DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale

What DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale does

DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale is a French non-profit cultural association (association loi 1901) operating under the publicly granted Scène Nationale designation from the French Ministry of Culture. Headquartered at 1 quai Bérigny in Dieppe, Normandy, it presents a unified cultural program combining live performing arts (theatre, dance, circus, music) at its Grande Salle and Drakkar venues with year-round art-house cinema programming across two cinemas (Renoir and Rex). The institution also operates Le Barvis (a bar/restaurant available for private corporate hire) and produces the annual Festival J.E.D.I, a territorial event emphasizing carbon-footprint reduction and citizenship actions.

The organization's service portfolio is structured around its physical venue footprint and includes accessible programming (audiodescription, magnetic loop, relaxed cinema sessions), educational outreach through school partnerships and Pass Culture integration, and the Passport school subscription product. Customer segments span general cultural audiences, school groups, corporate/CSE clients, and people with disabilities, served through a multi-channel distribution stack: dedicated box office, telephone reservations, postal mail, online ticketing for spectacles, and the cine.boutique cinema ticketing platform.

Revenue derives from three streams: ticket sales (25€ full / 18€ reduced for individual spectacles), recurring annual subscriptions and Adhésions (memberships), and corporate/group bookings including CSE arrangements. As a labelled Scène Nationale, the institution is structurally reliant on public subsidy from the Ministry of Culture, DRAC Normandie, and Ville de Dieppe, supplemented by ticket throughput and a network of reciprocal subscription agreements with eight partner theaters across Normandy. No external venture, private equity, or M&A ownership signals are present, consistent with the organization's status as a publicly supported cultural institution.

Name

DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale

Legal name

DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale

Website

https://dsn.asso.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Venue

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Operations & Venue Services (Box Office, FOH/BOH, Concessions) (MPAIAFAL), Cultural & Community Festivals (Ticketed) (THAJAFAI)

Keywords

• Live performing arts
• Cultural venue operations
• Art-house cinema
• Performing arts programming
• Cultural accessibility services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dieppe

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from individual ticket purchases for spectacles and cinema screenings. Tickets can be purchased online, at the box office, by phone, or by mail.
2. Subscriptions/Memberships: Annual subscriptions (abonnements) that provide reduced ticket prices throughout the season. Adhesions (memberships) are also available for individual subscribers.
3. Corporate/Group Bookings: Revenue from group bookings, corporate events, school groups, and CSE (committee social and economic) arrangements for companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale operates as a French publicly-funded performing arts center (Scène Nationale) presenting a seasonal program of live performances (theatre, dance, circus, music) at its Grande Salle and Drakkar venues, alongside two art-house cinemas (Renoir and Rex). It sells individual tickets, season subscriptions (abonnements), and memberships (adhésions), and runs educational outreach programs, accessibility services for audiences with disabilities, and the annual J.E.D.I festival.

Product overview

DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale is a French national performing arts venue (Scène Nationale) offering a unified cultural program that combines live performances (theater, dance, circus, music) with cinema operations through two venues (Renoir and Rex). The organization provides a portfolio of interconnected services including seasonal performance programming, the annual J.E.D.I. festival, online ticketing, accessibility services for people with disabilities, and educational outreach programs for schools and groups. The offering is structured around a single unified venue with multiple service lines rather than a modular platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Festival J.E.D.I: Festival organized by DSN featuring spectacles and actions citoyennes in and around the territory.
• Cinéma Renoir
• Cinéma Rex
• Le Barvis

Products and services

• DSN Spectacles
• Cinéma Renoir
• Cinéma Rex
• Festival J.E.D.I
• Le Barvis
• Public Scolaire et Groupes
• Accessibilité et Handicap Services
• Billetterie en Ligne

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Partner Theaters NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDSN offers reduced ticket rates to subscribers of partner theaters: Le Cirque-Théâtre (Elbeuf-sur-Seine), Le Rive Gauche (Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray), Le Rayon Vert (Saint-Valery-en-Caux), Espace culturel François-Mitterrand (Canteleu), Le Tangram (Evreux-Louviers), Le Trianon Transatlantique (Sotteville-lès-Rouen), Le Passage (Fécamp), and Le Théâtre du Château (Eu). This reciprocity agreement extends access to cultural programming across the Normandy region.
• Lycée Jehan AngocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-construction of Theatre and Cinema-Audiovisual curricula with the high school since several years, demonstrating deep educational partnership.
• Lycée du Golf - DieppecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementation of 'Regards' program, a regional initiative by Région Normandie, with performances in classrooms and workshops.
• DRAC NormandiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional cultural authority supporting projects in Petit-Caux territory including performances and artistic workshops.
• AFCAE (Association Française des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport and recognition for art-house cinema programming, providing pedagogical and promotional resources.
• ADRC (Atelier de Construction et de Diffusion du Réalisme/Cinéma)minorOthersProvides retrospective documentation and support for classic film screenings, enhancing cinema programming quality.
• Ville de DieppecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for monthly relaxed cinema sessions adapted for people with sensory and/or mental disabilities, part of inclusive cultural policy.
• OVHminorOthersWeb hosting services provider for dsn.asso.fr website, located in Roubaix, France.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Théâtre National de Chaillot: Major Parisian national theatre offering dance, theatre and circus programming under Ministry of Culture funding — much larger and broader in scope, but anchored on the same public cultural institution framework as DSN.
• L'Onde — Centre Culturel de Vélizy-Villacoublay: Mid-sized French cultural venue with multi-disciplinary programming and cinema operations; broader portfolio than DSN but operating under a similar municipal/public-funded hybrid model.

Direct peers

• Comédie de Caen — CDN: Centre Dramatique National in Caen providing theatre and performing arts programming under a parallel French public label; comparable operating model and Normandy/Channel-region audience overlap.
• Le Volcan — Scène Nationale du Havre: Normandy-based Scène Nationale with theatre, dance, music and cinema programming; directly comparable designation, geographic proximity, and audience-development model to DSN.
• Le Channel — Scène Nationale de Calais: Scène Nationale in Hauts-de-France offering comparable multi-disciplinary programming (theatre, dance, music, cinema) under the same French Ministry of Culture label, with a similar mid-sized city footprint and public-funding model.
• Le Théâtre du Château — Eu: Listed DSN reciprocal partner theatre offering comparable live performance programming in the Normandy coast corridor; small-scale peer with overlapping subscriber base.
• Le Grand R — Scène Nationale de La Roche-sur-Yon: Scène Nationale combining live performance and cinema with an active youth/territory programming arm; closest functional analog to DSN's blended performing arts + cinema + territory strategy.
• Théâtre de l'Archipel — Scène Nationale de Perpignan: Scène Nationale in Perpignan with multi-disciplinary live programming and a strong territory/education remit, sharing DSN's public funding dependency and Scène Nationale label economics.
• Le Tangram — Scène Nationale d'Évreux-Louviers: Direct reciprocal partner theatre in DSN's subscriber network; comparable Scène Nationale scale and programming mix in Normandy.

Others

• AFCAE (Association Française des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai): National trade association that supports and labels DSN's arthouse cinema programming; relevant industry/ecosystem peer reflecting DSN's positioning within the French arthouse cinema ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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