Faced with the health situation, the reopening of cultural venues, scheduled for January 7, was again suspended. Saturday, at the microphone of Europe Morning, the producer Jean-Marc Dumontet, responsible for several Parisian theaters, admits to no longer believing in a reopening “as long as the virus does not [sera] not tamed “. INTERVIEW
Sector particularly affected by the crisis linked to Covid-19, the entertainment world cannot see the end of it. Places of culture will still have to wait before welcoming the public again. While the government had already postponed a reopening scheduled for December 15 to January 7 due to poor epidemic figures, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on Friday that it was already no longer there. order of the day, again because of a still deteriorating health situation. After disappointment, it is now resignation that dominates among professionals.
“As long as the virus is not tamed, the performing arts will not be able to come back to life”
“It’s an endless tunnel. That’s what is exhausting”, cowardly at the microphone of Europe 1 the producer Jean-Marc Dumontet, responsible for several Parisian theaters. “These are false hopes and illusions. I believe that the government today is unable to give a date. So, if you will, this is news which, obviously, is not pleasant but which was obvious to me, ”he explains.
“If I extract myself from my profession as a producer, as a man of culture, I can only understand that a certain severity applies today. I think that as long as the virus is not tamed, the show alive will not be able to resume living “, concedes Jean-Marc Dumontet. “It’s true that it may seem unfair because our places are generally very safe places, in which we have taken a lot of measures to try to deal with the virus,” continues the producer. “The spectators will return to the theater once this virus is tamed. We must still be patient, unfortunately,” concludes Jean-Marc Dumontet.
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