France's first ever Shakespearean Globe-style theatre has been vandalised a week before its official opening, reports the BBC.
Slogans including "Irresponsible Politicians - Shame" were spray-painted in orange over the theatre's all-wood exterior, south of Calais.
The theatre's British architect Andrew Todd said it was an act of "politically-motivated desecration" by the far right.
Critics argue that the theatre is a waste of money.
Other slogans daubed on its exterior as well on walls in the neighbouring Château d'Hardelot included "Wart" and "The Debt".
"This was not the act of a bunch of teenage malcontents; it was a well-organised, adult, carefully-executed stunt relaying through violence the messages expressed already in the political sphere by the extreme right," said Mr Todd.