Unveiling new programme, Ruth Mackenzie explains how rich theatregoers can ‘steal from themselves to give to the poor’ and why the Châtelet is reaching out to the banlieues
It has been two years since Ruth Mackenzie was named artistic director of the celebrated Châtelet theatre in Paris. In that time, she has yet to see a show there. Mackenzie arrived in the French capital just as the magnificent but crumbling 19th-century edifice on the right bank of the River Seine – built on the orders of Napoleon III’s chief architect Baron Haussmann – closed for more than two years for renovations.
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