The day after the curfew came into effect, the performing arts cried out in distress.

Guests on Europe 1, Sunday, Denis Gravouil of the CGT spectacle, and the actress Christelle Chollet, returned to the difficulties faced by the culture sector, and the puzzle of the progress of the schedules of plays.

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"It is an economic disaster and a catastrophe for hundreds of thousands of people who often work in precarious conditions, because everything has stopped," said Denis Gravouil, secretary general of the CGT Spectacle.

Invited Sunday on Europe 1 for the program "Together with the performing arts for the culture and the freedom of expression", this one returned, alongside other names, on the difficulties crossed by the world of the living spectacle in the day after the curfew came into effect.

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Supporting small structures, preserving employment

"We have been denouncing the curfew since Wednesday, and for the moment we have plenty of proposals to make," continues Denis Gravouil, recalling the need to support small structures to prevent their disappearance, but also to preserve employment. and not to suppress "the activity of authors who are in the same dramatic situation as artists, technicians and those who work on shows and in cinemas."

Because after seven months of confinement, and many readjustments in terms of health measures, the ax fell: eight metropolises are subject to a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, forcing cinemas and theaters to close earlier and therefore, to shift their sessions.

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"We don't know how our business works"

"We adapt, because it's our job to adapt", explains Christelle Chollet, actress and director of the Eiffel Tower theater, also a guest of Europe 1. But "it is not also as simple as what Macron announced on Wednesday by saying 'we're going to put the shows at 7 p.m., so we'll do other sessions' ", she insists, recalling that most theaters, including hers, have several programs.

Christelle Chollet explains then having to sacrifice, with the approval of the artist and her producer, the 7 p.m. session to put that of 9 p.m. instead.

"It's not easy, we don't snap our fingers, and I think there aren't enough general opinions on how it works because we don't know how our job works!"

"It's not that simple to say 'ah your ticket was for 9 p.m., you will come at 7 p.m.", continues Christelle Chollet, explaining the titanic work carried out by her teams, who work all day to call the all resellers so that each spectator is contacted.

"It's a bottomless pit, we try to hang on, but we do what we can."