Le Trianon — Attraction in Paris

First the positives:

1. The company’s ability to get Dave Chappelle and his team to perform here when there are so many venues to choose from in Paris;
2. The staff was fantastic - friendly and knowledgeable even during the busiest moments of the night;
3. Agreeing to use Yondr cases: these phone-free events are honestly my favorite technological development for live shows that I don’t understand why Yondr is the exception as opposed to the standard in 2020;

Now the reason why this is 3/5 instead of 5/5: The chairs in the second balcony are HORRENDOUS. I’m a fairly average 1.79m and I grew up with a scenographer so I’m familiar with tight theatre seating, but even I wasn’t able to place my legs comfortably from the moment I sat down. When tickets are €78 I expect to be able to enjoy the masters on stage. These seats were so uncomfortable that dozens of people in this section were stretching and having muscle cramps BEFORE the supporting acts were finished. Luckily the performers were fantastic, but multiple groups were seen fidgeting during the last thirty minutes and overheard complaining about the seats as we were exiting. For a company willing to embrace modern technology like Yondr, I am beyond confused as to why a renovation of the seating hasn’t...

Beautiful theatre, very cosy. Great acoustics, lighting and sound. A few negatives: it is VERY hot inside, the AC barely works; you're expected to pay the person who shows you to your seat which I find a bit ridiculous because I have eyes and can read so we just found our seats ourselves; sometimes you pay full price for a ticket and you're seated in a very small fold-out seat on the edge of a row with a pole in front of you; drinks are expensive and the line for them is very long, there's only 1 bar. To end with some more positivity: the staff was very friendly and the concert...

A beautiful venue with particularly impressive, balanced but loud sound and no barricade between front row fans and the stage allowing for a beautiful, personal experience. They take away your water and drinks before letting you in but offer free water inside and enough of the staff speaks English to make communication possible. The guy at the merch stand was nice enough to let hold onto my vinyl for me, so I was able to enjoy the show carefree and retrieve my merch after :)....