100% FREELes Bâtisseurs d’Empire ou Le Schmurtz — live theatre at Sorbonne
Watch Sorbonne students perform Boris Vian’s unsettling absurdist play at Zayed Theatre. A family retreats through ever-smaller rooms while a silent figure called the Schmurtz remains with them. The production combines dark humour and social commentary, with French and English subtitles.
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi campus photographed on 9 March 2010. Archive venue photograph; not the theatre production or a current event photograph.
Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi · Zayed Theatre, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi
Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.
When to go
8 December 2026, 18:30–21:00.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Public audience · age guidance not stated · Free public performance · account and advance booking required · French and English subtitles
The original event is open to the public but gives no age guidance. No numeric age range or children’s suitability is inferred.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free advance booking through the Sorbonne event page is required. Sign in to a Sorbonne website account; the public signup route offers a Public user type. Obtain your booking confirmation before travelling.
- Places are subject to availability. The booking form asks for the number of seats, but the organiser does not publish a group capacity or guarantee seats.
- The registration agreement includes consent for your image to be captured and used in event photographs and videos for promotional purposes.
- French-language theatre with French and English subtitles displayed, as advertised by the organiser.
- The organiser has not published age guidance. The play includes dark humour and themes of fear and life after war; check suitability before booking for children.
- The campus pin is approximate; use the Zayed Theatre location and booking instructions on arrival.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 6 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
6 November 2026: inspected the original current event page, live agenda card labelled Free and Open to public, registration form and public signup route. The visible booking notice says You have to login for booking; signup allows Public users. No sold-out, waitlist-only or cancellation notice observed, and no personal data entered, account created or registration submitted. No claim of guaranteed tickets or numerical capacity. The official footer map resolves the Sorbonne campus destination to24.4888048,54.4122507; pin is campus-level. This is a complete public cultural event, not a paid-course trial or sales introduction. Current detail confirms8December2026,18:30–21:00,ZayedTheatre,SUADstudentperformance andFrench/Englishsubtitles. Noagecutoff stated.
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Photo: Panoramas / Flickr — La Sorbonne Abu Dhabi - 9-3-2010 - 19h47 · CC BY-ND 2.0 · Technical resize and WebP format conversion only; entire original composition and content retained. No crop, retouching or other adaptation.