Caroline Vigneaux - In Vigneaux Veritas - Tournée

Caroline Vigneaux sets the tone with In Vigneaux Veritas in Lyon

From our vantage point as a Lyon stage proud to welcome bold voices, few contemporary comedians energize a room quite like Caroline Vigneaux. An incisive writer-performer with the reflexes of a seasoned trial lawyer, she brings her audience into the witness box of everyday life and asks us to laugh at the truth, the half-truth, and the glorious absurdity in between. In Vigneaux Veritas arrives here with the fizz of a headline event: a sharp, physical, and brilliantly constructed one-woman show where language becomes a playground and the law a punchline. Her background at the bar, along with a performer’s instinct for rhythm and pause, creates a rare rapport—she engages the crowd with wry asides, improvises when the energy calls for it, and lands set pieces that feel both meticulously crafted and spontaneously alive. Expect lightning pivots from ancient myths to modern messaging apps, from courtroom logic to family dynamics, and from the choreography of flirtation to the anatomy of fake news. As hosts, we prepare the room for her fast-talking clarity and whip-smart callbacks: precise sound, a stage sightline that favors expressive body language, and a pace that lets punchlines ripple all the way to the back row. In Lyon, that precise calibration matters; it’s the difference between a clever idea and a collective roar, the optimal setup for a performer who thrives on audience attentiveness and rewards it with laughter layered over insight.

Current artistic momentum: a comedian at full speed

Caroline Vigneaux arrives with compelling recent milestones that underscore the relevance of In Vigneaux Veritas. After the success of Croque la pomme and the earlier phenomenon Caroline Vigneaux quitte la robe, she broadened her reach with the feature film Flashback, a time-hopping comedy anchored in the history of women’s rights that found a wide audience on streaming. On television and radio, her lively, topical interventions on programs such as Quotidien, C à vous, and Les Grosses Têtes have kept her voice in the national conversation, sharpening the current-affairs reflexes that now fuel this new show on tour. Those who follow her work know the signature mix: a taste for etymology and rhetoric; fearless, feminist angles delivered with agility rather than solemnity; and a courtroom-trained precision that turns anecdote into argument and argument into a laugh. In Vigneaux Veritas refines that formula for today’s climate, treating misinformation as a comic foil, unpacking consent with deft clarity, and poking at the rituals we still perform around love, power, and the roles we inherit without question. As a Lyon venue, we relish the challenge of hosting a performer who demands as much from the room as she gives: crisp cues, a crowd attuned to quick shifts, and the sense of occasion that helps an artist open up their material and take risks. The result is a night that feels both polished and immediate—seasoned by the discipline of a tour, but responsive to the unique character of a Lyon audience. For fans who discovered her via Croque la pomme or on Quotidien, and for newcomers drawn by word of mouth, In Vigneaux Veritas is that rare comedy event that reads like a cultural check-in: a state of the union for language, law, and laughter, performed by an artist operating at full speed.