Le Lucernaire is a 1,300 m² cultural venue in Paris 6, a short walk from the Luxembourg Garden, that rents its theaters, cinemas, restaurant and café for conferences, general meetings, seminars, trainings, product launches and screenings. The largest rooms hold 116 guests, and a full or partial privatization is possible.
Seminars and company events
The official site lists the events suited to the theater rooms: performances, rehearsals, showcases, readings, auditions, castings, conferences, general meetings, seminars, trainings and coaching, award ceremonies, shoots and product launches. The cinemas can host private screenings, press or technical screenings, festivals, film clubs, meetings and company events.
Pricing is set by the choice of room, the number of hours and the technical needs for stage, sound, light and video. The cinema rooms are rented for a minimum of two hours, and screenings are in DCP format only. The venue publishes a summary document and a request form on its privatization page.
Rooms and capacities
The theater has three rooms: Théâtre Noir with 116 seats, Théâtre Rouge with 116 seats and Paradis with 60 seats. The three cinema rooms have 54, 54 and 38 seats, and room 3 adds a platform of about 10 m².
The restaurant, called the kawaa, covers 90 m². It seats 68, holds 100 standing and takes 42 in conference format. The café covers 30 m² and seats 40 or holds 50 standing. The restaurant and café can be rented alone or combined with the other spaces.
Catering
The restaurant and café were fully renovated and can be hired for afterworks, trainings, seminars, workshops, conferences and birthdays. The kitchen offers a coffee break, lunch, snack, buffet, cocktail or dinner, with proposals made to measure. Linking a theater or cinema booking with the restaurant is a standard combination on the site.
Event organizers should expect to share the venue with its regular program of plays and screenings. The team adapts the hours of a booking to that schedule, so the date and the length of the hire are best agreed early.
History and setting
The venue describes itself as an unusual address devoted to culture, where theater and cinema sit next to a restaurant and a bookshop. That mix gives a company a day program in one building: a plenary in a theater, workshops in the cinema rooms and a lunch downstairs.
Getting there
Le Lucernaire is at 53 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, 75006 Paris, near the Luxembourg Garden. The Notre-Dame-des-Champs and Vavin métro stations and Montparnasse are within a short walk.
