Municipal Theatre of Chartres, Theatre building in Chartres, France.
The Municipal Theatre of Chartres is a theatre building in the city featuring a main hall organized across four levels: stalls, pit, first gallery, and second gallery. The hall seats roughly 570 spectators and sits at Place de Ravenne along Boulevard Adelphe-Chasles.
The building opened on April 28, 1861, providing the city with a dedicated theatre after performances had taken place in Saint-Foy Church between 1797 and 1857. This new venue marked a shift toward a purpose-built performance space.
The hall's two sides are called "cour" and "jardin", terms that replaced the royal "côté du Roi" and "côté de la Reine" during the French Revolution; they date from the 1662 Salle des Machines at the Tuileries, where spectators had the Tuileries garden to their left and the palace courtyard to their right. The theatre is run by the Entracte association, directed by Jérôme Costeplane since 2012.
The building sits centrally at Place de Ravenne and is easy to reach on foot from downtown. It has been managed by the Entracte association since 2012 and offers regular programming throughout the year.
The hall's two sides are called "cour" and "jardin" rather than left and right, so that directions stay the same whether you are seated in the auditorium or standing on stage. The terms date from the 1662 Salle des Machines in the Tuileries, where spectators had the palace courtyard on one side and the garden on the other.
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