While Belgium is preparing to close them, they are resisting in France. Without being totally immune. They are the theaters that do not escape the virus despite the wearing of the mandatory mask. In Paris, we can no longer count the performances that were canceled this week due to cases of Covid-19 detected within the various troops.
The Châtelet theater will remain closed for Christmas when the public was expected. His show dedicated to the legend Cole Porter will not resume until Tuesday, December 28.
Same situation on the side of the Mogador theater which suspended all its performances until December 30. What to disappoint the spectators but also the artists. “It’s super hard because we were only at our fortieth performance. We had just been told that we had sold 200,000 tickets in just 40 shows. There was a real expectation, it’s the holidays. “, explains on TF1 the singer Gwendal Marimoutou, who plays Simba in the musical adapted from the Disney cartoon.
“We have tests every day, 14 machines that purify the air, FFP2 masks for certain departments” , specifies the producer Laurent Bentata. A sign that despite all the precautions, the Omicron variant is needed wherever it can. The Lion King hopes he can roar again on December 31, just in time to celebrate the start of the new year. The wish is similar to the Moulin Rouge, which will resume the cancan on the same date. “Our priority is the health and safety of everyone”, provides the cabaret on its website by giving an appointment for the last day of 2021 for “an experience full of sparkles, surprises, smiles and parties!”