Clash !

Clash at Le Complexe - Salle du Bas: a high-voltage night shaped by our stage

At Le Complexe - Salle du Bas, we love nights that spark electricity between stage and audience, and Clash is built precisely for that charge. Presented in our intimate downstairs room—close quarters, quickfire laughs, and the palpable thrill of spontaneous wit—the show harnesses the raw energy of live comedy and turns it into a fast-paced exchange where timing, nerve, and imagination rule. From the moment the lights lift, the format invites you into a playful rivalry: entertainers pitted in rounds that escalate, tighten, and twist, with surprise constraints, audience prompts, and unapologetically cheeky challenges. Our team has fine-tuned the staging so every seat hears the crackle of the next punchline, every pause carries meaning, and every comeback lands just right. This season, we’re proud to host Clash precisely because it fits the DNA of Le Complexe - Salle du Bas: intelligent chaos, artisanal craft, and a warm room that rewards the brave. You’ll feel the rhythm of the night in the way our crowd leans forward, judges a beat, and then explodes into laughter as the onstage “clash” turns into a masterclass of comedic instincts.

What the audience can expect from Clash at Le Complexe - Salle du Bas

Clash moves in rounds, each with its own flavor: opening volleys that test quick thinking, creative set-pieces that flip familiar situations, and a finale that raises the stakes with a razor-sharp timing challenge. Our house loves when performers dive into recurring games that have become recent crowd favorites in this room—Questions Only, New Choice, Blind Tag, Lines From a Hat, and a lightning Roast Minute. The balance is deliberate: short, combustible bits to stoke the room, and slightly longer scenes where character and story surprise you with depth before someone drops a perfectly timed punchline. You’ll notice the way we build the sound of the evening too—tight cues, punchy stings, and clean transitions keep momentum high—while our low-ceiling acoustics make laughter bounce right back toward the stage. The interactive spirit is central: audience suggestions fuel prompts, tie-breakers, and playful “judging,” empowering you to tip the balance of the clash. Whether you come for the rapid-fire wit or the thrill of improvisation, the experience at Le Complexe - Salle du Bas is designed to make you feel complicit in the victory: the kind of night where the best line might be born thirty seconds before it’s spoken.

Beyond the heat of a single performance, the creative engine behind Clash is buzzing this season, and our venue is where you can feel that work-in-progress energy sharpen into something memorable. We’ve seen the format embrace fresh set-pieces and themed spins that keep the evening unpredictable—think Duo Clash for tight two-person chemistry, All Stars when returning crowd favorites face off, or Freestyle Night that loosens the rules to let audacity lead. Recent highlights at Le Complexe - Salle du Bas have also featured punchy mid-show breakers like Pitch Meeting and Alphabet Game, which give performers room to springboard from absurd premises into razor-edged punchlines. Because the room is so immediate, our audiences become the perfect sounding board for new ideas: a slightly different challenge order here, a twist on scoring there, a playful fake-out before the final round—it all helps the show evolve in real time. If you love comedy that lives and breathes, Clash is a living laboratory: same electricity, new combinations, and the unmistakable sensation that you were there on the night a now-beloved bit found its ultimate form. Come ready to throw out suggestions, join the rhythm of the room, and watch the sparks fly in the basement heart of Lyon’s live comedy.