Temporary workers leave the Odeon, a theater that has been occupied since March

They evacuated the premises around 6:00 am, removing all the protest banners on the pediment and leaving only this one, "See you soon ...".

The intermittents of the spectacle left of themselves the Odeon, famous theater in Paris which they occupied since March 4, point of departure of a national movement.

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"Staying at the Odeon has become a problem of confrontation with the management, that does not interest us," Denis Gravouil, secretary general of the CGT Spectacle, told AFP.

And to specify that the idea now is to "continue elsewhere, to continue to fight as long as possible".

The movement to occupy theaters, which started from the Odeon, had spread to around a hundred theaters across France.

Launched on March 4 at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, the occupation movement now concerns ten places, including the Théâtre Graslin, in Nantes (here in photo).

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Supported by the CGT, the intermittents of the spectacle and precarious were on the scene, at the Odeon, 24 hours a day, to demand a second blank year because of the health crisis and the withdrawal of the reform of the unemployment insurance which enters in effect in July.

This occupation movement had prevented, according to the management, the reopening of this theater to the public as planned from May 19 with the performances of The Glass Menagerie, a masterpiece by Tennessee Williams, directed by Ivo van Hove. , with Isabelle Huppert at the head of the bill.

"We will allow the shows to resume"

"The director's decision not to give the performances of + La Ménagerie de verre + since Wednesday, May 19, is not tenable for us, because we want this show to take place," commented Denis Gravouil.

“We wanted it to take place with an occupation that allows us to speak, that allows us to display banners but we do not want to prevent the show.

So we will allow the shows to resume, ”continued the union official.

Denis Gravouil is also skeptical about the cultural reopening in stages since May 19: "It's a lure, there are a third, a quarter, a tenth of people who work (...) some festivals are canceled or are in half-gauge;

private theaters postponed.

So, already, the reopening is not enough, it is partial ”.

This movement to occupy theaters was condemned by the Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot.

The politician tweeted Thursday: "The time has come to stop the blockages, to allow the public to return safely to the rooms, to let artists and technicians work".

We have heard and responded to requests from those who still occupy just over 60 theaters.

The time has come to end the blockages, to allow the public to return safely to the theaters, to let artists and technicians work.

And #VivreLaCulture, together

- Roselyne Bachelot (@R_Bachelot) May 20, 2021

Specific to France, the intermittent regime concerns 120,000 artists and technicians compensated each year with the condition of having worked 507 hours over 12 months.

Emmanuel Macron granted them a blank year which expires in August and which was recently extended by four months.