Curtain falls on Paris puppet theatre to make way for Olympics

Julien Sommer, the director of the Marionnettes du Champ de Mars Paris puppet theatre, performs using a puppet in the play "Little Red Riding Hood", one of the theatre's last shows before it closes for four months to give way to preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, France, May 29, 2024. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

May 30 (Reuters) - Blue and pink lights lit the stage as the curtain rose at the Champs de Mars puppet theatre in Paris, with audience members welcomed to the show by a Guignol marionette against a background of cheerful carnival music.

The puppet theatre, a fixture of the park since 1902, performed one of its final shows on Wednesday before it must close for the Olympic Games.