Culture is declining, with the reopening of performance venues since May 19. If all the places have not reopened, on the other hand, where the performances resume, the public is there, to the point where it is necessary to add dates!
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For some spectators, the wait was too long, and for live performance professionals, it is a deliverance. The performances can resume, with a limited audience capacity, the reunion is finally possible!
In front of the request, additional representations
The show “Utopia of trees” over there local companies Taxi-Brousse was in preparation on Saturday, May 29, at the Mendès-France space in Quetigny. In front of the crowd, two performances are scheduled for Sunday, September 30, limited by a limited capacity of 100 places (respect of the rule of 35% of the total capacity)
The reunion takes place between the public and the artist, an expected moment.
Alexis Louis-Lucas, actor and author, describes his state of mind the day before the performance: “You have to find the behavior of the actor, the link with the public. All these things will have to be put back on the road a little bit and all these things, it’s not a stress, but it’s a stress mixed with excitement and pleasure to resume! “
This enthusiasm will take this company on board, which will be present for a month at the Festival d’Avignon (July 7 to 31). In order to finance the rental of the theater where they will play, a performance is scheduled for June 1 at the Théâtre des Feuillants at 7 p.m., at free price.
Happy spectators!
Another example, at the Athéneum in Dijon, the festivals “Theater at last!” offers a representation with 67 seats available, all sold. The spectators at the entrance are enthusiastic: “For me it’s seeing the artists again, reviewing the creations, this energy …” ou well another viewer summarizes:“It’s all the same above all the desire to redo things, to go out!”
The festivals “Theater finally” will last more than a month this year, until early July. As Sophie Chesne, deputy director and Benoît Lambert, director of the Dijon Bourgogne Theater, write: “We are organizing the much desired reunion, even in very small numbers, even masked, even distant. With all the necessary precautions and delicacies. And even if it is not yet the life found, maybe it will start all the same to look like it. “
The future looks bright for theater lovers as long as they can keep up. The fact remains that many shows have been postponed with the health crisis and the stages may be very crowded in the coming months.
The report by Muriel Bessard and Amélie Douay
Speakers:
- Alexis Louis-Lucas, actor
Reopening of the theaters: the public is at the rendezvous
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