Paris - (AFP) - The famous Parisian "Le Lido" nightclub reopened under its new name "Lido2Paris". Feather dancers perform.

It was noted that the panoramic hall has not changed much in the nightclub, which was acquired in December 2021 by the giant French hotel group “Accor” from the “Sodexo” restaurant group, after causing it losses for several years, but this hall will be closed again in February to carry out works. Renewal takes months.

In the meantime, he hopes to attract a new audience through the play "Cabaret", which premiered on Broadway in 1966, and was later adapted into the famous movie with star Liza Minnelli.

The story takes place in Berlin during the 1930s, in the midst of the rise of Nazism, and centers on a young American writer who falls in love with a dancer at the Kit Kat Club.

Although it is a musical of a political nature, with songs that end with Nazi salutes, and images of dictators and tyrannical leaders on a giant screen, "Cabaret" recalls the former world of "Le Lido" through scenes of showbiz dancing and singing in the "Kit Kat Club".

"The second page (of Lido) is opening," new Lido president and technical director Jean-Luc Chauplain told AFP.
Chauplain, a former director of the Châtelet Théâtre, added that he wanted to make the Lido again "a showplace for Parisians".

He noted that "Parisians no longer come to the Lido, so it was required to reconcile with the Parisian and French public," noting that the former cabaret with "Blue Bell Girls" dancers who wore feathers, was mainly attracting tourists.