Félix Junier - Ça Marche - Le Complexe, Lyon

Félix Junier at Le Complexe - Salle du Bas: Ça marche

At Le Complexe - Salle du Bas, we are delighted to welcome Félix Junier with his new show, Ça marche, an evening tailored to the intimate pulse of our underground room and its close-knit rapport with audiences. From our vantage point as hosts, what strikes us first is the precision of his timing and the generosity of his stage presence: he moves fluidly between sharp observations about modern life and playful physicality that suits the scale and acoustics of our space. In recent months, his momentum has been undeniable, with a steady stream of fresh clips and club sets that underscore a quick, agile writing process. Within Ça marche, he threads together a number of recurring moments—short, tight pieces that audiences immediately latch onto—like “Réunions Teams,” a riff on remote-office absurdities, “Le voisin qui fait du bruit,” a miniature about apartment living, and “Permis de conduire,” a bustling sequence of near-misses and bureaucratic paradoxes. Seen from our stage, these segments don’t feel like isolated bits; they lock together with the continuity and stakes of a single story, carried by Félix’s relaxed, conspiratorial energy.

Inside the experience of Ça marche in our room

Programming Félix Junier in Le Complexe - Salle du Bas means leaning into what our room does best: tight focus, laughter that rebounds off low ceilings, and a performer who can read a crowd from the very first beat. Ça marche thrives on that intimacy. Félix often builds from a whisper to a topple of punchlines, then pivots into an aside with someone in the third row—never to put them on the spot, but to stretch a premise and let it breathe. The result is a living show, one that evolves nightly as he sharpens transitions and adds tags born from the heat of the room. For those following his latest work, you will recognize pieces that have been simmering in clubs throughout Lyon and beyond, including brisk snapshots like “File d’attente” and “Applis de rencontre,” which he now braids into a longer arc about expectation, embarrassment, and minor acts of bravery in everyday life. We observe, night after night, how he balances narration and rhythm: a pause held a fraction longer, a gesture that lands the irony before the words even arrive.

Artistically, the current moment suits Félix Junier: Ça marche captures a performer in full forward motion, testing, keeping the best, and moving on without losing the improvisational spark that drew audiences to him in the first place. From our stage manager’s notes to the laughter patterns we hear show after show, we can confirm that Félix writes with the room in mind. He’s careful about pacing, setting up callbacks that bloom late, and giving space to recurring motifs that fans now anticipate—without ever letting the night feel scripted. It’s a craft choice that fits the architecture of Le Complexe - Salle du Bas: you feel every beat of the rhythm, you catch every aside, and you leave with the sense of having been part of the edit. Whether you’ve discovered him through recent stand-up showcases around town or come specifically for Ça marche, the evening at our venue is designed to put you on the edge of the stage with him. Expect a collage of vivid, tightly named snapshots—“Réunions Teams,” “Le voisin qui fait du bruit,” “Permis de conduire,” “File d’attente,” “Applis de rencontre”—rearranged with the spontaneity that only a room like ours can coax out, and a performer who knows exactly how to make it all work, in the moment, right here in our Salle du Bas.