Jarry - Bonhomme - Tournée

Jarry — Bonhomme

We are delighted to welcome Jarry to Bourse du Travail Lyon with his new show Bonhomme, a stop on a tour that underscores the breadth of his current artistic momentum. While his stage persona remains irresistibly quick, effusive, and generous, his present news stretches across French television and live performance: he helms the daily institution Tout le monde veut prendre sa place, has brought his exuberant spirit to primetime through Le Big Show, and continues to be widely recognized for his playful turns on Mask Singer. This constellation of recent appearances keeps him in constant dialogue with audiences of all ages, and it feeds the theatrical vitality he brings to our stage. For our public in Lyon, this date promises the full palette of Jarry’s humor—physical, verbal, absurd, and tender—delivered with the precision of an entertainer who shifts seamlessly between TV studio and live spotlight, yet always prioritizes the human connection of the room in front of him.

Live in Lyon: Bonhomme on our stage

Bonhomme arrives as a distinctly intimate chapter in Jarry’s live repertoire, following the crowd-pleasing success of Atypique and the inventive elasticity of Titre. In this new opus, the comedian takes a closer look at identity, expectations placed on men, and the daily comedy of parenthood, weaving autobiographical moments into a broader conversation about empathy and resilience. The tone is unmistakably his: lightning improvisations with the audience, a gift for storytelling that ricochets from confessional to fantastical, and elastic physicality that invites laughter before he speaks. Fans of his television work will recognize in Bonhomme the same mischief that fuels the backstage anecdotes he gleans from Tout le monde veut prendre sa place, the offbeat guessing-game energy honed on Mask Singer, and the orchestrated surprises that define Le Big Show. The result is a living, breathing evening that changes with each performance—our favorite kind of night—kept fresh by Jarry’s instinctive rapport with the crowd and his willingness to let the room’s personality steer the sails.

From our seats in Lyon, Bonhomme reads as both a celebration and a renewal: a seasoned comic rediscovering the thrill of proximity, eager to meet spectators eye to eye and story to story. The material is carefully chiseled yet never rigid, leaving space for those joyous detours he loves—an unexpected exchange in the balcony, a cascading riff sparked by a single word, a burst of choreographic folly that flips the mood on a dime. Audiences who first met him in Atypique will recognize the bright thread of generosity; viewers who spend lunch breaks with Tout le monde veut prendre sa place will relish the host’s quick-fire curiosity turned toward them; fans of Le Big Show will anticipate how he turns a simple entrance into an event. On our stage at Bourse du Travail Lyon, his comic timing finds a warm, communal echo, and Bonhomme becomes what it was meant to be: a shared portrait of our contradictions, our kindness, and our need to laugh together, right here and right now.