Despite some research on the relationship between the press and the theatre in Benin, in-depth studies of the imbrication of the two fields are still lacking. This starting point begs the following questions: how do playwrights from Benin position themselves towards the field of media, and how do they publicise social issues in their plays? I believe both journalists and writers are aware of their reciprocal dependence, which forces them to negotiate the terms of a form of cooperation. This cooperation, accepted effectively, is nonetheless ridiculed in dramatic texts. Using Bourdieu’s theory of the field, this study has a twofold aim: first, it seeks to describe how the relations between Beninese artists and the press have evolved since the 1990s, and second, to show how the impact of these relations are made visible in several plays.