Mon Héros - Le Complexe, Lyon

Mon Héros at Le Complexe - Salle du Haut

We are delighted to open our doors at Le Complexe - Salle du Haut to welcome audiences for Mon Héros, a stage experience that blends wit, tenderness, and the intimate thrill of live performance. In our upstairs room, where proximity to the stage invites eye-to-eye connection, this production unfolds as a series of vivid moments exploring what it means to admire, to imitate, and to question the figures we hold up as heroic. Expect a fluid dialogue between storytelling and movement, the kind of theatrical finesse that turns small details into emotional revelations. Our team has tailored the space—lights, sound balance, and seating—to honor the show’s nuanced rhythms and to ensure that every gesture and pause carries clearly. As hosts, we take pride in presenting a work that resonates across generations, inviting laughter one minute and quiet reflection the next, all while keeping the audience firmly inside the performer’s universe.

Artist in Motion: Craft, Refinement, and Live Energy

Mon Héros arrives at Le Complexe - Salle du Haut in a moment of creative momentum for the artist, who is sharpening the narrative architecture and pacing for this season’s run while continuing to share the piece with new spectators. The show’s current iteration refines the interplay between text, silence, and physicality, leaning into the intimacy of our stage to heighten the immediacy of each scene. From our vantage point, we’ve seen how the work’s humor emerges organically from precise observation: a glance becomes a punchline, an everyday habit turns into a mini-fable, and the audience is gradually drawn into the choreography of the storytelling. Our technical crew has calibrated lighting states to sculpt each vignette, and the sound design has been adjusted to feature subtle textures that underline the emotional pivots without overwhelming the room. This is theater that trusts the power of presence, and in our upstairs space, that presence becomes electric.

As a venue devoted to live craft, we celebrate how Mon Héros speaks directly to the shared ritual of coming together in a room. The artist’s current work continues to develop with each performance, embracing that essential element of theater: the audience’s heartbeat, the unpredictability of laughter, the hush that falls when a memory lands just right. At Le Complexe - Salle du Haut, we’ve centered the show in a configuration that encourages focus and warmth, with clear sightlines and a close, conversational acoustic that rewards attentive listening. Whether you come searching for a portrait of the extraordinary in the everyday or simply for the pleasure of a finely tuned performance, you’ll find a piece that evolves in real time, inviting you to consider your own constellation of heroes. We are honored to host this run and to offer a setting where the story’s delicate humor and resonant humanity can fully bloom.