Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Pas courageux at Le Boui-Boui: up-close comedy in Lyon

At Le Boui-Boui, we’re delighted to welcome Yvain with Pas courageux, a show tailor-made for our intimate Lyon room where every whisper, raised eyebrow, and well-timed silence finds its audience. From the first beats of the set, Yvain leans into the theme suggested by the title, turning everyday hesitations into a playful mirror of our own. Our stage is built for this kind of close-up precision: the low ceiling concentrates the laughter, the brick walls bounce back the punchlines, and the front row becomes an ally in the rhythm of his crowd work. Yvain’s writing is crisp, his timing laser-sharp, and he finds a surprising elegance in the small panics that punctuate modern life—whether it’s a buzzing phone, a delayed metro, or the awkward handshake that won’t commit. In Pas courageux at Le Boui-Boui, he tests, tweaks, and elevates new passages, letting the room’s energy shape the night so that no two performances feel the same.

Yvain, right now

What excites us most, as a venue that champions fresh voices, is the momentum Yvain brings into Pas courageux. He has spent recent months refining material in clubs and creative labs, and the result is a string of standout bits that already feel like signatures. Expect sharp new segments such as La File d’Attente Héroïque, a wonderfully escalating ode to the petty courage of queueing; Permis de Peur, which turns administrative dread into an operetta of forms and counters; Mode Avion Social, where he anatomizes the urge to disconnect; Bouton Panique, a joyful spiral into micro-emergencies; and Courage en Kit, a playful guide to assembling bravery with incomplete instructions. These sketches, born from the friction of daily routines, showcase a performer who writes with clarity and performs with a warm mischief that suits Le Boui-Boui’s close quarters. He invites the audience into the creative process—reacting to the room, weaving local references, and finding that sweet spot where a confession becomes a communal wink.

Our stage team loves what Pas courageux does to the space: it slows the room down just enough to notice the detail in Yvain’s craft, then accelerates into runs of laughter that feel almost musical. The show keeps circling back to a simple promise—if fear is universal, then so is the laugh that releases it—and builds that promise with elegant structure. Yvain moves deftly from nimble one-liners to longer storytelling threads, sprinkling callbacks that reward careful listeners. In Lyon, the atmosphere brings an extra flavor: nods to local cafés, commutes along the Saône, and those familiar bureaucratic expeditions that somehow always end with one missing document. From our vantage point at Le Boui-Boui, this is comedy designed for proximity: an hour that thrives on eye contact, quick pivots, and that electric pause just before a punchline lands. Whether you’re seated at the lip of the stage or tucked along the back wall, Pas courageux turns the room into a conspiratorial circle, and Yvain leads it with a grin that says: we’re all brave enough to laugh at what scares us.