Pierre Bédier, the President of the General Council of Yvelines announced to the Théâtre de Sartrouville and des Yvelines, National Drama Center, a cancellation of its subsidy of €350,000 which was entirely dedicated to the Odyssées en Yvelines Festival, biennial of artistic creation dedicated to childhood and youth. Abdelwaheb Sefsaf, artist and director of the Theater of Sartrouville and Yvelines, National Drama Center. It is the future of the festival that is at stake.
» During a meeting of public partners, the General Council of Yvelines confirmed its intention to eliminate the entire 2025 subsidy of 350,000 euros to the Théâtre de Sartrouville et des Yvelines, a subsidy entirely dedicated to the Odyssées en Yvelines Festival, biennial of artistic creation dedicated to childhood and youth » the theater said in a press release. “ 27 years of work aimed at children and youth have come to a complete halt.. »
Abdelwaheb Sefsaf, the director of the Theater of Sartrouville and Yvelines, asks in a letter to Pierre Bédier, the President of the General Council of Yvelines to reconsider his decision.
« The Odyssées en Yvelines Festival, a trademark of the CDN of Sartrouville and Yvelines, is a real moment of excitement and artistic creation aimed at young people » explains the director. “ It is also a professional meeting on a national scale which has enabled artistic emancipation and the dissemination of youth shows on French and European territory. For 27 years, it has been irrigating the urban and rural areas of Yvelines to offer young people demanding and multidisciplinary proposals. It is often during this biennial that many young people experienced their first emotions in front of a show. It trains the spectator of tomorrow. In the cultural rights approach, decentralized forms make it possible to make these proposals accessible to everyone.«
