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

At Le Rideau Rouge: welcoming Les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n'ont jamais tort

At Le Rideau Rouge in Lyon, we are delighted to roll out the red curtain for Les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n'ont jamais tort, a sparkling, high-energy comedy that takes the everyday battlefield of couple life and turns it into a joyous night out. From the vantage point of our intimate room—where every glance and aside lands with perfect clarity—the show thrives on quick-fire exchanges, razor-edged punchlines, and the kind of audience rapport that only blossoms when performers and spectators share the same breath. Expect a whirlwind of scenes that dart from first dates to long-term negotiations about chores, from the vagaries of texting etiquette to the delicate art of saying “you’re right” without losing face. The production’s rhythm is tailor-made for our stage: tight blackout transitions, nimble shifts in lighting to sketch new emotional spaces in a heartbeat, and sound cues that punctuate running gags with precision. Our team has calibrated the acoustics and sightlines so that even the subtlest eye-roll or throwaway mutter gets the laugh it deserves. It’s a show that invites you to spot your own habits in the mirror—then laugh at them, together, in the shared complicity that Le Rideau Rouge has nurtured for years with Lyon’s comedy-loving public.

Current artistic momentum and a refreshed take on couple comedy

As a venue attuned to how touring productions evolve from season to season, we have been impressed by the current momentum behind Les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n'ont jamais tort. The team arrives at Le Rideau Rouge with a refreshed version that folds in timely themes—digital flirtation, the mental load in modern households, remote work as a new arena for micro-conflicts—and a set of newly polished scenes that keep the writing sharp and the pace buoyant. Between residencies, previews, and workshop showings, the creators have honed the material so that each callback and reversal lands with a renewed sense of surprise; you can feel the craftsmanship in the way a throwaway joke in an early scene blossoms into a full-running motif by the end of the night. For us as hosts, that meticulous build is exactly what our room amplifies: we’ve balanced lighting warmth to underline shifts from sparring to tenderness, and tuned the sound so riffs and improvisations remain crystalline when the performers lean into the crowd’s energy. This current iteration also leans more playfully into audience complicity—those wry questions that ping-pong across the room, the knowing hush that precedes a truth-bomb about who really leaves the cap off the toothpaste—making each performance a little different and uniquely alive. If you’ve seen earlier passes of the show, you’ll notice the confident reordering of scenes, the cleaner transitions, and fresh tags that extend the laugh just one beat further. And if you’re discovering it here for the first time, Le Rideau Rouge offers the ideal first encounter: a close-up vantage point, a responsive crowd, and a technical setup built to serve this exact kind of smart, contemporary comedy about the delicate, delightful balance between two people trying—against all odds—to be right and never wrong at the same time.