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. Wikipedia ↗
61.6€M
paid by the City for this place since 2009
What the City funds here
114k €
paid · 2018–2024
Annual subsidy to the operator, GAITE LYRIQUE S.A.S. →
Break down by year (4 years)
20245k €
202150k €
202055k €
20184k €
Works and renovation
61.5€M
paid · 2009–2017
8 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
6 contracts signed in 2013–2019, 832 k € ceiling
The 8 projects
GAITE LYRIQUE2009–2013 · City accounts54.8€MGAITE LYRIQUE2009–2013 · City accounts3.5€MGAITE LYRIQUE2009–2012 · City accounts3.1€MGAITE LYRIQUE2014–2017 · City accounts97k €GAITE LYRIQUE2014–2015 · City accounts57k €GAITE LYRIQUE2009 · City accounts49k €GAITE LYRIQUE2014 · City accounts8k €GAITE LYRIQUE2009 · City accounts4k €The 6 contracts
Modernisation Installation Ventilation la Gaîté LyriqueEIFFAGE ENERGIE SYSTEMES · 2019353k €Théâtre Gaite Lyrique DesenfumageTRAVAUX BATIMENTS ELECTRICITE SECUR · 2018246k €Création D'un SAS dans le Hall de la Gaîté Lyrique 75003DORMAKABA FRANCE · 201469k €Modification Portes Salle de Concert Gaîté LyriqueAGENCEMENT CLOISONS DECORAT PARQUET · 201660k €Amélioration des Installations de Ventilation Gaité LyriqueSPHERE INGENIERIE · 201953k €Fourniture de Produits Derives Gaite LyriqueSOC DE GESTION DE LA GAITE LYRIQUE · 201350k €Also funded here
Organisations that receive a subsidy for an activity at this place without running it.
Paid amounts make up the 61.6 €M. A contract amount is a ceiling: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City. Per-project detail is no longer published after 2017.
What the Paris Council said about it
6 moments chosen out of the 44 deliberations read. Each line opens the document.
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.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.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.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.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 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."3 more moments, 2002–2025
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.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.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.Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1926 · 1922 · 1917 · 1913 · 1910 · 1889
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