Les Femmes Ont Toujours Raison, Les Hommes N'ont Jamais Tort ! - Le Rideau Rouge (lyon)

At Le Rideau Rouge, a sharp, playful look at love and daily life

At Le Rideau Rouge in Lyon, we are delighted to welcome les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n’ont jamais tort, a relationship comedy whose title alone sets the tone for an evening of bright, buoyant repartee. From our vantage point backstage and in the aisles, we’ve seen how this piece thrives in an intimate room: the glances, the micro-pauses, the throwaway asides that ricochet across the seats are precisely the moments our theater was built to magnify. The production’s humor is brisk and generous, alternating nimble dialogue with quick visual beats, and our red-curtained stage lets the performers move fluidly from domestic squabbles to grand declarations, from whispered conspiracies to full-throated laughter. With sound cues that punctuate surprise reversals and lighting that paints each emotional turn, the show plays like a waltz of viewpoints, where everyday misunderstandings become gleefully theatrical. We’ve tuned the acoustics to carry the smallest sigh and the boldest punchline so that every corner of the room catches the heartbeat of the scene.

Bringing the production to our venue this season means leaning into what audiences cherish most here: the feeling that the actors are within arm’s reach, drawing you into a story you recognize, yet revealing it with new angles. The writing celebrates the fine art of contradiction—how two people can be absolutely right and gloriously wrong in the same minute—and the staging invites spectators to pick sides, switch sides, and laugh at the very idea of sides. As the characters navigate the little negotiations of modern life—who listens, who forgets, who forgives, who keeps a secret diary of tiny grievances—the show builds a rhythm that our room amplifies: bursts of laughter, pockets of silence, then another volley of wit. The team behind the production has refreshed the text with contemporary details that ring true without weighing down the fun; in rehearsal on our stage, we watched new transitions click into place, revealing a living piece that grows with each audience’s energy. It’s the sort of evening where you think you’re observing “them,” and discover you’ve been watching “us.”

Fresh momentum and a tailor-made encounter with our audience

From our programmer’s desk to the control booth, we’ve followed the artistic momentum around les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n’ont jamais tort with real enthusiasm. The company arrives with confident timing and a keen sense for the pace that a theatre like ours rewards: intimate, immediate, and responsive. Their current tour has honed the interplay between scene partners and sharpened the callbacks that lace the evening together, and here at Le Rideau Rouge we’ve adjusted lighting states and sightlines to bring those threads into crisp focus. Between performances, the artists have been fine-tuning the balance between caustic punchlines and tender confessions, ensuring that the comedy never loses its human warmth. Our stage team has custom-built a modular set that turns on a dime—living room, café corner, late-night kitchen—so the story can leap from one battleground of coupledom to the next without surrendering momentum. That restless, playful spirit extends to the audience too: in our room, where laughter blends into the rustle of anticipation, the performers can ride a wave of reaction and then settle it with a single look. It’s exactly the kind of conversation between stage and seats that we champion at Le Rideau Rouge, and it’s why this show feels at home here—spirited, incisive, and joyfully close to life.