Scala, Performance venue in 10th arrondissement, France.

Scala is a theatre building in Paris's 10th arrondissement featuring modular design and contemporary architecture. The auditorium seats about 750 people and combines excellent acoustics with advanced stage technology.

A 1787 inn called Cheval-Blanc stood on this site before becoming a guinguette with outdoor tables under trellises and a small orchestra of two violins, bass and flute. In 1857 it became a café-chantant, and in 1874 Marie-Reine Rameau, widow Roisin, had architects Delarue and Beaupied build the 1,400-seat café-concert La Scala, named after Milan's opera house. It became an Art Deco cinema in 1936, a five-screen porn cinema from 1977, and reopened as a 550-seat theatre on 11 September 2018.

The name Scala comes from the Milan opera house that inspired Marie-Reine Rameau, widow Roisin, to build this hall in 1874. In 1895 Édouard Marchand staged here the first large English-style music-hall revue in France, and stars such as Paulus, Mistinguett and Yvette Guilbert performed on this stage. Since 2018 the programme covers theatre, dance, music, new circus and visual arts, with a second 180-seat hall, La Piccola Scala, opened in the basement in September 2020 for young artists.

The theatre stands at 13 boulevard de Strasbourg, in the 10th arrondissement, between a green-fronted shop and a pharmacy; a tree grows directly in front of the glass facade, whose gold script reads "La Scala". The entrance is set back behind the glass, so allow time to find the door and the small sign hanging on the left frame. The main hall is modular, seating up to 750 depending on the tier layout, and a second 180-seat room, the Piccola Scala, opened in the basement in September 2020.

The 2018 renovation was carried out by the Archidev agency with scenographers from Changement à Vue; Richard Peduzzi decorated the spaces, while Rudi Meyer designed the logo and Philippe Manoury's algorithms created the sound identity. The hall's variable acoustics rely on 172 Amadeus speakers and the Holophonix spatial sound processor.