le Texier, and the pianist Ancuza Aprodu.

Thursday 20 March 2025, at 7:30 pm

Théâtre Princesse Grace

12, avenue d'Ostende

Concert - "Thursday Live Session - Francis of Delirium"

Thursday 20 March 2025, at 8.30 pm, Grimaldi Forum Monaco
Get ready for an unforgettable experience with the unique sound of Francis of Delirium, a heady mix of alternative rock and pure, unadulterated emotion. With a magnetic stage presence and captivating songs, this is a concert the audience won’t forget in a hurry!

Thursday 20 March 2025, at 8:30 pm

Grimaldi Forum Monaco

10, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 99 99 20 00

Event - "Monaco Women Forum 2025 – The New Conquest of Space"

Friday 21 March 2025, from 2 pm to 5.30 pm, Le Méridien Beach Plaza
The Monaco Women Forum returns to the Méridien Beach on 21 March 2025 for a captivating look at the new conquest of space. The event will bring together international experts from the ESA, UNOOSA, Airbus, Thales Alenia Space, and many others, to discuss technological advances, regulatory challenges, and cybersecurity issues in the field of space exploration. There will be three round tables during the course of the day, followed by a networking cocktail reception, a unique opportunity to talk to the industry leaders and make new professional contacts.

Friday 21 March 2025, from 2 pm to 5:30 pm

The Méridien Beach Plaza

22, avenue Princesse Grace

Le Printemps des Arts - "Maresz - De Falla - Manoury"

Friday 21 March 2025, at 7.30 pm, Hauser & Wirth Gallery
As the founder of Ircam (the Institute for Acoustic/Musical Coordination and Research), Pierre Boulez was a master of "mixed music" combining instrumental and electronic sounds. This concert reflects that particular facet of his personality, with two major pieces that feature both piano and electronic sound, Soli by Yan Maresz and Philippe Manoury's Das Wohlpräpartierte Klavier, performed here on the keyboard by Jean-François Heisser.

Friday 21 March 2025, at 7:30 pm

Hauser & Wirth Gallery

One Monte-Carlo

Opera - "L’Heure espagnole & L’Enfant et les Sortilèges"

Friday 21 March 2025, at 8 pm, Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo
Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 2024/25 season. Opera. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Director: Jean-Louis Grinda. Opera in one act and 21 scenes. Music by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Libretto by Franc-Nohain (Maurice Étienne Legrand), after his play of the same name (1904). First performed: Paris, Opéra-Comique, 19 May 1911. Opera in two parts. Music by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Libretto by Colette. First performed: Monte-Carlo, Théâtre de l'Opéra, 21 March 1925.

Friday 21 March 2025, at 8 pm

Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

+377 92 00 13 70

Betclic Élite Basketball - "AS Monaco - Lyon-Villeurbanne"

Saturday 22 March 2025, Salle Gaston Médecin
Betclic Élite French Basketball Championship: AS Monaco Roca Team - Lyon-Villeurbanne

Saturday 22 March 2025

Salle Gaston Médecin

Stade Louis II

+377 92 05 40 10

Concert - "Le Printemps des Femmes"

Saturday 22 March 2025, at 7 pm, Eglise Réformée de Monaco
A fascinating look at the careers of several flamboyant female composers, including Cécile Chaminade, who chose to live in Monaco from 1938 until her death, Clara Schumann, who was dazzling the whole of Europe even before meeting her famous husband, Wanda Landowska, instrumental in the revival of the harpsichord, and Sofia Gubaidulina, born in the USSR in 1931, whose every note is a call to resist fate… Join Katherine as she shares captivating insights about the lives and works of these extraordinary women.

Saturday 22 March 2025, at 7 pm

The Reformed Church of Monaco

7, rue Louis Notari

Le Printemps des Arts - "Stravinsky - Bartók - Schönberg"

Saturday 22 March 2025, at 7.30 pm, Auditorium Rainier III
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, whose musical director between 1971 and 1975 was none other than Pierre Boulez, is invited for two special concerts devoted to modern masterpieces of the early 20th century. Two avant-garde ballets, two symphonies, and two piano concertos will make up the programme of this remarkable diptych, with a soloist well known to audiences at the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, François-Frédéric Guy.

Saturday 22 March 2025, at 7:30 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Conference - "Monaco Blue Initiative"

Sunday 23 and Monday 24 March 2025, Musée Océanographique de Monaco
The Monaco Blue Initiative is a unique platform for discussion and debate. Every year, leading Ocean stakeholders are invited to talk in concrete terms about the current and future challenges of global Ocean management and conservation.

From Sunday 23 to Monday 24 March 2025

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Avenue Saint-Martin

Opera - "L’Heure espagnole & L’Enfant et les Sortilèges"

Sunday 23 March 2025, at 3 pm, Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo
Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 2024/25 season. Opera. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Director: Jean-Louis Grinda. Opera in one act and 21 scenes. Music by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Libretto by Franc-Nohain (Maurice Étienne Legrand), after his play of the same name (1904). First performed: Paris, Opéra-Comique, 19 May 1911. Opera in two parts. Music by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Libretto by Colette. First performed: Monte-Carlo, Théâtre de l'Opéra, 21 March 1925.

Sunday 23 March 2025, at 3 pm

Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

+377 92 00 13 70

Le Printemps des Arts - "Debussy - Schönberg - Stravinsky"

Sunday 23 March 2025, at 5 pm, Auditorium Rainier III
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, whose musical director between 1971 and 1975 was none other than Pierre Boulez, is invited for two special concerts devoted to modern masterpieces of the early 20th century. Two avant-garde ballets, two symphonies, and two piano concertos will make up the programme of this remarkable diptych, with a soloist well known to audiences at the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, François-Frédéric Guy.

Sunday 23 March 2025, at 5 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague - "AS Monaco - Zalgiris Kaunas"

Tuesday 25 March 2025, Salle Gaston Médecin
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Basketball: AS Monaco Roca Team - Zalgiris Kaunas

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Salle Gaston Médecin

Stade Louis II

+377 92 05 43 06

Film - "The Secret of Kells"

Tuesda 25 March 2025, at 7 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Animated film - A refreshing departure from Lord of the Rings-style imagery, this is a visually stunning fantasy-drama animation with a vibrant story.

Tuesday 25 March 2025, at 7 pm

Theatre Variétés

1, boulevard Albert Ier

Opera - "L’Heure espagnole & L’Enfant et les Sortilèges"

Tuesday 25 March 2025, at 8 pm, Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo
Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 2024/25 season. Opera. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Director: Jean-Louis Grinda. Opera in one act and 21 scenes. Music by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Libretto by Franc-Nohain (Maurice Étienne Legrand), after his play of the same name (1904). First performed: Paris, Opéra-Comique, 19 May 1911. Opera in two parts. Music by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Libretto by Colette. First performed: Monte-Carlo, Théâtre de l'Opéra, 21 March 1925.

Tuesday 25 March 2025, at 8 pm

Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

+377 92 00 13 70