Anthony Segur - A Quoi Sert L'amour

A quoi sert l'amour at Espace Gerson

At Espace Gerson, we are delighted to welcome Anthony Segur with A quoi sert l'amour, an intimate, finely tuned evening that belongs on a stage built for nuance, directness, and laughter you feel up close. Our room’s cabaret-like proximity places the performer within arm’s reach of the audience, and that nearness is a perfect fit for a show that dissects how we love, why we falter, and the curious ways modern life refracts desire. Anthony Segur’s presence is warm yet incisive, with a conversational ease that keeps the crowd leaning forward while the punchlines land with unhurried precision. Expect a nimble mix of stand-up storytelling and quick-fire observations, the kind of rhythm that lets a tender confession turn into a roaring laugh on the very next beat. In this space—where every glance and pause matters—A quoi sert l'amour thrives on connection: a look to the balcony, a raised eyebrow to the first row, and the instant complicity that fuels great live comedy.

Current artistic momentum

As a performer, Anthony Segur arrives in Lyon at a moment when French comedy is experimenting boldly with form and tone. Our stage has always welcomed acts that balance sharp writing with genuine vulnerability, and A quoi sert l'amour highlights that balance throughout. The show roams through first meetings, long relationships, miscommunications, and the digital detours that complicate everything; it finds humor in the rituals of dating, the choreography of breakups, and the tiny negotiations that sustain everyday love. While this is distinctly his voice, the evening converses with a broader scene that audiences will recognize from recent programs like Le Late avec Alain Chabat, LOL: Qui rit, sort!, and Drôle—touchstones that have showcased how observational comedy can be both personal and universally relatable. Anthony Segur advances that conversation with material that feels lived-in rather than manufactured, transforming small details—an awkward silence, a misread text, a family dinner gone off the rails—into running motifs that tie the hour together. What you’ll encounter on our stage is an artist in full command of pacing and perspective, capable of staying light on his feet without losing the bigger emotional arc of the night.

Presenting A quoi sert l'amour at Espace Gerson means shaping the entire experience around listening, laughter, and the delicate tension between them. The staging here emphasizes clarity and closeness: clean sightlines, crisp sound, and lighting that adapts to the show’s shifting temperatures—from playful banter to moments of quiet candor. Anthony Segur plays with silence as much as he plays with punchlines, inviting audiences to recognize themselves before the joke arrives. The set evolves through interlocking chapters—first encounters, mixed signals, long-haul compromise—each segment feeding the next so that callbacks blossom naturally in the second half. Because our room is intimate, crowd work becomes a living part of the script: the front row’s reactions, a laugh that ripples backward, the spontaneous aside that can only exist in live performance. It is a showcase for craft as much as content, and it rewards attentiveness; a throwaway line becomes a refrain, a subtle gesture turns into a comic pivot, and by evening’s end, the theme of A quoi sert l'amour lingers not as a question to solve, but as a rich field to explore—together, in a space designed for connection.