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Théâtre Graslin is a theatre and opera house [1] [2] in the city of Nantes, France, built in a new district of the city in the late 18th century by the local architect Mathurin Crucy, and named after the owner of the land, Jean-Louis Graslin. Constructed in the Italian style, the auditorium holds 823 people.
The Zénith de Nantes Métropole is an indoor arena in located in Nantes (in the suburb of Saint-Herblain). The arena is located near the Atlantis le Centre . The venue was designed by Phillippe Chaix and Jean-Paul Morel, who have designed several "Le Zénith" arenas.
The company uses a variety of performance spaces in the two cities, and across the region, but the main spaces are the 728-seat Grand Théâtre in Angers, and the 784-seat Théâtre Graslin in Nantes. The company is a member of the Réunion des Opéras de France. The General Director is Jean-Paul Davois. [1]
From the beginning the restaurant attracted a bourgeois clientele that mixed with artists from the nearby theater. The surrealists Jacques Prévert and André Breton were regular patrons. [ 3 ] Scenes from several films have been shot there, including Jacques Demy 's 1961 film Lola , [ 4 ] Debout les crabes, la mer monte ! by Jean-Jacques Grand ...
Nantes's largest venue is La Cité, Nantes Events Center, a 2,000-seat auditorium. [208] It hosts concerts, congresses and exhibitions, and is the primary venue of the Pays de la Loire National Orchestra. The Graslin Theatre, built in 1788, is home to the Angers-Nantes Opéra.
The square, situated at the center of Nantes , is accessible via six streets: Rue de l'Évêché and Rue du Roi-Albert to the northeast, Rue Portail to the northwest, Rue du Général-Leclerc-de-Hauteclocque to the west, Rue de Verdun to the southwest, and Rue Mathelin-Rodier to the southeast.
Centre de loisirs du Petit Port (English: Petit Port Leisure Center), also marketed by the metonym Le Petit Port, is a sports complex in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. It is part of the eponymous Petit Port sports and recreation district. [4] Opened in 1984, the building underwent two major restructurings in 2007–08 and 2017. [2]
Le Lieu Unique opened on 30 December 1999, during the "End of century" festival in Nantes. This opening was marked by the Grenier du siècle (Store of the century). A translucent double wall was designed to receive a collection of objects donated by the public which were then store in cans to be opened one hundred years later.