The Stan Benett World Tour ... Mais Juste En France !

THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON welcomes The Stan Benett World Tour... Mais juste en France

From our stage vantage point at THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON, we love hosting shows that turn a clever idea into a full-bodied evening, and The Stan Benett World Tour... Mais juste en France does exactly that. The title sets the tone: a high-energy, tongue-in-cheek “global” tour that refuses to cross the border, a perfect setup for a cascade of stories that bounce from city to city, region to region, and situation to situation. Expect quickfire observations, physical flourishes, and a conversational flow that makes the room feel like a group of co-conspirators rather than an audience being lectured at. In rehearsals and early previews, we’ve watched Stan play with local references without pandering, spin everyday misadventures into set pieces, and weave the kind of playful audience interactions that our Lyon crowd thrives on. The intimacy of our room amplifies all of this: crisp sound, welcoming sightlines, and that shared, collective laugh that rolls from the front row to the back and back again.

Stan Benett’s artistic momentum right now

What excites us about presenting Stan at THEATRE A L'OUEST - LYON is the sense of momentum he brings into the room. He’s clearly in a creative sweet spot, sharpening fresh material in the wild, posting bite-size moments online, and letting the audience’s reactions sculpt each beat. If you enjoy the irreverent, pop-culture-smart energy that’s everywhere in recent French comedy touchstones like LOL: Qui rit, sort!, Le Late avec Alain Chabat, Hot Ones – La Version Française, or Zen, you’ll recognize that same modern pulse in his hour. Stan leans into contemporary life with a traveler’s curiosity and a local’s precision: trains that never behave, GPS routes that betray you at the worst possible time, family group chats that spiral, and those wonderfully awkward encounters that only happen when you’re sure nobody is watching. He’s agile with formats too—snappy one-liners, extended stories with satisfying payoffs, and call-backs that reward attentive listeners. That versatility makes the show feel like a guided tour through the everyday absurd, one where the guide keeps changing vehicles just when you think you’ve figured out the route.

On our stage, The Stan Benett World Tour... Mais juste en France takes full advantage of the closeness between performer and audience. Stan’s timing is tight, his crowd work warm rather than confrontational, and the pace dynamic without feeling hurried. He doesn’t just reference cities; he captures their moods—how a Lyon morning feels different from a Marseille evening, why a Lille drizzle triggers a specific kind of small talk, what a Bordeaux weekend does to your ambitions for Monday. That lived-in detail invites the room to compare notes out loud, which is where the magic happens: punchlines blossom into shared memories, and the “world tour” becomes a collective travelogue written on the spot. Our team tunes the lighting and sound to highlight that conversational rhythm, letting Stan shift from confessional intimacy to big-room burst and back again. Come ready to recognize yourself in the stories, to lean into the running jokes that accumulate throughout the hour, and to discover how a “world tour” limited to one country can feel, in the right hands and the right theater, boundless.