Théâtre du Gymnase

Paris

The Traveller curtain with vertical fullness ...

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... is here open like a Fly curtain.The Stage masking is made of COS - Oscurante molton.

... including the ceiling painted with allegories of the four seasons, date back to the 1880 renovation.They are in a very elaborate and refined neoclassical style, with some empire influences.

The Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell is a Italian-style theatre with a horseshoe-shaped hall, with three tiers of boxex and a gallery, 800 seats.

1820

M. de la Roserie decides to provide Paris with a theatre for conservatory students and entrusts its design to Auguste Rougevin and Louis-Régnier de Guerchy.
The theatre is inaugurated at the end of the same year.

1880

The theatre is renovated based on a project by Charles de Lalande.
The hall's decorations are redone, giving it its current appearance.

1985

The theatre is named after Marie Bell, the great actress who directed it from 1962 until her death.

2001

The Main curtain and the Stage masking are redone.

Materials used in this production

COS - Oscurante

Duvetyne and blackout fabrics

Fly curtains

Typology of curtain

FOT - Otello

Velvets

NFR - Fringes

Trimmings

Stage maskings

Acoustic curtains

Traveller curtains

Typology of curtain

Vertical fullness

Fabric: tailoring types

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