LES BORDS DE SCENES

Name

LES BORDS DE SCENES

Legal name

Les Bords de Scènes, E.P.I.C.

Website

https://lesbordsdescenes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts and Cinema Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Motion Picture Theaters (except Drive-Ins) (512131), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG), Outdoor Amphitheater & Open-Air Venue Operations (MPAGALAG), Screening Rooms & Cinematheques (Nonprofit/Institutional) (MPADAKAF), Dance Performances (THAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Performing arts venue
• Cinema screenings
• Live theater programming
• Cultural outreach programs
• Amateur theater workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

JUVISY SUR ORGE

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales - Performances: Revenue from theater, dance, circus, music, and comedy performances across multiple venues. Tickets available via dedicated box office system at billetterie.lesbordsdescenes.fr.
2. Ticket sales - Cinema: Revenue from cinema screenings across multiple cinema screens including Salle Agnès Varda, L'Avant-Scène, Salle Charles Chaplin, and Salle Lino Ventura.
3. Subscriptions and season passes: Season subscriptions (abonnements) and passes for both performance and cinema offerings.
4. Theater workshops: Fees for amateur theater practice workshops with inscriptions and pricing available on dedicated pages.
5. Bar and restaurant services: Food and beverage services at the venue bar and restaurant space.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Les Bords de Scènes operates a multi-venue cultural complex that presents theater, dance, circus, music, and comedy performances alongside cinema screenings across multiple theaters and screens in the Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre territory. It also offers amateur theater workshops, cultural outreach programs for schools and groups, festivals, and on-site bar and restaurant services, with all ticketing handled through a dedicated online box office.

Product overview

Les Bords de Scènes is a multi-venue cultural complex (E.P.I.C.) operated by Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre, offering a unified platform of theatre, cinema, and performing arts experiences. The core products include cinema screenings (offered in multiple venues including Salle Agnès Varda and Salle Lino Ventura) and live performance programming across genres (theatre, dance, circus, music, comedy, family shows). The venues—Espace Jean Lurçat, Salle Lino Ventura, Espace Pierre Amoyal, Espace culturel Alain-Poher, and Espace René L'Helguen—serve as distinct spaces within the platform. Complementary offerings include theatre workshops (Ateliers Théâtre) for amateur practitioners, cultural outreach programs (Action Culturelle), seasonal events like Les Bords d'été and festivals such as Tous en Scène, plus the Lab'Ciné film program. The venues operate under a unified ticketing system with online reservation capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Cinéma (Cinema Screenings)
• Spectacles (Live Performance Season)
• Ateliers Théâtre (Amateur Theater Workshops)
• Action Culturelle (Cultural Outreach Programs)
• Les Bords d'été (Summer Festival)
• Tous en Scène (Family Festival)
• Lab'Ciné (Film Event Series)
• Billets Suspendus (Suspended Tickets)
• Espaces Bar et Restauration (Bar and Restaurant Services)

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Médiathèques (Raymond Queneau, Simone de Beauvoir)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOff-site performance venues ('Hors les murs') hosting theater performances and cultural events. Provides accessibility to cultural programming beyond the main venue.
• Opéra BastilleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrestigious partner venue hosting some performances as part of the season programming.
• Scène nationale de l'EssonneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional national stage partner for performance programming.
• Comédie FrançaiseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrestigious national theater institution hosting performances as part of programming.
• Schools and Educational InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnerships through 'Avec les enseignants' and 'Education artistique en milieu scolaire' programs offering cultural outreach and arts education.
• Community Groups and LudothèquesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with local ludotheques and community groups through 'Avec les groupes' and 'D'entrée de jeu' programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• MK2: French cinema-and-cultural venue operator combining independent/art-house cinema exhibition with curated cultural programming — closely analogous to Les Bords de Scènes' cinema-plus-performance hybrid model, though typically in central Paris locations.
• CGR Cinémas: French regional cinema chain operating multi-screen venues across secondary cities and suburban areas with bundled event programming, directly comparable to Les Bords de Scènes' six-screen suburban cinema footprint.
• Forum des Images: Paris-based cinematheque and film-programming institution operating multiple screens with curated, event-driven cinema programming — closely analogous to Les Bords de Scènes' cinema-exhibition-plus-event-programming model, though more film-festival oriented.
• Scène nationale de l'Essonne: Regional national-stage network operator in the same Essonne/Île-de-France geography as Les Bords de Scènes, presenting theater, dance, music and cinema with dedicated season programming and cultural education mandates — a near-direct operational peer.
• Théâtre National de la Colline: French national theater presenting contemporary theater, dance, and music across multiple performance spaces with public-service cultural mandate — directly comparable programming and venue-operating model to Les Bords de Scènes.
• Théâtre de la Ville: Paris municipal theater presenting contemporary dance, theater, and music with public-subsidy funding model — directly comparable public-institution performing-arts venue with subscription ticketing and educational outreach.
• Théâtre des Champs-Élysées: Multi-discipline Parisian performance venue presenting theater, dance, music, and opera across multiple halls — comparable venue-operating model with diverse programming mandate and ticketed subscription model.

Broad incumbents

• UGC Cinémas: Major French cinema chain with broad national presence and combined cinema-plus-event programming at scale — overlapping cinema exhibition business with Les Bords de Scènes but operating a much larger and more commercially focused portfolio.
• Comédie-Française: Prestigious French national theater institution and active Les Bords de Scènes partner — overlapping theater programming and presentation mission, though at a much larger scale and broader national draw.
• Pathé: Major French cinema exhibition-and-production group with large multi-screen cinema footprint and integrated event programming — overlapping cinema-exhibition business with Les Bords de Scènes but at national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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