At which Paris theater was Coco Chanel’s 1922 stage work Antigone presented?

Coco Chanel’s 1922 stage work Antigone was presented at the Théâtre de l’Atelier in Paris.

The production was Jean Cocteau’s modern adaptation of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy. Chanel designed the costumes, contributing to a collaboration that brought her fashion work into avant-garde theater. The production premiered in Paris in December 1922 and used a deliberately spare, contemporary visual style rather than attempting to reproduce ancient Greek dress literally.

The Théâtre de l’Atelier, located in Paris’s Montmartre area, was an important venue for experimental and influential theater. Chanel’s involvement with Antigone formed part of her wider connections with artists, writers, composers, and performers during the interwar period.

This production is often confused with Chanel’s later work for the Ballets Russes. Antigone was a stage play, while Le Train Bleu was a ballet for which she also designed costumes.