Baptiste Defrance - Quelle Différence Ça Fait ? - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Le Boui-Boui welcomes Baptiste Defrance with “Quelle différence ça fait”

At Le Boui-Boui, we love nights when the room itself seems to lean forward, listening. That’s exactly the energy Baptiste Defrance brings with “Quelle différence ça fait,” a stand-up experience tailored to an intimate space where every eyebrow raise, breath, and punchline lands with precision. Our stage is built for proximity, and Baptiste plays with that closeness: quick on the uptake, warm in tone, and ready to pivot the moment the audience reveals a new angle. The show’s title says it plainly yet provocatively—what difference does it make?—and the hour responds with a cascade of observations about the differences we dramatize and the ones we ignore, from social codes to micro-habits, from family mythologies to the awkward choreography of dating apps. Expect brisk storytelling, clean setups that detonate into layered callbacks, and a tempo that blends sharp writing with the agile spontaneity our venue is known to encourage.

Current momentum, fresh material, and a room built for discovery

Right now, the artistic momentum around Baptiste is palpable. He is part of a young wave that tests and tunes at a city scale—moving from short-form moments to a cohesive hour—while keeping the writing alive onstage. Formats like Open Mic du Boui-Boui and Le Plateau du Boui-Boui exemplify the way Lyon’s comics carve new bits in real time, and that spirit courses through “Quelle différence ça fait.” The material here feels current without chasing headlines; it’s the kind of comedy that notices the tiny frictions of everyday life—a message typed, erased, and retyped; a train announcement that promises clarity then delivers chaos; a family dinner where everyone speaks the same language but no one quite hears the same sentence. Our room rewards that observational finesse: modest lighting, a tight sound, and a front row so close you can count the beats between setup and laugh. Baptiste uses the space as a rhythm instrument, leaving silence just long enough to sharpen the laugh that follows. If you enjoy the interplay of crafted jokes and quick-witted crowd work, this is where the hour finds its edge.

What can you expect on the night? A show that breathes with the audience, shaped by the space and the moment. “Quelle différence ça fait” unfolds in clean, vivid sections that don’t announce themselves as “bits” but settle into memory as fully sketched scenes: a restaurant order that becomes a referendum on personality; a voice note whose pauses speak louder than the words; a conversation with a neighbor that starts with hello and ends with philosophy. Baptiste’s stagecraft is light on ornament and heavy on precision—no wasted gestures, no filler transitions, and a feel for how a single repeated phrase can turn into a running gag that threads the entire hour. We keep the room unpretentious and close, the better to catch those smaller shades of meaning that make his writing resonate. Arrive a touch early, settle in with the atmosphere, and let the difference an intimate venue makes become part of the punchline itself—because, in our basement haven, your laughter isn’t just heard; it’s a living part of the show.