Le Sublime Sabotage - Yohann Metay - Le Radiant - Caluire

Yohann Métay at Radiant-Bellevue

At Radiant-Bellevue, we love artists who turn the stage into a playground for intelligence, mischief, and human truth. That is why welcoming Yohann Métay with Le Sublime Sabotage is such a pleasure for our team and our audience. This show revels in the poetry of failure and the acrobatics of self-sabotage, inviting spectators to laugh at the backstage mechanics of our own contradictions: how we set impossible goals, build elaborate strategies, and then gleefully derail them. From our vantage point in Caluire-et-Cuire, just outside Lyon’s bustling center, we know the appetite our audience has for finely tuned humor and storytelling. The black-box intimacy of our hall sharpens his timing, while the generous sightlines place every grimace, glance, and full-body punchline right in the heart of the room. Expect a ride that oscillates between razor-edged observation and exuberant physical comedy—the kind of evening where a single look can collapse a plan, a prop becomes a philosophy, and the crowd feels like co-conspirators in a delightful, theatrical heist.

Artistic spotlight and current momentum

Yohann Métay’s current momentum is fuelled by a craft honed across years of touring and a distinctive writer-performer voice. Many audiences discovered him through the cult favorite La Tragédie du Dossard 512, a long-form comic odyssey that showcased his knack for epic storytelling and precision absurdity. With Le Sublime Sabotage, he leans into the paradoxes of modern life—productivity myths, perfectionist spirals, and the liberating power of admitting defeat before building something smarter. The texture of the show is deliberately agile: tight phrasing, inventive callbacks, and the sort of choreographed “accidents” that only a seasoned technician of laughter can execute. From our programmer’s perspective at Radiant-Bellevue, the piece speaks to the moment: a culture juggling deadlines, side projects, and grand ambitions, grateful for a comedian who acknowledges the chaos and turns it into catharsis. Fans of La Tragédie du Dossard 512 will recognize his taste for big metaphors and virtuoso digressions, while newcomers will discover a performer who marries theatrical precision with the warm complicity of stand-up.

On our stage, Le Sublime Sabotage becomes an invitation to play: a set design that breathes with the performer, lighting cues that underline a thought’s twist, and a rhythm that lets a roomful of strangers sync up in laughter. Yohann Métay’s recent seasons have solidified his reputation for shows that travel well, in both senses: across the country, and across the inner landscapes of his audiences, who come out quoting lines, imitating gestures, and reassessing their own “brilliant failures.” In programming this date at Radiant-Bellevue, we wanted to showcase not only the finesse of his writing but also the generosity of his stage presence—the way he builds a comedic world where everyone’s contradictions are welcome. If you’ve followed him since La Tragédie du Dossard 512, you’ll delight in how Le Sublime Sabotage refines his signature blend of narrative sweep and sly, near-clowning precision. If you’re meeting him for the first time, prepare for a night that feels both personal and universal: a mischievous manual for surviving projects, plans, and the irresistible urge to trip yourself up just to stand up stronger—together, in a theatre built for shared revelations.