Prime Club - Le Complexe, Lyon

Prime Club at Le Complexe - Salle du Bas

At Le Complexe - Salle du Bas, we host Prime Club as an intimate, high-energy comedy night designed for audiences who love the immediacy of live stand-up. Tucked into our cozy basement room, the show brings you close to the stage, close to the punchlines, and close to the creative process that powers today’s French comedy scene. We curate a rotating cast of sharp, stage-ready comics who arrive with brand-new bits, polished routines, and the kind of spontaneity that only a club room can spark. The atmosphere is warm, the pace is brisk, and the laughter travels fast in our low-ceiling space, making Prime Club ideal for discovering the voices you’ll soon see headlining larger theaters. Our team shapes each lineup to feel like a primetime taping—tight sets, clever segues, and surprises—while preserving the freewheeling experimentation that makes club comedy so addictive.

Artist buzz and what’s new on the circuit

Prime Club spotlights comedians who are actively building and refreshing their hours this season, taping clips for digital platforms, and sharpening material ahead of festival appearances and recorded specials. On any given night, you may catch performers whose faces and jokes circulate across recent French comedy staples and media moments, from Jamel Comedy Club and Montreux Comedy to segments and guest spots on Quotidien, Clique, and Rire et Chansons. Many of the talents we welcome also fuel today’s podcast boom and web shows—think the conversational rhythm and behind-the-scenes honesty popularized by formats like Un Bon Moment—so the material you hear in our room often evolves in real time with what’s trending online. That makes Prime Club a living lab for the scene’s current artistic news: fresh premises tested up close, callbacks refined between sets, and occasional extended closers when a surprise headliner drops in to road-test parts of a forthcoming special.

Because Prime Club is built for the club experience, our priorities at Le Complexe - Salle du Bas are sightlines, sound, and flow. We keep transitions quick to maintain momentum, calibrate the room’s lighting so every expression reads, and let the performers own the stage with the agility a club room demands. Expect an evening that mixes short, punchy sets with slightly longer ones, a few themed segments when the lineup calls for it, and the kind of crowd work that transforms each performance into a one-night-only event. We love the alchemy that happens when comics debut a new tag and the room erupts, and we champion those moments when a bit clicks into place before your eyes. Prime Club is where up-and-coming voices meet seasoned pros, where new hours find their rhythm, and where audiences in Lyon can feel the pulse of contemporary stand-up from the best seat in the house—right here, underground, with us.