Théâtre de Privas

What Théâtre de Privas does

Théâtre de Privas is a publicly subsidized performing arts venue operating as a French 'association loi 1901' under the 'Scène conventionnée — Art en Territoire' designation granted by the French Ministry of Culture. Headquartered at Place André Malraux, Privas (Ardèche), it is directed by Laurent Sellier with a team of approximately 28 employees. Its core offering is live performing arts programming spanning theater, music, dance, young-audience productions, and exhibitions, delivered through a multi-venue footprint that includes the main Grande Salle, an exhibition gallery (Galerie d'exposition), a flexible foyer space (Espace Foyer), and the off-site Espace Louis Nodon in Vernoux-en-Vivarais. The 'Les Envolées' touring program extends professional productions to smaller communes across the Ardèche territory.

The venue's product surface consists of physical venues (with publicly downloadable technical dossiers), performance programming, the 'Carte Nomade' season pass, the on-site Bar Le Qui-Vive, and a recently deployed online ticketing platform ('Nouvelle billetterie') integrated with a carpooling tool to mitigate rural access constraints. No proprietary technology platforms or digital products beyond standard CMS website and third-party ticketing are disclosed. It holds three entertainment performance licenses (1-L-R-20-4182, 2-L-R-20-6172, 3-L-R-20-6225) required for operating as a scène conventionnée.

The business model combines transactional ticket sales — distributed via the online ticketing platform and a physical box office with limited opening hours (Wednesday–Friday plus performance days) — with multi-tier public subsidies from the Ville de Privas, Communauté d'Agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche (CAPCA), Département de l'Ardèche, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and the Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale et de la Jeunesse. A 'mécénat' (private patronage) program supplements public funding. The customer base is the general public and local community across the Centre Ardèche region, including schools served through its 'éducation artistique et culturelle' program. No revenue figure, funding rounds, or external investment are disclosed.

Name

Théâtre de Privas

Legal name

Théâtre de Privas

Website

https://theatredeprivas.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Théâtre de Privas is a publicly subsidized 'Scène conventionnée' performing arts venue in Privas, Ardèche, France. It serves the Centre Ardèche community with theater, music, dance, and exhibitions across multiple venues, funded by municipal, departmental, and regional public subsidies plus ticket sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Venue

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional & Repertory Theatre Companies (MPAGABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

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

Keywords

• Performing arts venue
• Live theater productions
• Regional arts center
• Scène conventionnée
• Cultural programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Privas

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue is generated through ticket sales for performances and events. The venue operates a dedicated online ticketing platform (billetterie.theatredeprivas.com) and a physical box office open limited hours.
2. Public Subsidies and Sponsorship: As a publicly funded 'Scène conventionnée', the theater receives ongoing support from municipal, departmental, and regional government bodies, as well as private sponsorship through a 'mécénat' (patronage) program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Théâtre de Privas is a publicly subsidized "Scène conventionnée" performing arts venue that presents and produces theater, music, dance, exhibitions, and family/young-audience performances across its main Grande Salle, exhibition gallery, flexible Foyer, and the satellite Espace Louis Nodon. Revenue is generated through ticket sales (individual performances and the Carte Nomade season pass) at its online ticketing platform and on-site box office, supplemented by public subsidies and a mécénat patronage program.

Product overview

Théâtre de Privas is a 'Scène conventionnée · Art en Territoire' performing arts venue in Privas, France. The venue operates as a unified cultural institution offering live performances including theater, music, and performing arts through multiple venues: the main Grande Salle (theater hall), Galerie d'exposition (exhibition gallery), Foyer du théâtre (foyer space), and the off-site Espace Louis Nodon in Vernoux-en-Vivarais. The institution also operates the Le Qui-Vive bar service and an online ticketing system (Billetterie). Programming spans multiple disciplines including theater, music, performing arts, young audiences ('Jeune public'), and exhibitions. The 'Les Envolées' program extends performances to smaller venues across the Ardèche region as part of the territorial outreach mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Les Envolées: A program or initiative of the theater for regional outreach in Ardèche
• Bar Le Qui-Vive

