Among her first productions was a reworking of Les Justes by French literary giant Albert Camus - but given a rap makeover. And for a lot of those young black people from the banlieues it was the first time they had been to Châtelet theatre, but I hope they are starting to think of it as their theatre." She said: "French training is very linear so you either specialise in singing or acting or dance so what we were seeing was that when we auditioned for musicals there were not enough French performers who had all three skills to the level needed." Ruth has committed to publishing the comparative salaries at the theatre every year until the gender pay gap is eliminated. At present the gap between male and female wages is 3.7 percent - set against the French average of 24 percent.

Source: The Local November 27, 2019 15:22 UTC