Marc Tourneboeuf - L'impatient ( Tournée )

Marc Tourneboeuf with L'Impatient at THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON

At THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON, we are thrilled to welcome Marc Tourneboeuf for the eagerly awaited stop of L'Impatient as part of the wider Tournée. From our vantage point in the hall, we see every shade of an artist’s momentum, and Marc’s is unmistakably on the rise: he marries literary finesse with a keen instinct for the stage, shifting from poetic turns of phrase to quick-fire physicality without missing a beat. L'Impatient has been building buzz well beyond our city limits, and we are proud to be the room where audiences in Lyon will meet the humorist’s latest evolution up close. Our stage is intimate by design; every sigh, aside, and under-the-breath punchline carries, inviting you into an atmosphere tailored for the precision timing that defines his comedy. With this new date on the Tournée, we’re preparing for a night where the tempo of the text, the choreography of silence, and the joyous noise of shared laughter create the kind of live moment only a theater can hold.

Inside L'Impatient: timing, text, and the irresistible urgency of now

L'Impatient brims with the friction of modern life—love that accelerates too fast, conversations that lag behind the heart, and the constant tug-of-war between boldness and hesitation. From our front-row vantage point as host, we can tell you the show’s architecture is delightfully modular: Marc builds crescendos from nimble vignettes that interlock with the ease of a born storyteller. The evening pivots on recurring bits that the audience instantly recognizes, like the finely etched sketch La Salle d’Attente, where the banal space of waiting becomes a playground for absurd logic, or Premier Rendez-vous (version expédiée), a whirlwind where impatience turns romance into a hilarious relay race. Another standout, Mode Avion Émotionnel, reframes the need to disconnect as a comic survival strategy in a world of constant notifications. What we admire on our stage is the elasticity of his tone: he glides from a confessional murmur to sharp-edged observation, mapping the way we misread signals, rush to judgment, and discover—too late—that timing is everything. The show’s rhythm is a masterclass in control: pauses that stretch like taffy, payoffs that arrive right on cue, and callbacks that make the final minutes hum with recognition.

As a venue curating the pulse of contemporary comedy, we also pay attention to an artist’s broader trajectory, and Marc Tourneboeuf’s artistic news keeps step with the force of L'Impatient. He has been honing fresh fragments on the road, folding new ideas into the Tournée as the set evolves before live audiences. Recent crowd-favorite passages include File d’Attente 2.0, a brisk riff on micro-rituals that make queueing a national sport, and Silence, ça scrolle, where he skewers the compulsive grace of the thumb with a poet’s ear for repetition. What excites us most at THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON is the cohesion of this journey: Marc’s writing keeps a dramaturg’s compass, his stagecraft keeps a comedian’s heartbeat, and the audience gets both. Expect agile character shifts, romantic catastrophes rescued by wit, and a through-line that makes every detour feel essential. Our room amplifies this intimacy—sightlines designed for nuance, acoustics that let the smallest aside land, and a team ready to frame each beat with clarity. L'Impatient on this Tournée stop promises the kind of shared, electric focus that lingers after the lights rise, a live encounter with a voice unafraid to be swift, smart, and gloriously human in the rush of now.