Products and services

• Théâtre de Privas (Scène conventionnée — Art en Territoire) A publicly subsidized performing arts venue in Privas, Centre Ardèche, France, offering professional theater, music, performing arts, young-audience programming, and exhibitions for the general public and local community.
• Grande Salle (Main Theater Hall) The main theater hall of Théâtre de Privas, documented in the technical dossiers with stage area, seating, and technical equipment specifications for professional productions.
• Galerie d'exposition (Exhibition Gallery) An exhibition gallery space within the Théâtre de Privas venue used for visual arts presentations, including works such as "Bruit Brut" by Cyril Hernandez / Compagnie LaTruc.
• Espace Foyer du Théâtre A flexible-configuration foyer space at the Théâtre de Privas with gradins (tiered seating), stage, and gril (technical grid) options for hosting varied events and small-format performances.
• Espace Louis Nodon A satellite cultural venue in Vernoux-en-Vivarais managed by Théâtre de Privas to extend its regional programming into the Ardèche territory.
• Bar Le Qui-Vive On-site bar service operating at the Théâtre de Privas venue for audience members during performances and visits.
• Billetterie (Ticketing Service) Online ticketing service enabling the general public to purchase tickets for Théâtre de Privas performances and the Carte Nomade season pass, and to access general sales conditions.
• Les Envolées (Regional Touring Program) A regional touring program of Théâtre de Privas that brings professional theater productions to smaller venues across the Ardèche territory as part of the venue's territorial outreach mission.
• Carte Nomade (Season Pass) A season pass ("Carte Nomade") offered to the general public for the 26·27 season, providing access to multiple performances throughout the Théâtre de Privas season.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Ville de PrivascoreOthersThe city of Privas is a primary public funding partner and co-owner of the venue infrastructure. Municipal support is listed alongside other institutional partners on the website's partner footer.
• Région Auvergne-Rhône-AlpescoreOthersThe Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council is a key institutional funder of Théâtre de Privas, shown in the institutional partner logos on the website.
• Département de l'ArdèchecoreOthersThe Ardèche departmental council is a principal institutional funder of Théâtre de Privas, included in the partner logo section.
• Communauté d'Agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche (CAPCA)coreOthersThe Privas Centre Ardèche urban community is an institutional partner supporting the theater's territorial programming activities.
• Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale et de la JeunessesecondaryOthersThe French Ministry of Education and Youth is a partner supporting the theater's artistic and cultural education (éducation artistique et culturelle) programming for schools.
• Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Marie, PrivasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA performance (Nuit Cosmique) was held at the Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Marie gymnasium in Privas, indicating an off-site venue partnership for community outreach.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Théâtre de l'Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe: One of France's five national theaters in Paris, presenting theater with a European mandate. Comparable as a French publicly funded national theater with multi-disciplinary programming, though at significantly larger scale and budget than a scène conventionnée.
• Comédie-Française: France's oldest continuously active national theater company, presenting classical and contemporary French theater. Comparable as a publicly subsidized French performing arts institution, though operating with a national repertory model and substantially larger budget.
• Théâtre National de Strasbourg (TNS): France's leading public theater and drama school, presenting French and international productions. Comparable as a French national-level public theater with multi-year public funding, though operating with a larger budget and national touring mandate.
• Théâtre National Populaire (TNP, Villeurbanne): One of France's five national theaters, located in Villeurbanne near Lyon. Comparable as a publicly funded French theater with multi-disciplinary programming, but operating at a significantly larger scale with CDN/Centre Dramatique National designation.
• La Criée - Théâtre National de Marseille: National theater (Théâtre national) in Marseille, presenting contemporary theater and performing arts. Comparable as a publicly funded French national-level theater with multi-disciplinary programming, but with a significantly larger operating budget and metropolitan audience base.

Direct peers

• Le Quartz - Scène nationale de Brest: Scène nationale in Brest, France, presenting theater, dance, music, and circus across multiple spaces. Directly comparable as a French regional performing arts venue with a similar public subsidy model and multi-disciplinary programming.
• Théâtre de Caen: Publicly subsidized regional theater in Caen, Normandy, presenting theater, dance, music, and opera. Comparable as a French regional venue with similar multi-disciplinary programming and municipal/regional funding model.
• Le Cratère - Scène nationale d'Alès: Scène nationale in Alès (Occitanie), serving a mid-sized French regional territory with multi-venue theater programming. Comparable scale and public subsidy dependence, with a similar territorial cultural outreach mission.
• Maison de la Culture de Grenoble (MC2): Scène nationale in Grenoble, France — a publicly funded multi-venue performing arts institution programming theater, music, and dance for a regional territory. Highly comparable in structure, public funding model, and territorial cultural mission.

Regional players

• Théâtre des Célestins (Lyon): Major regional theater in Lyon presenting theater and performing arts with municipal/regional public funding. Comparable as a French regional publicly funded theater with repertory programming, though located in a much larger metropolitan market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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