La Coursive Scène Nationale La Rochelle [La Rochelle]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in La Rochelle, France
description: theater in La Rochelle @nl
alternative label: La Coursive Scène Nationale La Rochelle
EUTA building identifier: 3089
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: La Rochelle
GPS: Point(-1.1551 46.1569)
Wikidata source: Q16508468
opening date: 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 134254
Web: www.la-coursive.com
Wikidata instance: Q3469910
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q186246
Carthalia ID: 1293
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1665-1677 as Carmelite monastery. Converted into a tobacco factory in the French Revolution. From 1803, used as a customs warehouse. 1847 converted into a fish market hall. Several additions in 1870, 1896 and 1910. 1950 converted into a sports venue. - 1979-1982 converted into a cultural center, a major rebuilding (only leaving the façade and the cloisters) by Boutet, Guinut, Gonfreville and Goujon. Reopened 1982 as Maison de la culture. Closed 1989. Reopened 1990 as Grand Théâtre de la Coursive, the main venue of the Scène nationale - La Coursive drama company. Also used as a cinema. 997 seats.