the Three-Eight leave the NTH8, after 20 years at the head of the theater
After twenty years of management at the Nouveau Théâtre du 8ème in Lyon, the Trois-Huit collective will leave the premises at the end of the season following a decision by the public partners.
End clap for the Trois-Huit collective at the Nouveau Théâtre du Huitième (NTH8). The mood is gloomy at the end of the season for the collective, which announces that the curtain will be lowered next June. In question: a ” concerted wish of the Town Hall of the 8th, the City of Lyon, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and the Regional Department of Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Culture “, reads their press release.
A call for projects launched on the NTH8
In question: last October, the City of Lyon, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Auvergne Rhône-Alpes) launched a call for applications to take over the management of the theater in January 2023. The reason: ” The theater has been made available since 2002 without a call for projects. A municipal place is not intended to belong to a single actor”explains Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert, deputy mayor of Lyon and delegate for culture.
For her, a targeted objective: that the diversity of Lyon players can apply. ” We have the desire to better distribute and distribute resources in the cultural sector so that all actors have a chance to access workplaces “, she adds.
A project declared “unsuccessful”
So, on the collective side, we get active and a project is created to respond to the call for applications. But the latter is finally”declared unsuccessful” in March 2022. According to the cultural delegate of the City of Lyon, the collective was not able to meet the expectations of the City and its specifications. In this case, for the district United States, the City wants development tools, territorial anchoring, support for creation and links with residents. “In the audition, the collective did not emphasize these points. It seems to be a prisoner of the past twenty years and has not succeeded in proposing a renewal”, she explains. “
Employee economic license
Consequence for the Trois-Huit: redundancy for most of the employees of the team and cessation of all the projects carried out in collaboration with the partners and inhabitants of the 8th. The City assures that there will be no “no dry output” and that the collective will be accompanied. More ” the 2022-2023 season is truncated “. Final act for the Three-Eight at NTH8.
” The theater has been made available since 2002 without a call for projects. A municipal place is not intended to belong to a single actor. “
Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert, deputy mayor of Lyon and delegate for culture
After nearly twenty years at the New Theater in the 8th arrondissement, the Trois-Huit collective sees itself. disappointed but above all amazed and worried “, reports Sylvie Montgin Algan, director and co-founder of the collective. A fear for her: that the survival of the theater is in danger. However, on the side of the city, there is no question of considering a closure. ” We will do everything to open the theater to the public in January 2023.”says Nathalie Perrin Gilbert.
A second call for projects
While the first call for projects published in October 2021 was declared unsuccessful by the three public partners (the City of Lyon, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)), a new call for projects has just been published at the beginning of May. Objective: find a direction for the New Theater in the 8th arrondissement. ” The Three-Eight could re-apply if they wish to do so “, indicates Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert. But for the moment, the collective does not seem to want to propose a project again.
So, a last appointment is given by the Trois-Huit, on Thursday June 30, on the forecourt of the theater, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to say goodbye to the public and ” exchange around a drink under the sign of boxes and brushes “.