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

At Le Rideau Rouge: a lively home for Les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n'ont jamais tort

Welcoming audiences to Le Rideau Rouge for Les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n'ont jamais tort, we are delighted to host a comedy that feels tailor‑made for our intimate stage and the shared laughter it inspires. From our vantage point as a venue that champions live, close‑up performance, this is a show that blossoms in proximity: the quick-fire exchanges, the cheeky asides, and the playful conspiracies with the room all land with the crispness that our acoustics and sightlines are designed to support. The production probes the timeless battlefield of couplehood—misunderstandings, coded messages, and everyday negotiations—while inviting the audience to recognize themselves, and laugh at themselves, in equal measure. The staging is nimble and uncluttered, allowing the tempo to surge from small domestic details to riotous set pieces; the performers switch registers with ease, mixing snappy dialogues, physical gags, and knowing pauses that let the audience fill in the blanks. As curators of the night, we’ve seen how the energy builds from the first minutes, turning our red‑velvet cocoon into a chorus of delighted complicity.

Artistic pulse and the show’s evolving life on our stage

What makes Les femmes ont toujours raison, les hommes n'ont jamais tort feel so current in our hall is the way the creative team keeps its finger on the pulse of contemporary relationships. From our conversations during technical rehearsals and repeated visits, we’ve watched the text evolve in subtle ways: topical winks get threaded in, callbacks are tightened, and audience interactions are calibrated to the mood of each performance. This season has seen a surge of public word‑of‑mouth for the company, translating into extended runs and a palpable appetite for return visits—those knowing nods in the foyer from spectators who brought friends back to share the fun speak volumes. The cast leans into the strengths of our room—timing, eye contact, and micro‑expressions you can’t catch in larger auditoriums—so each laugh feels both spontaneous and finely engineered. The piece explores a full arc of scenes—everyday negotiation over trivial chores, tactical compliments that backfire, well-meaning advice from friends that sparks new misunderstandings—and the writing’s charm sits in its refusal to pick a side. Everyone is right, everyone is wrong, and that paradox is where the show’s comedy blooms.

From the perspective of Le Rideau Rouge, the craftsmanship behind the performance is as gratifying as the laughter it generates. Our technical team relishes the production’s dynamic rhythm: lights that snap from cozy apartment warmth to the cool focus of a mock tribunal of love; sound cues that punctuate punchlines without overwhelming them; and an overall mise en scène that invites the audience to lean in. We’ve noted how the ensemble uses silence as deftly as a zinger, letting the room breathe before the next volley of lines; it’s a rhythm that thrives in our space and turns spectators into co-authors of the comic beat. The show has also become a lively meeting point for different generations of theatergoers—couples comparing notes on the way out, friends staging mock debates at the bar before curtain, families gifting tickets to newlyweds as a playful warning. As hosts, we value that intergenerational buzz: it’s proof that the production’s questions—how we listen, how we love, how we misinterpret—remain evergreen. Night after night, we witness the same alchemy: recognition, release, and the warm applause of a crowd that has seen itself, teased but never judged, in the mirror of the stage.