The far-right municipality of Vierzon cancels the play Amazonia, considered divisive

The far-right municipality of Vierzon (Cher) deprogrammed the play Amazonia, deemed “divisive” by the mayor, a decision that its authors described on Monday September 28 as a “clear attempt at censorship”. The play Amazonia, which recounts the working conditions and the journey of an employee within a large distribution platform, was to be performed on April 1, 2027 and “had been included in the programming for several months”, according to the Grand-Angle company. “However, this Monday, September 21, we learned that Amazonia would finally be removed from the programming by decision of the office of Mayor Yannick Le Roux. The reason given is explicitly political,” denounced Aurélien Labruyère and Jean-Baptiste Delcourt in a press release sent to AFP.

They also castigated “a clear attempt at censorship”. At the end of March, a far-right union list won the municipal election in Vierzon, a town anchored on the left since the end of the Second World War and led by communist mayors since 2008. Contacted by AFP, the mayor's chief of staff Yannick Le Roux, a 50-year-old police officer, elected at the head of a list notably bringing together RN and Reconquête! elected officials, defended "a choice of the mayor". “The mayor did not want a play that claims to be political, nor a divisive theater,” said François La Selve. “The new majority wanted not to implement certain choices made by the old one, and this is the case with this show which will not be held.” He also affirmed that no contract had yet been signed between the municipality and the company.