Life imitating art in Lyon
Live art with a capital "L" – like Lyon! Dance, theatre and circus... for young and old alike!
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Archipel Post Modern - dance
The Maison de la Danse is bringing us a rich and varied season, mixing together creation, urban dance, circus arts and more with works from the...
By Isabelle
In English at the theatre
As the stronghold of the French café-théâtre scene, Lyon is now crossing the Channel to give you an English version of the city's famous evening...
By Eléonore
An evening at the Museum of Fine Arts
Discover the unexpected charm of touring a museum at night. The light and atmosphere are completely different during the evening...
By Isabelle
Lives & Destinies Festival
From 15 February to 3 April 2019, Lyon Opera has organised a festival on the theme of Destiny.
By Laureen
Toruk - The First Flight
Halle Tony Garnier
We’ve been wanting to return there for the past ten years… At long last, it’s now possible: from the 20th to the 24th of February 2019, we’re setting...
The Enchantress - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Lyon Opera House
Festival - Lifes and Destinies Portrait of an untamed artist.
A Dido et Æneas- Henry Purcell / Kalle Kalima
The Lyon Opera House
Festival Lifes and Destinies. As an ancient queen, disappointed in love, Dido is the first great operatic heroine.
J’ai pris mon père sur mes épaules
Les Célestins - Théâtre de Lyon
For his newest creation, Arnaud Meunier brings Rachida Brakni and Philippe Torreton together on stage. A comic and desperate epic loosely based on...
The Return of Ulysses / Claudio Monteverdi
The Maison de la Danse
Festival Lifes and Destinies An opera in its native state As the only opera staged by the Handspring Puppet Company, Il ritorno d’Ulisse is here...
Opening Night
Les Célestins - Théâtre de Lyon
This is one of the big events of the season: an open road between theatre and cinema, starring an exceptional actor.
Les Enfants du Levant / Isabelle Aboulker
Théâtre de la Renaissance
Based on a novel by Claude Gritti, Les enfants de l’île du Levant, which was published in 1999, Isabelle Aboulker and Christian Eymery, the associate...
Le Faiseur de théâtre
Les Célestins - Théâtre de Lyon
Completely hopeless, wonderfully sarcastic, the great Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard takes a vitriolic look at our petty, tragicomic lives.
Reperkusound
Double Mixte
Reperkusound is the Lyon region's electro music festival, offering 2 nights of non-stop concerts.
Lessons in Love and Violence / George Benjamin
The Lyon Opera House
With his previous opera, Written on Skin, Georges Benjamin (born in 1960) rose to the summit of modern opera composers.
La Place Royale (Or the extravagant lover)
Les Célestins - Théâtre de Lyon
To the lively and irreverential tune of Tu veux ou tu veux pas, Claudia Stavisky makes the lovers’ breath in Corneille’s piece come in gasps.
Nuits Sonores - Nuit 1
Ancienne usine Fagor-Brandt
France's flagship electronic music festival, this event features international DJs in unusual settings.
Nuits Sonores - Day 1 - A day with Bonobo
La Sucrière
France's flagship electronic music festival, this event features international DJs in unusual settings.
Nuits Sonores - Day 2 - A day with Peggy Gou
La Sucrière
France's flagship electronic music festival, this event features international DJs in unusual settings.
Nuits Sonores - Nuit 3
Anciennes usines Fagor-Brandt
France's flagship electronic music festival, this event features international DJs in unusual settings.
Nuits Sonores - Day 3 - A day with Maceo Plex
La Sucrière
France's flagship electronic music festival, this event features international DJs in unusual settings.
Nuits Sonores - Day 4 - A day with Lena Willikens
La Sucrière
France's flagship electronic music festival, this event features international DJs in unusual settings.