Theatre · 11e

Théâtre de la Bastille

Théâtre de la Bastille is a performance venue located at 76, rue de la Roquette in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.

Its programme is mainly devoted to contemporary theatre and contemporary dance. Having become a public theatre in 2023, it has since been run by Claire Dupont. Wikipedia ↗

Deliberations 1997–2021

No subsidy, investment or public contract could be tied to this place in the open data: day-to-day running costs (upkeep, staff) are not broken down by place. Only subsidies to an operator, investment projects and public contracts that name the place appear here.

Key moments

NOVEMBER 1997the earliest record found, still in francsThe Conseil de Paris granted 100,000 francs to the Théâtre de la Bastille for shows in a season of Russian theatre.

JULY 2003the City finances the stage's renovationThe Mayor was authorized to sign an equipment subsidy of 50,154 euros for renovation works on the stage.

DECEMBER 2007150,000 requested, 50,000 granted in sessionA motion called for 150,000 euros in exceptional funding; Mr Girard proposed 50,000 euros, the amount ultimately adopted.

SEPTEMBER 2010portrait of the theatre and its directorIn session, the theatre was described as a "sort of private theatre" run by Jean-Marie Hordé for 21 years, co-financed by the City and the State.

JUNE 2011the subsidy doubledAn amendment raised the 2011 subsidy from 307,500 to 615,000 euros.

JUNE 2021parity and a season cut short by the pandemicThe deputy mayor for Culture acknowledged a very male-dominated programme while attributing it in part to a season curtailed by the pandemic.

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APRIL 2005a letter to the director to clarify the grantAn amendment increased the subsidy by 20,000 euros; Mr Girard announced a letter to the director to clarify an exceptional grant.

JULY 2020gender parity enters the subsidy debateDuring the vote on 900,000 euros for three theatres, a councillor raised the sexism of cultural programming.

AI reading of 21 documents out of the 835 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

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