With a capacity of 5500 when seated and of 7200 when people are both seated and standing. The Rhône-Alpes’ first Zénith venue for major French and international productions. With an ultra modern design and architecture, designed by Foster and Partners (who produced the Millau viaduct), the Zénith is a leading centre and symbol, alongside the Cité du Design, the le Corbusier site and the museum of modern art of Saint-Etienne Métropole Design.
As France’s fourth largest opera house in terms of visitors, with 10000 members, the Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne welcomes over 100,000 spectators to its two theatres every year. With around 300 productions staged every year, the Opéra Théâtre stages operas, dance, music and audiovisual pieces. The emphasis is placed on staging new French productions as well as reworking old ones, with particular attention paid, of course, to the works of Massenet, which allows the Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne to enjoy a broad audience from all over the world as well as international recognition in the co-productions it puts on.
Bar / café open to the public during the day.
La Comédie
La Comédie de Saint-Etienne
3 salles et un théâtre mobile
7, avenue Emile Loubet
42000 Saint-Etienne
management: 00 334 77 25 01 24
ticket office : 00 334 77 25 14 14
fax : 00 334 77 41 96 34
e-mail : comedie@comedie-de-saint-etienne.fr www.comedie-de-saint-etienne.fr The Comédie de Saint-Etienne has been involved in theatre in Saint Etienne for over fifty years, using both amateur and professional actors. It is also an Ecole d'Art Dramatique (school of dramatic art)
Théâtre Jean Dasté Seating for 700 people. The dimensions of the stage (15.5 m x 9 m), together with its height, technical fittings (safety curtain, under stage area, grid, orchestra pit) enable it to play host to major shows as part of national and international tours.
L’Usine Seating for 120 people. As a former factory adjoining the Comédie de Saint-Etienne, this theatre stands out because of its industrial architecture (iron IPN girders and concrete walls). Being entirely modular due to its retractable tiers, this is the perfect place for putting on innovative productions and combination shows: dance, theatre, video, DJs, performances
Théâtre René Lesage
Seating for 49 people This is the smallest of the Comédie’s theatres, located in the basement, where it stages intimist shows
Le Piccolo, travelling theatre
Seating for between 96 and 192 people This is a mobile theatre which can be installed in a variety of covered locations (village halls, sports halls…), providing a modular stage/theatre space. Every year, the Comédie puts on a new show, devised for the Piccolo, which is watched by audiences from communes in the Loire, the Haute-Loire and the Puy-de-Dôme.
Le Fil
Le Fil / Saint-Etienne
Located on the Boulevard Thiers (Plaine Achille), le Fil was opened on 31 January 2008 in the centre of the leisure, culture and sports centre, near the forthcoming Zénith and the Cité du Design.
Because of its capacity and volume of activities, the Fil has emerged as the biggest SMAC (Scène de Musiques Actuelles) (current music venue) in the Rhône-Alpes region. There are 5 throughout France. Its principal activities involve putting on concerts and shows, hosting art exhibitions, hosting professional training activities in current music, and policies for cultural actions aimed at increasing people’s access to cultural events...
Designed as a 1700 m² artistic complex, the Fil has a modular theatre with seating for between 400 and 1200 people, a bar club with stage (250 seats), dressing rooms and restaurant areas for artists, three production studios, one of which is a recording studio. Current music centred on major styles such as jazz, blues and improvised music; traditional music and world music; chanson (songs and ballads); “amplified” music: rock, pop, fusion, metal, hardcore, punk, electronic music, Hip Hop, R'n'B, ska, reggae, ragga, dub, funk..
Le Fil – 30 bd Thiers / Saint Etienne
More information and programmes can be found at :www.le-fil.com
86 rue Vaillant Couturier Tel : 00 334 77 33 12 08
Clé d’voute / Saint-Etienne
7 rue Basse des Rives Tel : 00 334 77 33 54 24
Espace Boris Vian / Saint-Etienne
3 rue Jean Claude Tissot Tel : 00 334 77 41 07 26
Le Pax / Saint-Etienne
27 rue Elisée Reclus Tel : 00 334 77 49 31 00
SIVO – Ondaine / Pole Culture
44 rue de la Tour de Varan 42700 Firminy
The SIVO brings together theatres in the following communes: La Forge, Théâtre Albert Camus / Le Chambon-Feugerolles Le Royal, Espace Culturel du Château / Roche-la-Molière Le Quarto / Unieux Salle Dorian / Fraisses Salle Louis Daquin / La Ricamarie Salle André Pinatel / Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Further information about programmes can be found at www.sivo-ondaine.fr
Maison de la Culture Le Corbusier (site classé) / Firminy
With the”j’enracine” festival, a programme with shows which are “en gaga” (spoken in the Saint Etienne dialect); a restaurant area with local specialities, readings by local authors, this location represents a local curiosity for its visitors...
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