The Théâtre Comédie Odéon can host seminars, general meetings, conventions, private shows, company evenings and Christmas parties, with a 313-seat auditorium and a bar for up to 150 standing guests. The theatre stands at 6 rue Grolée, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and the Saône.
Seminars and company events
The theatre can be hired for half a day, a full day or an evening. The auditorium and its stage welcome seminars, general meetings, conventions, team building, retirement parties and private performances. Full technical support is available, covering sound, lighting and video, and a stage manager stays on hand during the event. The team, made up of live-performance professionals, helps organize the whole program.
Companies can also book an evening around the theatre's own program: a cocktail or dinner buffet in the bar before or after the show, for up to 150 guests. The current season includes plays by directors such as Alexis Michalik, Jean-Philippe Daguerre and Tristan Petitgirard, comedy, one-man shows and concerts.
Three afterwork formats are offered in the Café Odéon: a simple private drink with sharing boards, a version with a host-led game (werewolf, bingo, film blind test, improvisation or film dubbing), and a format that adds seats for the evening's show, for 30 to 200 people.
From November to January, the theatre runs company Christmas parties, with a private show available from 50 people, children's entertainment, a festive snack and Christmas staging.
Rooms and capacities
The auditorium seats 313 with the balcony, or 239 in the stalls alone. The theatre bar, the Café Odéon, takes 80 to 150 standing guests for a drink or a cocktail dinner; the hire brochure gives up to 100 for this private space. The bar opens onto the lobby and a terrace.
Catering
Catering comes from the theatre's caterer, who uses fresh produce, local or organic, and serves local wines. The menu covers breakfasts, meal trays, buffets and cocktails, afternoon snacks, charcuterie and cheese boards and live cooking with a chef. On show nights the bar also serves drinks and sharing boards to the public.
History and setting
The building opened in September 1907, when Pathé's company Cinématographe Monopole set up the Théâtre-Pathé Grolée here. From 1908 it was the first permanent cinema in Lyon to offer a full evening program. In 1929 it became Le Grolée, and from 1976 it was run by the Cinéma National Populaire as an art-house cinema, the CNP Odéon, which closed in August 2009. The hall reopened as a theatre on December 31, 2012. The room keeps its red velvet seats and curtains and the gilded balcony rail from the early 1900s. In June 2025 the theatre joined the Rosebud press group, and Jérôme Leleu became its director in September 2026.
Getting there
The theatre is at 6 rue Grolée, 69002 Lyon. Metro line A stops at Cordeliers, a short walk away, and the TB11, C5, C13, C14, C23, 9 and 27 bus lines serve the area. Grolée, Cordeliers and République car parks are nearby, as is a Vélo'v bike station.
