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  6. Théâtre des Bleus de Bar

Théâtre des Bleus de Bar à Bar-le-Duc dans la Meuse

Théâtre des Bleus de Bar

    16 Rue du Roat
    55000 Bar-le-Duc
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Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1900-1902
Construction and inauguration
1906
Auction
1920-1939
Age of local troops
1939-1945
German occupation
1970
Final closure
2016-2020
Rescue and classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

In total, the Théâtre des Bleus de Bar, its covered entrance passage, the gateway located to the west and its fence wall along the avenue du Château and rue du Roat, the whole being located 12, avenue du Château and 3 rue du Roat, on plot No. 387, appearing in the cadastre section AB: inscription by order of 24 April 2020

Key figures

Claude-Marcel Mayeur - Founder and first owner Negotiating in wine, initiates construction in 1900.
Abbé Michel - Director of Bar Blues Created the troops *Jeanne d'Arc* (1920-1939).
Sophie Chabot - Architect of the Buildings of France Blocks destruction in 2002.
Anthony Marty, Étienne Tagnon, Loïc Alif - Founders of the Safeguard Association Buy the theatre in 2016 for its restoration.

Origin and history

The Théâtre des Bleus de Bar, located in Bar-le-Duc, was built in 1900 at the initiative of Claude-Marcel Mayeur, a wine merchant, for a cost of 300,000 francs. Inaugurated in 1902 as New Theatre, he welcomed prestigious troops such as Frédéric Achard and Chataignié, as well as dances, concerts and film screenings. Despite its success, Mayeur, incompetent in theatre management, accumulated debts and the theatre was auctioned in 1906 for 31,000 francs to Mr Baudelaire, principal creditor.

In 1906, seven Barisians bought the theatre to install Les Bleus de Bar, an association combining culture and sport, and renamed it Théâtre Jeanne d'Arc. Under the direction of Abbé Michel, two local troops mounted about fifty shows there between 1920 and 1939, such as L的Avare and Michel Strogoff. During the Second World War, the theatre was requisitioned by the Germans under the name Theater Soldaten and was home to a swastika eagle. A legend tells that thirty prisoners escaped from there would be hidden in the lodges.

At the Liberation, the theatre resumed its activities under the name Théâtre des Bleus, but closed in 1970 for lack of means to comply with the new security standards. Transformed into a gym until 2002, he was threatened with destruction in 2002 after his sale to a real estate developer. Saved in extremis by a local mobilization and the intervention of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France, it was bought in 2016 by a volunteer association. In 2018, it was selected as an iconic site of the Heritage Lotto and listed as a historic monument in 2020.

Today, the Association for the Protection of the Théâtre des Bleus de Bar is leading its restoration through voluntary projects and participatory funding. The project aims to restore the theatre's original cultural function, while preserving its architecture and history, symbols of local heritage and collective resilience. The building, located 12 avenue du Château, includes a covered passageway, a walkway and a fence wall, fully protected since 2020.

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