Theatre · 4e

Théâtre de la Ville

Théâtre de la Ville - Sarah-Bernhardt is a Parisian theatre located at 2, place du Châtelet in the 4th arrondissement. Wikipedia ↗

103€M

paid by the City for this place since 2009

What the City funds here

Running the theatre

87.8€M

paid · 2018–2024

Annual subsidy to the operator, THEATRE DE LA VILLE → The association "Théâtre de la Ville" does not manage only the venue at 2 place du Châtelet: it also operates the Théâtre des Abbesses (18th arrondissement) and, according to recent deliberations, a site in the 8th arrondissement. The subsidy shown covers all of these sites, not this building alone. The works contracts listed, however, do concern this venue in the 4th arrondissement: their purpose names "Théâtre de la Ville" and several specify "75004" or "4ÈME."

Break down by year (7 years)

202414.4€M

202313.3€M

202212.2€M

202111.9€M

202012.6€M

201911.7€M

201811.7€M

Works and renovation

15.2€M

paid · 2009–2022

8 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.

20 contracts signed in 2013–2023, 28.1 €M ceiling

The 8 projects

THEATRE DE LA VILLE - RENOVATION2016–2017 · City accounts2.4€M THEATRE DE LA VILLE2014–2016 · City accounts1.4€M THEATRE DE LA VILLE2012–2013 · City accounts956k €THEATRE DE LA VILLE - RENOVATION2015–2017 · City accounts712k €THEATRE DE LA VILLE2009–2013 · City accounts132k €THEATRE DE LA VILLE2009–2010 · City accounts1k €THEATRE DE LA VILLE FACADES2009 · City accounts1k €THEATRE DE LA VILLE - RENOVATION2022 · City accounts9.7€M

The 20 contracts

Paid amounts make up the 103 €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 32 deliberations read. Each line opens the document.

SEPTEMBER 2019An unprecedented funding source, works prolongedWith the works still under way, an advertising banner expected to bring in 3 to 5 million euros in revenue was to finance the restoration of the facades, a phase not originally budgeted.MAY 2015The works launched, initial scheduleThe Council set the 2015 subsidy at 10.9 million euros and examined the site's renovation (DPA 34), with closure and "off-site" programming from September 2016 to summer 2018.NOVEMBER 2014External oversight ahead of the worksThe Chambre régionale des comptes report praised audiences and programming but pointed to a deficient statutory framework and governing bodies with a secondary role.NOVEMBER 2013The first announcement of the renovationIn voting 300,000 euros for equipment, the executive admitted that a comprehensive renovation of the theatre would have to take place in the following term.JULY 2008A historic change of leadershipThe subsidy vote accompanied the handover of leadership between Gérard Violette and Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, with the opposition criticizing a subsidy frozen for the third consecutive year.MARCH 2002Association governance under strainThe vote on an equipment subsidy of 243,919 euros gave rise to a debate on the Arthur Andersen firm's audit, with the executive confirming that Jean Maheu would remain chairman of the board.

2 more moments, 2009–2024

JUNE 2024A second external audit in ten yearsThe Council received a new Chambre régionale des comptes report devoted to the Théâtre de la Ville.FEBRUARY 2009The weight of public funding quantifiedThe 10.4 million euro subsidy was debated in light of a co-production budget reduced from 840,000 to 600,000 euros and a municipal subsidy representing 77% of revenues.

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