Since 1995, the Comédie-Française has been defined as a public body with industrial and commercial functions (Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial, EPIC). This status makes it a legal entity with its own legal identity subject to public law.
The EPIC status makes the Comédie-Française a National Theatre, and as such it receives a grant from the Ministry of Culture.
As stated in article 2 of its statutory decree no. 95-356 of 1 April 1995, “the Comédie-Française’s principal mission is to perform the plays of its Repertoire and to promote this Repertoire nationally and internationally. To carry out this mission, the Comédie-Française, under the authority of a General Administrator, ensures the continuity of a troupe of factors, which encompasses the sociétaires who form the Société des Comédiens-Français, the pensionnaires and student interns*”.
The Comédie-Française is therefore a repertory-based and production theatre, whose productions are performed alternately at the Salle Richelieu by a permanent troupe of actors. The Repertoire of the Comédie-Française consists of French and foreign plays, both ancient and contemporary, which are ratified by the Reading Committee. The Comédie-Française has a permanent stage and an auditorium in the Richelieu building, on Place Colette, Paris. It can also perform on other stages and has permanent use of the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier and the Studio-Théâtre, established as subsidiary companies, where non-Repertoire works can be performed. In addition, the Comédie-Française has a responsibility to promote the plays of its Repertoire and therefore must organise tours in France and abroad.
The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (300 seats) and the Studio-Théâtre (136 seats) have their own legal status: they are public limited companies (sociétés anonymes, SA), subsidiaries of the Comédie-Française public body (EPIC).
Financially, the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier receives a grant from the Ministry of Culture. As for the Studio Théâtre, its funding comes exclusively from the budget of its “parent company”, the Comédie-Française.
* The latter are actors of the Comédie-Française Academy, on professional training contracts.
The budget of the Comédie-Française (figures of the financial accounts of 2016)
La Comédie-Française has its own revenues of €11.9 million, consisting primarily of ticket receipts of €7.5 million, as well as various other receipts amounting to €4.4 million (tours, audiovisual projects, patronage, boutiques).
This national theatre is subsidised by the Ministry of Culture to the amount of €24.6 million.
On the expenditure side, all expenses required for the operation of the theatre come to €29.9 million, largely covering staffing costs, which come to a total of €29 million.
Variable costs related to the artistic production and running of shows come to €5 million.
Afin de vous accueillir dans les meilleures conditions, nous sommes contraints de décaler l'horaire des représentations du dimanche des spectacles du Petit Saint-Martin (Les héros ne dorment jamais et Séisme) qui auront lieu à 17h30 (au lieu de 16h30).
La comédienne Anna Cervinka s’étant malheureusement blessée, nous sommes contraints d’annuler les représentations de Déshonorée.
Le spectacle sera créé la saison prochaine (2026-2027), les dates et lieu de représentation seront annoncés avec l’ensemble de notre programmation.
JANVIER - JUILLET 2026
La Salle Richelieu fermant pour travaux le 16 janvier, la Troupe se produira dès le 14 janvier dans 11 théâtres à Paris et à Nanterre.
Outre ses deux salles permanentes, le Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier et le Studio-Théâtre, elle aura pour point fixe le Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin et le Petit Saint-Martin et sera présente dans 9 théâtres partenaires : le Théâtre du Rond-Point, l’Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe, le Théâtre Montparnasse, le Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, le 13e art, La Villette-Grande Halle et le Théâtre du Châtelet.
Les 20 spectacles de cette saison hors les murs sont en vente.
Les visites historiques « Sur les pas de Molière » et « Le Paris de Molière » continuent et se déroulent à l’extérieur.
Départ Église Saint-Eustache
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