Guillaume Sentou - Un Mec Cool

Guillaume Sentou returns to Lyon with Un mec cool at Le Complexe - Salle du Haut

We are delighted to welcome Guillaume Sentou to the intimate, characterful setting of Le Complexe - Salle du Haut for his acclaimed solo show, Un mec cool. Our upstairs room is built for stand-up and character comedy: close sightlines, crisp acoustics, and a convivial layout that keeps the performer within arm’s reach of the audience. That proximity is perfect for Sentou’s style—quick-footed, expressive, and irresistibly connective. From our vantage point backstage to the back row of the house, we have seen how the right room can amplify nuance: a raised eyebrow, a sudden silence, a sly callback. Un mec cool thrives on those details, and our technical crew has tuned the light and sound to bring out every shift in rhythm and tone. Expect a night where the laughter rolls through the room like a friendly wave—warm, immediate, and communal—just the way we love it at Le Complexe - Salle du Haut.

His artistic momentum, and how Un mec cool plays on our stage

For those who have followed his journey—from the duo years with Garnier et Sentou to television touchstones like On n’demande qu’à en rire and ONDAR Show—Guillaume Sentou’s current momentum feels both fresh and assured. He arrives in Lyon in a creative sweet spot, channeling the physical precision and musicality that first earned him a devoted following into a solo voice that’s sharply contemporary. Un mec cool is agile and generous: fast portraits sketched in a line or two, escalating premises that twist into the unexpected, and just enough mischief to keep you leaning in. From our perspective as hosts, what stands out is his timing. He listens to the room, lets it breathe, and then lands the next turn with a grin. The show moves nimbly through modern anxieties—group chats gone wrong, etiquette in a world of endless notifications, the paradoxes of “being chill” when nothing about life is chill—while keeping the tone buoyant and open. On our stage, those shifts feel like a conversation with friends, punctuated by bursts of physical comedy that ripple to the back row.

Artistically, this season finds Sentou drawing on a wide palette: character work that snaps into place with a gesture, observational runs that build like a catchy refrain, and playful meta-asides that invite the audience into the joke-making itself. We’ve tailored our room to underline that playfulness—tight washes of light for the intimate confessions, broader looks for the big crescendos—so that Un mec cool can flex from whisper to roar. Fans of his earlier collaborations will recognize the craftsmanship, yet the signature here is unmistakably solo: a relaxed, confident presence that makes space for surprise. Whether he’s rolling through a series of “cool guy” scenarios, testing the boundaries of politeness with a gleam in his eye, or riffing on the absurd rules we invent to survive the day, the performance lands with immediacy in our venue. If you’ve discovered him on screen and online recently, the live experience adds a different charge: the sense that anything can happen, and that you’re part of the spark. That’s the magic we love to host at Le Complexe - Salle du Haut, and it’s exactly where Un mec cool belongs.