Scène nationale de l’Essonne

Name

Scène nationale de l’Essonne

Legal name

Scène nationale de l'Essonne

Website

https://scenenationale-essonne.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Venue

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB), Theatre Education, Training & Conservatories (MPAGABAN), Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Performing arts venue
• Live theater programming
• Cultural institution
• Community arts programs
• Artistic education

Headquarters

HQ city

Évry

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from ticket sales for theatrical performances, dance shows, circus acts, and other cultural events. Standard pricing at 15€, 10€, 7€ with various discounts.
2. Public Funding and Subsidies: As a French 'Scène nationale', the organization receives public funding from the French Ministry of Culture (DRAC), the Île-de-France Region, the Essonne Department, and potentially municipal authorities. This constitutes the primary financial base for operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Scène nationale de l'Essonne is a nonprofit performing arts institution that programs and presents theater, dance, circus, and multidisciplinary live performances across two main venues — Théâtre de l'Agora in Évry-Courcouronnes and Centre Culturel Robert Desnos in Ris-Orangis — alongside community engagement spaces, artistic education programs, and outreach initiatives for schools and local residents of the Essonne department.

Product overview

Scène nationale de l'Essonne is a cultural institution operating as a multi-venue performing arts center. The organization manages three main venues: Théâtre de l'Agora (the primary venue in Évry-Courcouronnes), Centre Culturel Robert Desnos (in Ris-Orangis), and several partner locations. Its offerings include La Petite Scène (artistic awakening and cultural mediation for children 0-6 and parents) and La Libre Scène (a cultural and community space at the heart of Théâtre de l'Agora). The institution programs theater, dance, circus, music, and multidisciplinary performances, while also conducting artistic education projects, residencies, and outreach programs across the Essonne department.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Théâtre de l'Agora

