Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Yvain brings pas courageux to Le Boui-Boui

At Le Boui-Boui, we love when a comic steps onto our intimate stage with a point of view that feels both personal and immediately shareable with the room. That is exactly what we’re welcoming with Yvain and his new hour, pas courageux. In our snug, brick-lined space, the laughter bounces quickly, and Yvain’s style thrives on that proximity: stories that lean in, sharp turns that catch you off-guard, and the kind of relaxed crowd rapport that makes every performance feel handcrafted for the audience in front of him. If you keep up with the contemporary French comedy wave through shows such as Le Paname Comedy Club, Montreux Comedy Festival, La Drôle de Chronique, Quotidien, or Clique, you’ll recognize a taste for candid, autobiographical humor that Yvain channels with his own self-deprecating rhythm. From our vantage point backstage, we can feel how he builds a set: themes arrive as gentle confessions, then bloom into precise punchlines—perfect for a club like ours where nuance is audible, reactions are immediate, and the warmth of the room encourages a performer to take risks while staying nimble and playful.

A timely hour shaped for our stage

Artistically, Yvain arrives at Le Boui-Boui with momentum. pas courageux is a fresh hour that has clearly been sharpened through club work and short-form clips that capture his candid voice—those quick, conversational bits that comedy fans increasingly sample on Instagram Reels or TikTok before booking a ticket for the full experience. We’ve seen him lean into moments of crowd interaction without depending on them, a sign of a comic who trusts his material but enjoys the improvisational spark that a close room can give. For audiences who discovered rising stand-ups via recent showcases such as Le Paname Comedy Club or festival highlights from Montreux Comedy Festival, our night with Yvain continues that appetite for authentic, contemporarily paced storytelling. In the weeks surrounding this date, he’s been refining new tags and callbacks, and that living, work-in-progress energy is the kind of artistic news we love to host: a comedian actively forging his voice before your eyes. The result at Le Boui-Boui is a set that feels agile, current, and intimately tuned to the rhythm of a Lyon crowd.

pas courageux belongs in a room like ours because its subject—a playful examination of everyday bravery—invites the audience into the joke. Yvain dissects the tiny, ridiculous tests of courage that fill modern life: opening an ominous letter from administration without Googling it first, answering a call from an unknown number, navigating group chats where silence can feel louder than speech, or negotiating apartment repairs with a landlord who suddenly “doesn’t receive emails.” He threads in relational beats—first dates scheduled by app, last-minute cancellations, the brave act of saying “no”—and balances them with flashes of social satire, all delivered with a sly smile and a tempo that keeps the room leaning forward. In our configuration at Le Boui-Boui, you’ll catch the micro-expressions that sell a punchline and the quick hand gestures that shade a story; it’s a masterclass in small-space comedy where the smallest detail carries comic weight. Expect roughly an hour of tight, evolving material, the sense that anything might happen, and the unmistakable feeling of having shared something unique with a performer who values presence, listening, and the fragile heroism hidden in the everyday.