Laurent Baffie - Oh P***** Laurent !!

Oh P... Laurent takes over THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON

At THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON, we pride ourselves on welcoming artists whose energy and personality transform a room, and Laurent Baffie is precisely that kind of force. With Oh P... Laurent, he arrives at our stage at full creative speed—sharp, unscripted, and delightfully unfiltered. For audiences who follow his media presence, his unmistakable voice remains a fixture, notably through his interventions on Les Grosses Têtes, and through the constant life of the plays he authored, from Toc Toc to Les Bonobos, which continue to be staged and revived across the francophone world. This ongoing artistic vitality feeds directly into the electricity of Oh P... Laurent. As a venue built for proximity and instant rapport, our theater is uniquely suited to his high-wire crowdwork, the kind of exchange that thrives on seconds-long reactions and a room tuned to every quip. Expect a performance that is alive to the moment, with Baffie weaving topical nudges, mischievous provocations, and off-the-cuff riffs into a night that feels tailor-made for the people in the seats.

A night of razor-sharp improvisation, tailored by the room

Oh P... Laurent is constructed around the combustion engine of spontaneity: the audience. From the first beats, Baffie tests the temperature of the room, shifting between quick-fire punchlines and longer improvisations that build into mini-scenes. Our team at THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON has set the stage to amplify those micro-shifts—the intimacy of the sightlines, the agility of the lights, and the subtlety of the sound scheme are all designed to make every whisper, aside, and comeback land with maximum precision. Fans will recognize echoes of his signature inquisitive style—those playful interrogations and sly traps he’s honed across media appearances and stage shows—while newcomers discover how he can pivot from wordplay to friendly roast, then into a story that blooms into a full sketch before you realize it. Baffie carries his own canon with him, and you may catch irreverent nods to the theatrical DNA of Toc Toc or the mischievous social anthropology of Les Bonobos, filtered through the alertness of a comic who relishes risk. The result is not just a set but a living conversation, paced by the artist’s instinct and the room’s collective pulse.

From our side of the curtain at THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON, this show is a celebration of presence—how a performer’s instincts meet a venue’s architecture to create a one-night-only alchemy. We have tuned the acoustics for clarity at both high-velocity banter and sotto voce confidences, so the famous Baffie aside travels to the back row with the same intimacy as a front-row exchange. Oh P... Laurent invites you into the workshop of his mind: one question sparks another, a mischievous detour becomes the heart of a bit, and everyday details from the audience get sculpted into comic relief. It’s a high-precision kind of chaos delivered by a veteran who thrives in the unrehearsed now. His ongoing appearances on Les Grosses Têtes attest to his reflexes with language and timing, and that same quicksilver intelligence powers this evening. Whether you come as a devoted follower or you’re meeting him for the first time, prepare for an experience that is elastic, contemporary, and deeply interactive—shaped by the wit of Laurent Baffie and the vibration of our theater in Lyon, minute by minute.