1986 : the State and the Region decide to create the Regional Drama Center of the Center (CDRC) in Bourges. Gilles Bouillon takes over the management
1990 : transfer to Tours. It becomes the Tours Regional Drama Center (CDRT), installed at the Louis Jouvet Theater (242 seats); need to rent offices at another address.
2004 : after major work, the CDRT occupies the Nouvel Olympia (the former cinema in the city center) where it has a room with 466 seats, offices and a rehearsal room
2014 : Jacques Vincey takes over the management of the CDRT, and names it “Théâtre Olympia T°”.
2017 : The regional drama center becomes a national drama center.
After two years of management at the Tours Drama Center, mid-term (2014-2017), Jacques Vincey managed to retain, diversify and develop the audience, with more than 35,000 spectators per year. Actions carried out throughout the year aimed at students, schools and audiences furthest from culture have notably enabled this opening. The Olympia Theater is also part of the city and the territory, by developing its activity outside the walls and strengthening partnerships with cultural actors in the region. In addition, work on visibility and a new visual identity have made it possible to change the way we view the theater. The Olympia Theater will experience several highlights in 2016.
At the suggestion of the Minister of Culture and Communication, CDN (National Drama Center) certification took place in May 2017: Order of May 5, 2017, published in the JORF of May 11 (text n°229).
All of the CDRT's public partners, elected officials and cultural services supported this labeling project.
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Meeting with Jacques Vincey (October 3, 2014)
J. Vincey
“Those around me have approaches that certainly complement mine while having different aesthetics. But above all I believe that we find ourselves on a certain theatrical ethic. (…) The theater is the place of all possibilities where we can say things that we could never say otherwise (…) But This requires working a lot to make a piece resonate with what seems right to us.”
Read the full interview (pdf to download on the right side of this page)
