Municipal Theatre

The municipal theatre, in Béziers

The municipal theatre of Béziers is an elegant Italian-style building, a high place of culture, at the end of the Allées Paul-Riquet. The Béziers audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this temple of entertainment, a witness of the artistic life of the town.

The Italian-style theatre of the allées

The municipal theatre of Béziers is one of the main cultural buildings of the town, located at one of the ends of the famous Allées Paul-Riquet. Built in the nineteenth century, it presents a fine architecture and shelters an Italian-style hall, elegant and equipped with boxes, typical of the theatres of this era. For generations, it has hosted operas, concerts, plays and shows, perpetuating the artistic and cultural life of Béziers. Its façade and its privileged location, at the junction of the great promenade and the centre, make it a landmark and a high place of the life of Béziers. A witness of the attachment of the town to culture and entertainment, the municipal theatre completes the fine ensemble of the Allées Paul-Riquet and participates in the influence of Béziers.

What to see

You admire the elegant nineteenth-century theatre at one of the ends of the Allées Paul-Riquet, its fine architecture and its Italian-style hall equipped with boxes, which hosts operas, concerts and shows, a high place of the artistic life of Béziers. The municipal theatre completes the fine ensemble of the allées. It is a stop for lovers of culture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The municipal theatre lies at the end of the Allées Paul-Riquet, in the heart of Béziers, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from outside; the shows follow their own programme and hours, which vary. It is best to check the agenda before coming.

Where is the municipal theatre of Béziers?

At the end of the Allées Paul-Riquet, in the heart of Béziers, in France.

What does the municipal theatre of Béziers host?

Operas, concerts, plays and shows, in an elegant Italian-style hall equipped with boxes, perpetuating the artistic and cultural life of Béziers.