Comédie de Caen

In 1969, director Jo Tréhard and his team moved to 32 rue des Cordes, in a former parish hall that he converted into a theater. After the events of 1968, the Caen town council no longer wanted him to manage the TMC, Caen?s cultural center. Faced with this difficult situation, the Ministry affirmed its support by giving him a few extra resources and awarded the Comédie de Caen the label of Centre Dramatique National.

Following his death in 1972, his assistant Michel Dubois took over as director until 1997. The opening of the Théâtre d'Hérouville in 1987 gave the Comédie de Caen a very large and beautiful 700-seat auditorium, a set and costume workshop, extensive exhibition space and offices. With the Théâtre des Cordes and the Halle aux Granges in the city center as rehearsal rooms, the Comédie now has the facilities it needs to meet the requirements of a Centre Dramatique National, to support artists, create and host numerous shows, and to facilitate access to them for as many people as possible.