In 1969, the director Jo Tréhard moved in with his team at 32 Rue des Cordes, into a former parish hall which he refurbished and converted into a theatre. Indeed, following the events of 1968, Caen City Council no longer wished him to remain at the helm of the TMC, Caen’s cultural centre theatre. Faced with this difficult situation, the Ministry affirmed its support by providing some additional funding and awarded the Comédie de Caen the status of a National Drama Centre.
On his death in 1972, his assistant Michel Dubois took over as director until 1997. The opening of the Théâtre d’Hérouville in 1987 provided the Comédie de Caen with a very large and beautiful 700-seat auditorium, a set and costume workshop, substantial exhibition spaces and offices. With the Théâtre des Cordes and the Halle aux Granges in the city centre serving as rehearsal spaces, the Comédie now has the facilities required to meet the needs of a National Drama Centre, enabling it to support artists, create and host numerous productions, and make them accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
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