As soon as the reconfinement was announced, the theaters lowered the curtain. “It’s complicated, even the productions no longer manage to project themselves” Evelyne Hethener, the deputy director of the Culture Pole services in Thionville, no longer knows on which foot to dance. “Indeed, since March, we postpone as much as possible, some shows have been once, or even twice, like that of Michael Gregorio, who we hope to welcome for good on June 3. “For now, only the room L’Happy ploy was canceled. “For Thomas Dutronc, we will certainly wait until next season. “Because the risk with all the postponements is the explosion of the offer. “All the rooms are housed in the same boat. If, from March, everything is reprogrammed, how will the public react, which will be spoiled for choice? Already, there, we feel it chilly. Nothing sells anymore. “
Another certainty, the dance show May B, scheduled on 1is December, will not take place. “But, personally, I want it and therefore we will reopen it. »As for Marc Lavoine and Yaël Naim, what to do? “It’s in January. We will adapt to the evolution of the situation, but I think that, until March, it will be complicated. The season is over. “
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The Adagio and the Nest too
However, as of the resumption in September, the Theater had revised its organization by setting up an irreproachable health protocol. “We have been able to adapt, investing in freezing but also by setting up a device to manage the flow and avoid gatherings. »As for the Adagio, all the shows for November and December have been postponed to 2021. At the Nest, while Abyss , the first creation of the director, Alexandra Tobelaim, was to be played in early November, no new date is currently envisaged. “I am already looking at a program for 2021-2022, confides Évelyne Hethener, but there are few proposals, for lack of repetitions. “
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A blow
As for the staff, they are still active and act behind the scenes. Muriel answers the phone and manages postponements and reimbursements. The technical team, which had taken advantage of the first confinement to redo the floor, will this time tackle other work in the various Thionville cultural sites. “Honestly, I don’t live this second confinement as well. The first, we believed in a recovery in September. This time, we don’t know where we are going. I have a thought for the intermittents who will not recover from this year without a fee. Also for the musicians, in particular of the Symphonique, who rehearsed in order not to perform. I also think of all those who live thanks to the world of entertainment; for them it is a disaster. “
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