Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Yvain meets Le Boui-Boui: an intimate night of live comedy

At Le Boui-Boui, we cherish the kind of comedy that breathes, reacts, and grows in the moment, and that is precisely why hosting Yvain in Pas Courageux is such a perfect fit for our stage. Our room’s signature proximity—lights low, audience close, energy high—lets every murmur, mischief, and well-aimed punchline land with precision. From the first beat, Yvain’s conversational ease and crisp timing feel tailor-made for our space, inviting you into a shared confidence where everyday panic and private bravado are turned inside out. We love how he uses pauses and micro-reactions to pull the audience into the joke before it even breaks; it’s the kind of craft you only perceive in a room built for live stand-up. Expect nimble crowd work and finely tuned storytelling that leans into clumsy heroics, modern anxieties, and the small acts of fear we negotiate every day—exactly the strands that our audience at Le Boui-Boui has embraced season after season.

Pas Courageux, built for the room

Pas Courageux thrives on contrast: shaky confidence meets bold declarations, and the mundane suddenly looks epic at arm’s length. On our stage, Yvain strips down theatricality to let writing and presence do the lifting—no heavy set, no gimmicks, just clean beats and an agile relationship with the room. That minimalism lets you hear the architecture of the jokes: a raised eyebrow, a callback tucked three stories deep, the sudden left turn that re-threads the entire bit. We appreciate how the show layers quick observational darts with longer narrative arcs, then punctures its own bravado with a well-placed aside. The intimacy of Le Boui-Boui amplifies these dynamics; the closer you are, the more you catch the sly tags and low-voiced addenda that make Pas Courageux feel alive and singular to the night you attend. If you follow the current of French stand-up—from the competitive playfulness of LOL: Qui rit, sort! to the precision showcased at Montreux Comedy and the raw club electricity seen at Le Fridge Comedy Club or Jamel Comedy Club—you’ll recognize the contemporary cadence here: fast on its feet, emotionally nimble, yet anchored by clean, crafted writing.

What excites us most, artistically, is the momentum around Yvain right now. In recent months he has leaned into club-first development, sharpening new ideas in front of real audiences and letting the best versions rise through repetition—a process we champion at Le Boui-Boui. You can feel that workshop energy in Pas Courageux: the show is cohesive and sturdy, yet supple enough to respond to the night’s pulse, to a glance from the third row, to a laugh that lands differently and invites a fresh detour. That’s the DNA of a project with a long horizon. Audiences who enjoy contemporary formats—whether the game-face nerves of LOL: Qui rit, sort!, the festival polish associated with Montreux Comedy, or the off-the-cuff spontaneity familiar to Le Fridge Comedy Club—will find a natural bridge here, refracted through Yvain’s voice: self-deprecating without deflation, playful without losing bite. From our side of the lights, we prepare the room so those textures are audible: tight sound, warm focus, and a tempo that encourages honest laughter. Arrive ready for an hour where bravery and hesitation wrestle in real time, where the stakes feel as intimate as the room, and where Yvain’s Pas Courageux finds its truest color in close quarters at Le Boui-Boui.