Ary Abittan - Authentique - Tournée

Welcoming Ary Abittan for Authentique at Bourse du Travail Lyon

We are thrilled to host Ary Abittan and his new show Authentique in Bourse du Travail Lyon, an appointment our team has anticipated with particular care. From our vantage point backstage and in the room, we see how a stand-up evening is made: the precision of the lights, the timing that lifts a punchline, the hush that precedes a story, and the shared burst of laughter that confirms a moment has landed. Authentique is built for that living exchange. The artist arrives here with a reputation for quicksilver energy and generous improvisation, and we have shaped the night to let both flourish: a crisp sound image that keeps every aside audible, a stage plot that leaves space for movement, and a rhythm that favors the ebb and flow of confessions and surprises. Lyon’s audience brings its own spark—curious, warm, demanding in the best way—and our role is to frame the encounter so that the most spontaneous parts of the set can breathe while the strongest routines hit with full force.

Ary Abittan’s current artistic momentum

As an artist, Ary Abittan stands at a lively moment in his trajectory, with Authentique and its tournée reaffirming the taste for storytelling that carried his previous one-man show My Story across the country. His stage persona is anchored in self-mockery and familial observation, but the new material also bears the mark of a comeback hunger: tighter writing, sharper detours, and a readiness to play with the room. His cinematic footprint remains significant—Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait au Bon Dieu? and Qu’est-ce qu’on a tous fait au Bon Dieu? continue to nourish a multigenerational audience—and his live credentials are burnished by festival moments at Marrakech du Rire, where his speed-of-thought crowd work has often circulated widely online. For our programming team, what is exciting in Authentique is the range: slices of daily life collide with reflections on success, identity, and the absurdities of modern etiquette, all delivered with that elastic facial play and musical phrasing that let him stretch a laugh without ever losing momentum.

From our side of the curtain, Authentique is designed to feel both intimate and irrepressibly dynamic, and the evening we are preparing in Bourse du Travail Lyon keeps those two poles in balance. The opening sequence sets the tone with a conversational ease that draws the room in; then come the crescendos—family portraits etched in rapid strokes, quick-fire call-and-response with the crowd, and narrative arcs that loop back for a final payoff. We take care with pacing so the high-energy bursts land cleanly and the quieter beats—those confessional moments where the artist lifts the mask—have room to resonate. Fans who discovered Ary Abittan on big screens will recognize his instinct for character, while those who track his stand-up lineage—from My Story to festival highlights at Marrakech du Rire—will appreciate how Authentique refines his signatures. By the time the night is in full swing, the shared complicity between artist and audience guides everything: he asks, the room answers, and we make sure every corner hears the laughter ripple as one.