Mon Premier Guignol - Le Théâtre La Maison De Guignol, Lyon

SALLE 2 - THEATRE MAISON DE GUIGNOL welcomes Mon Premier Guignol

From the stage of SALLE 2 - THEATRE MAISON DE GUIGNOL, we are delighted to open our doors to families and curious first-timers for Mon Premier Guignol, a warm invitation into Lyon’s beloved puppet tradition. As a venue dedicated to intimate performance, we shape every detail—lighting, sightlines, and the gentle cadence of the room—to honor the living heartbeat of Guignol. This is where the witty, quick-tempered hero springs to life before your eyes, where laughter is shared between generations, and where the mischievous sparkle of a centuries-old art form glows anew. Our team embraces the role of guide: welcoming audiences, nurturing quiet anticipation before the curtain rises, and keeping the focus on the artistry that has made Guignol an emblem of local culture. In SALLE 2, the scale is just right for young spectators to sense every twitch of a puppet’s hand and every playful aside; it is also perfect for adults to rediscover the deft timing, social finesse, and tenderness that have always defined this tradition. Mon Premier Guignol is an ideal gateway, and we are proud to host it in a room built for proximity, responsiveness, and joy.

Inside the craft and the season’s momentum

At Le Théâtre La Maison de Guignol, the company’s current artistic momentum is palpable: a commitment to renewing the repertoire while safeguarding its iconic personality. This season brings crisp writing and agile manipulation, with the creative team refining how stories flow for young spectators without losing the courage and satire that have always animated Guignol’s world. The staging around Mon Premier Guignol foregrounds clarity—clean entrances, expressive silhouettes, and brisk comic beats—so that the youngest theatergoers never feel lost while older audiences hear the cadences, asides, and social echoes that make these plays endure. Our house embraces that dual aim: to offer a first encounter that is gentle, playful, and bright, and to sustain a theatrical language that keeps evolving. Around the show, our focus as a venue is to amplify the company’s artistry with precise acoustics and carefully sculpted light, ensuring the materiality of the puppets—wood, fabric, and voice—remains the unbroken thread of the experience. The result is a performance that feels both freshly minted and deeply rooted, a living exchange between stage and seats that carries the energy of a vibrant season.

Mon Premier Guignol, as presented in SALLE 2 - THEATRE MAISON DE GUIGNOL, introduces the essential figures and gestures that define the legend—Guignol’s lively repartee, the camaraderie and comic friction with companions such as Gnafron and Madelon, and the clever turnabouts that allow wit to outsmart bluster. Throughout, the performance favors humorous clarity, rhythmic call-and-response, and the kind of audience interplay that gives young viewers permission to laugh, gasp, and rally to the hero’s cause. From our vantage point as host, we see how the show’s pace invites attention without strain: sequences are shaped to keep eyes and ears active, transitions are nimble, and visual cues make each turn of the plot easy to follow. The scenography plays with scale and color to anchor focus, while vocal nuance gives each character a distinct presence. We prepare the room so that the smallest shrug of a puppet reads as intention and the lightest aside lands as a shared secret. For families seeking a welcoming first theater experience—and for seasoned patrons eager to reconnect with the city’s symbolic hero—Mon Premier Guignol in SALLE 2 is an intimate celebration of craft, character, and collective laughter that feels unmistakably of this house and of this city.