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple venue operations across the Essonne department
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Compagnie Non Nova - Phia MénardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompagnie Non Nova, led by Phia Ménard, is an artist associate of the Scène nationale de l'Essonne. The company creates multidisciplinary performances combining dance, puppetry, and visual arts. Productions like ART.13, L'après-midi d'un foehn, and VORTEX are regularly programmed at the theater.
• Domaine de ChamarandeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for outdoor performances such as R•ONDE•S by Pierre Rigal, held at Domaine de Chamarande, combining theatrical programming with heritage site access.
• Biennale de danse du Val de MarnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-realization partnership for dance programming, specifically for Nacera Belaza's La nuée production, within the Festival Essonne Danse.
• EMC - Saint-Michel-sur-OrgeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-realization with Espace Marcel Carné for performances like Les Forteresses by Gurshad Shaheman.
• La Scène de recherche ENS Paris-SaclayminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-realization for performances like Erdal est parti, bringing academic and cultural programming together.
• Théâtre Corbeil Essonne - Grand Paris SudminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner venue for dance and theater performances including Memento and other productions.
• EPIDE Brétigny-sur-OrgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership with the public establishment for youth employment, involving artistic workshops and presentation of shows for young people aged 17-25.
• Collectif Jeunes textes en libertécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the label 'Jeunes textes en liberté' led by Penda Diouf, artist associate, for the project Récits de jeunesse involving 10 groups of young people aged 15-25 writing theatrical narratives.
• MJC-CS Jacques Tati (Orsay)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Cucine(s) project and festival 'Des lieux, des liens', exploring culinary and agricultural practices of the territory.
• Académie FratelliniminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the national superior school of circus arts for performances by apprentice artists, including Fratellini Circus Tour.
• Opéra de MassyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-realization with Opéra de Massy for Nacera Belaza's Sur le fil.2 within the Festival d'Automne à Paris.
• Compagnie Rhizome - Chloé MogliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoproduction and programming of Rouge merveille, an outdoor circus performance exploring suspension and vertigo.
• Les Bords de Scènes, Juvisy-sur-OrgeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner venue for dance performances including Que ma joie demeure #2025 and co-programming within Essonne Danse festival.
• Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de BretagneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Saïdo Lehlouh's Témoin, featuring 20 dancers from urban dance styles, presented in partnership with Théâtre de Brétigny.
• Théâtre BrétignyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-realization partner for 2025 COMME POSSIBLE with La compagnie des Hommes, and other productions.
• Théâtre de BrétignyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-realization with Théâtre de Brétigny for Carmen, opéra-paysage itinérant by Compagnie Maurice et les autres.
• Cité éducative d'Évry-CourcouronnesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the educational city program for projects with school groups, including Le rire des méduses with Maëva Longvert and Le Polymorphe company.
• Lycée professionnel Auguste PerretminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver decade-long ACTE project partnership with the professional high school, involving circus arts workshops (Cyr wheel) with Juan Ignacio Tula from Cie 7bis.
• Centre chorégraphique national de GrenoblecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProducer and partner for Fugaces by Aina Alegre, with the CCN de Grenoble as production lead and coproduction with multiple French cultural institutions.
• MC2: GrenobleminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCoproduction partner for Fugaces by Aina Alegre.
• Charleroi Danse, BruxellesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational coproduction partner for Fugaces.
• La Briqueterie - CDCN du Val de MarneminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCoproduction partner for Fugaces.
• La Garance - Scène nationale de CavaillonminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCoproduction partner for AÏCHOUCHA by Khalil Epi.
• Compagnie Dans le Ventre - Rébecca ChaillonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoproduction of Carte noire nommée désir, involving multiple French cultural institutions as coproducers.
• Diagonale - Université Paris-SaclayminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for Cucine(s) project exploring culinary practices of the Orsay territory.
• CROUS de VersaillesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Cucine(s) project addressing food practices and communal eating.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• La Garance - Scène nationale de Cavaillon: Another French 'Scène nationale' operating in suburban southern France with multi-venue programming of theater, dance, circus, and multidisciplinary arts. Directly comparable due to identical institutional designation, similar audience-development mandate, and active co-production partnership with the subject institution (cited as a partner on the AÏCHOUCHA production).
• L'Hexagone - Scène nationale de Meylan: Scène nationale in Meylan (Isère) operating under the same French Ministry of Culture institutional designation, with multi-disciplinary performing arts programming, educational outreach, and partner-network model similar to the subject institution.
• Opéra de Massy: Performing arts venue in Massy (Essonne) and an active co-realization partner (e.g., Sur le fil.2 by Nacera Belaza within Festival d'Automne). Comparable suburban Île-de-France venue hosting dance, opera, and multidisciplinary programming.
• MC2: Grenoble: Multi-venue cultural institution in Grenoble and cited co-production partner (e.g., for Fugaces by Aina Alegre). Comparable multi-disciplinary venue programming with national and international co-production activity.
• Théâtre 71 - Scène nationale de Malakoff: Scène nationale also operating in the Île-de-France region with similar suburban Paris catchment, multi-disciplinary programming, and educational outreach focus. Highly comparable given shared institutional designation and geographic profile.
• Théâtre Sénart: Partner venue in Sénart within the Essonne department, used by the subject institution as a co-programming location for dance and theater. Comparable suburban Île-de-France cultural-venue operations.
• Théâtre de Brétigny: Active co-realization partner of the subject institution, located in Brétigny-sur-Orge within the Essonne department, with programming of contemporary theater, dance, and opera-paysage itinerant productions like Carmen. Operates under similar suburban Île-de-France cultural-institution model.
• Comédie de Saint-Étienne: A Scène nationale in Saint-Étienne with theater and performing arts programming under the same French Ministry of Culture institutional designation, operating multi-venue programming with educational and community engagement components.

Broad incumbents

• Théâtre National de Chaillot: Major national theater in central Paris under the French Ministry of Culture, with broader geographic reach and significantly larger scale than the subject institution, but overlapping programming of dance, theater, and circus. Comparable as a publicly funded national-stage institution but with broader portfolio positioning.

Others

• Domaine de Chamarande: Heritage site and cultural venue in Essonne, partner of the subject institution for outdoor performances (e.g., R•ONDE•S by Pierre Rigal). Adjacent enabling partner providing venue and cultural-programming collaboration rather than direct programmatic competition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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