Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Le Boui-Boui welcomes Yvain dans Pas Courageux

At Le Boui-Boui, we champion the kind of comedy that feels close, human, and electric, and that is precisely why we are thrilled to host Yvain dans Pas Courageux. Our intimate Lyon room has always been a springboard for sharp new voices and finely crafted hours, and Yvain’s latest creation aligns beautifully with our stage ethos: fast on its feet, generous with the audience, and unafraid to turn everyday awkwardness into big, memorable laughs. In our black-box setting—where every breath, glance, and silence counts—Pas Courageux reveals itself as a living conversation with the crowd, a show that thrives on proximity. From the first beat, Yvain navigates the tightrope between vulnerability and bravado, letting small confessions and bold punchlines land with the precision that our space is built to amplify.

What makes this moment exciting for us as a venue is the sense that Yvain is speaking to the comedy of now. Today’s audiences binge contemporary formats and reference points—think Un Bon Moment, Drôles de Chroniques, Montreux Comedy, Paname Stand Up, FloodCast, and 301 Vues—where pace, authenticity, and sharp turns of phrase define the experience. Without chasing trends, Pas Courageux taps into that same immediacy: a performer who walks on with the candid energy you recognize from a tight podcast take or a clever short-form bit, then raises the stakes by testing, stretching, and polishing the material right before your eyes. We see it night after night at Le Boui-Boui: Yvain’s timing slides effortlessly from quick-fire observation to a slow-burn story, and the room leans in. The result is an hour that feels both meticulously structured and alive to the unexpected, built for laughter that rolls, rebounds, and becomes communal.

Inside the live experience of Pas Courageux at Le Boui-Boui

Pas Courageux dives headlong into the tiny fears that dictate our days—messages left unsent, doors opened too cautiously, invitations accepted with a smile and a knot in the stomach—and flips them into pointed, playful comedy. On our stage, Yvain allows the small absurdities to bloom into set pieces: office politics reframed as epic quests; group chats treated like high-stakes diplomacy; and the perilously funny business of being honest with oneself. Because Le Boui-Boui is designed for intimacy, every beat of this show lands with clarity. You’ll catch the micro-expressions, the purposeful pauses, the conspiratorial asides. Yvain makes generous use of silence as a punchline tool, a craft our room highlights: a breath held, a glance to a latecomer, a perfectly timed word that detonates the laugh. It’s modern stand-up with a storyteller’s backbone, warm and mischievous, relatable and slightly dangerous—because telling the truth about small cowardices often reveals the courage it takes to laugh at them.

From our vantage point in the wings, the craft is undeniable. The transitions are crisp without feeling mechanical; callbacks arrive with the delight of recognition; and audience energy is woven into the flow with the care of an experienced live performer. This is the kind of set where a single nod from the front row can change the rhythm of a riff, and Yvain rides that wave with confidence. For spectators who keep up with the latest comedy currents—be it the quick-hit bite of Drôles de Chroniques, the conversational openness of Un Bon Moment, or the festival polish you catch on Montreux Comedy—Pas Courageux scratches the same itch while delivering the irreplaceable thrill of being there. Le Boui-Boui brings the technical finesse—clean sound, focused lights, and an intimate seating plan—to let the material ring true. We love seeing an audience discover that the bravery of a show like this is not about big gestures, but about admitting the tiny ways we hesitate, then laughing together as we push past them.