"We have to give up the Molières ceremony this year," announced Michel Field, director of culture and live shows for the public group, in a press release. He confirmed that the Molières would return in 2022 – when the 400th anniversary of the French playwright's birth will be celebrated.
This is a scenario that its organiser, Jean-Marc Dumontet, had hoped to avoid, but which was confirmed on Tuesday.
France TV's five evenings dedicated to theatre will begin on France 3 with 7 ans de réflexion at the Bouffes Parisiens theatre on 31 May.
France 2 will follow on 1 June with Papy fait de la résistance, written by Martin Lamotte and Christian Clavier, and on 2 June the France.tv platform will offer Les Chatouilles ou la danse de la colère by Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer.
Two evenings dedicated to plays by the Comédie-Française are also planned: Romeo and Juliet and Le Petit-Maître corrigé on 3 June on the short-lived channel Culturebox, and Fables and Fanny and Alexandre on 4 June (France 5).
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Theatres have been closed in France since the end of October, but will be able to reopen on 19 May with one in three seats available, and a maximum of 800 people per theatre.
The capacity will increased to 65 percent from 9 June with an 11pm curfew, allowing evening sessions. The constraints will be lifted on 1 July.
(with AFP)
