Theaters Nord-Pas-de-Calais

The Spotlight is a great address for humor buffs and those who would like to perform on an open stage. This comedy bar, very well located in the Capital of Flanders, welcomes new talents and spectators in an air-conditioned lounge and intimate room, with a capacity of 150 people. Young artists from all walks of life perform on Mondays at 8pm, Tuesdays from 8pm to 9.30pm and Saturdays at 3pm (admission is free with compulsory consumption). The programme is varied and even features some of the biggest names in French humour, rising stars and concerts. Humour and music in perspective! To follow up, why not let yourself be tempted by the bar side of the Spotlight, bright and well decorated, where it is also possible to play pool with friends? A good address and an original concept that make this place a must for lovers of humorous scenes made in Lille.

Roubaix's Colisée is one of the city's finest venues. From concerts of all musical styles, to dance shows of all kinds, comic and tragic plays, acrobatic circus acts... and much more, performed by talented national and international artists, the richness of its offerings is sure to delight!

What's more, the Colisée team extends a warm welcome to its 100,000-plus spectators every year, with supervised checkroom and parking facilities, for optimum comfort and enjoyment.

The Theatre du Nord is a privileged place for culture with its repertoire parts in Lille, and its contemporary creation in Tourcoing. Housed in the prestigious Grand'Garde building of Louis XV, this theatre offers a beautiful overview of the spirit "subsidized public theatre": if he is able to show demanding and successful creations (Calderón, Houellebecq…), he also displays more popular shows, concerts and creations for a younger audience he proposes to play in schools and even on public square to show that theatre is done by everyone and for all. But the theatre of the North is also a nice bookstore that works in partnership with the no less beautiful bookshop Lille Le Bateau Livre, and a cafe now held by the Peek team in Boo. Theatre in the North? A beautiful address, both cultural and greedy!

This concert hall places culture and art in honour. Here for all tastes: concerts: French rock or song, theatre for big or small, but also exhibitions and cultural actions of all kinds.

Built after the Lille opera house burned down in 1903, this theater boasts a large, handsome auditorium with typical ^19th-century architecture and striking gilding. The recently renovated facade is splendid! What we love about the Théâtre Sébastopol is that you really feel you're in a place apart, with an eclectic program that includes many popular national artists, as well as international dancers and performers. A program of operettas at very attractive prices completes the line-up.

For over 10 years, the boulevard plays performed on the Comédie de Lille stage have been delighting the people of Lille. For another year running, the theater's program has been designed with the sole aim of making you laugh even harder than usual at this highly popular genre of comedy. So, before or after a meal at La Table des Comédiens, you'll be able to enjoy a range of extraordinary plays, from well-known classics to creations that are as surprising as they are hilarious. Real laughter therapy!

The time is long gone when the large Place du Barlet vibrated to the cries of the animal merchants and the girls of joy. Today, it vibrates to the rhythm of the national stage of Douai. Formerly a municipal circus, then a cultural action centre, the Hippodrome is now a place where you can come and enjoy the best of contemporary creation (theatre, music, dance, circus). But the Hippodrome hides another exceptional place, the Cinéma Paul Desmarets, where you can see a variety of films.

The Comédie de Béthune is one of 33 national drama centers in France. The theater's mission is "theatrical creation in the public interest". The Comédie de Béthune offers high-caliber theatrical works for all audiences, at very attractive prices: expect to pay around twenty euros for a full-price ticket. The theater also offers workshops for amateurs and theater professionals, debates and meetings with artists to discuss their creations...

The Espace Ronny Coutteure's mission is to make culture accessible to many by developing a demanding cultural project, mixing workshops, creating and disseminating in different artistic disciplines. This space is associated with three theatre companies in the region. The Space Ronny Coutteure offers the opportunity for the public to train, but also to have an artistic and theatrical education, thus promoting the development of amateur practices, in Grenay but also in its envrions.

The Escape is a concert hall that puts culture in honour and all year round offers you many shows of all kinds: theatre, music, dance… But the Escape also offers theater, dance, English courses, German courses, but also music courses for big, small, beginner or most experienced. Do you have a music group? The Escape, or Escap'as it is called here, puts at your disposal a recording stidio. 

In Valenciennes, theater is a historical tradition, so much so that it was nicknamed "the Athens of the North" until the beginning of the ^20th century! But in 1940, the theater of Valenciennes fell victim to a fire. It is only in 1996 that the work begins to build the Phoenix. In 2018, finally the theater in Valenciennes rises from its ashes (hence its name) and offers us a place in the shape of a huge red liner, with two rooms (750 seats or 170 seats), rehearsal spaces, an exhibition space and a restaurant.

The Manège is a cross-border cultural centre (Maubeuge-Mons) and above all a national scene. Led by Didier Fusillier, this theatre offers eclectic programming and international festivals (Festival Via, Tilt, Au Carré) whose themes are dance, jazz, new technologies. The best known is without doubt the Madness's, street festival at the end of May, which is still ending with a grandiose finale and attracts more than ten thousand spectators each year. Beyond these ad hoc events, the programming is punctuated by poster heads and by substantive work with children around many educational workshops. Already ready to integrate into the programming of Mons European Culture (2015), the Manège has what you have to turn your head with its programming to make many Parisian cinemas!

The Théâtre d'à Côté is an association under the law of 1901, based in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, offering an eclectic program of theater shows in the Barn of the Ferme Dupire. Just 15 minutes by car from Lille or via the Triolo metro, this friendly venue offers sliding-scale subscriptions. Workshops for children and teenagers are also organized. With a stage open to both amateur and professional troupes, it's a must for stage enthusiasts in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and the surrounding area. Reservations can be made even 5 minutes before the start of the show.