Cultural venue · 3e

Gaîté-Lyrique

The Gaîté Lyrique, formerly the Théâtre de la Gaîté or Gaîté-Lyrique, is a Parisian performance venue at 3bis rue Papin (3rd arrondissement), converted into a City of Paris cultural centre in 2011.

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Actually paid

61.6€M

Ordered (contract ceilings)

832k €

Works & capital 61.5 €MSubsidies paid 114 k €

Subsidies paid to the operator114 k €

GAITE LYRIQUE S.A.S. →over 4 years · 2018–2024

Break down by year (4 years)

20245 k €

202150 k €

202055 k €

20184 k €

Also funded here

Organisations that receive a subsidy for an activity at this place without running it.

MARATHON →5 k €

Works paid for, year by year61.5 €M

31.4 €M

See the 8 works programmes in detail (2009–2017)

GAITE LYRIQUE54.8 €M GAITE LYRIQUE3.5 €M GAITE LYRIQUE3.1 €M GAITE LYRIQUE97 k €GAITE LYRIQUE57 k €GAITE LYRIQUE49 k €GAITE LYRIQUE8 k €GAITE LYRIQUE4 k €

Payments traced in the City’s published accounts: detailed per works programme until 2017, then only for some large projects from 2019. Each line links to the online accounts.

Contracts signed for this place832 k €

Modernisation Installation Ventilation la Gaîté LyriqueEIFFAGE ENERGIE SYSTEMES · 2019353 k €Théâtre Gaite Lyrique DesenfumageTRAVAUX BATIMENTS ELECTRICITE SECUR · 2018246 k €Création D'un SAS dans le Hall de la Gaîté Lyrique 75003DORMAKABA FRANCE · 201469 k €

Show the 3 other contracts

Modification Portes Salle de Concert Gaîté LyriqueAGENCEMENT CLOISONS DECORAT PARQUET · 201660 k €Amélioration des Installations de Ventilation Gaité LyriqueSPHERE INGENIERIE · 201953 k €Fourniture de Produits Derives Gaite LyriqueSOC DE GESTION DE LA GAITE LYRIQUE · 201350 k €

Maximum amount set in the contract, not the final spend: what was actually paid on each contract is not published by the City. Each line links to the contract record.

Key moments

MAY 1996Starting point: a closed theatre, its condition described in opposite terms by the Communist group and by the CityThe Communist group questioned the City about the future of a theatre closed for five years, its question describing the interior as "destroyed by the installation of a children's amusement centre"; the City replied that it aimed to keep cultural activities going and countered that the building "has undergone alterations."

NOVEMBER 1996First vote of funds to reopen the siteThe Council adopted, by a majority vote, 248,000 francs in operating funds for a preparatory association; during the debate, Ms Laure SCHNEITER put the guarantee that the Planète Magique's bankruptcy would leave the City holding at 180 million francs.

MAY 2001The executive announces abandoning the symphony hallThe deputy mayor for Culture laid out the grounds for abandoning the planned 2,100-seat symphony hall under the State-Region development contract, and disputed that the State's 22 million francs were earmarked for the Gaîté-Lyrique.

FEBRUARY 2004Authorization to appoint the project managers and file the permitsThe Council was presented with a deliberation authorizing the Mayor to sign the project management contract and to file the construction and demolition permit applications for the centre dedicated to contemporary music and digital arts.

DECEMBER 2007Toward operation under a delegated management contractThe Council was presented with a deliberation authorizing the Mayor to sign a public service delegation agreement with the Société de Gestion de la Gaîté Lyrique SAS (S.G.G.L) for operating the Gaîté Lyrique.

APRIL 2025Three groups and the executive bring the site's fate before the CouncilFour motions were filed on the Gaîté Lyrique: awarding an exceptional grant (Les Écologistes), the site's future (Union Capitale), damage sustained (Les Républicains, Les Centristes et Indépendants), and a motion from the executive.

See 3 more moments

MARCH 2002The governance announced for the projectAsked about the members of the renovation's steering committee, the deputy mayor for Culture replied that the project "will be the subject of a steering committee", which he would chair, to oversee the definition studies and organize public consultation.

JUNE 2007Copyright over a lobby artworkThe Council was presented with a deliberation authorizing the Mayor to sign a settlement agreement with Ms Isabel Michel, an artist, granting her compensation for the intellectual property rights to the work she created in the lobby.

APRIL 2025The situation of unaccompanied minors comes up as a topical questionMr Laurent SOREL addressed a topical question to the Mayor of Paris and the Prefect of Police on the situation of unaccompanied minors at the Gaîté Lyrique.

AI reading of 44 documents out of the 500 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

In the Municipal Bulletin

The municipal bulletin follows the Gaîté-Lyrique as a municipal theatre from the late 19th century to the interwar period. As early as 1889, the Council examined additional works at the theatre, at a cost of 27,690 francs; in 1910, a credit of 10,750 francs was opened for building a canopy. The City also regulated its operation: in 1913, the 1913-1914 theatre season programme was approved and the authorizations and concessions granted to Messrs Isola were maintained, while in 1917 several candidates applied for the theatre's management or concession. In 1922, councillors Maurice Quentin and Albert Bérard questioned the Prefect of the Seine about the theatre's operation and compliance with the terms of its specifications. The archive record stops in 1926, when the Council examined extending the lease, whose terms notably provided for an annual matinee for the benefit of the staff's mutual aid society.

Read the 5 citations in the municipal bulletin archives (Gallica)

1889“936. — Remarks concerning the inadequacy of the safety measures taken in the municipal theatres (mod. concl. … 937. — Additional works to be carried out at the …”

1910“Opening a credit of 10,750 francs for building a canopy at the Théâtre municipal de la Gaîté … Théâtre de la Gaîté, and who is often forced to wait at the entra…”

1913“919. — Approval of the 1913-1914 theatre season programme at the Théâtre de la Gaîté and maintaining the authorizations and concessions granted to Messrs Isola …”

1917“the Chairman: From Mr Bernard, applying for the management of the Théâtre municipal de la Gaîté lyrique … From Mr Feuillet, applying for the management of the T…”

1922“1 f Messrs Maurice Quentin and Albert Bérard. — Question to the Prefect of the Seine on the operation of the Théâtre municipal de la Gaîté and compliance with t…”

Account written by AI from the selected extracts of the city’s official bulletin — each extract links to the scanned page on Gallica.

Sources

Conseil de Paris (Débat-Délibs) ↗ · Bulletin municipal officiel (Gallica/BnF) ↗ · CA annexes, Ville de Paris · Wikipédia ↗

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