Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Le Boui-Boui welcomes Yvain dans Pas Courageux

At Le Boui-Boui, we cherish those nights when comedy feels close enough to touch, and Yvain brings exactly that with Pas Courageux. In our intimate Lyon room, where the sightlines are tight and the laughs rebound off the walls, his quicksilver timing and warm, conspiratorial presence land with the kind of immediacy we love to program. Pas Courageux pivots on all the tiny fears and second guesses that define modern life—ordering the wrong thing, saying the wrong line, bailing at the last minute—yet Yvain treats each micro-panic with a playful lightness that invites collective recognition rather than judgment. From the moment he steps under our lights, he builds a shared universe with the crowd, layering callbacks and off-the-cuff tags that feel tailor-made for the room. The result is a show that thrives on proximity: you catch the flicker of a grin, the shrugged admission of defeat, the sudden burst of bravado, and you feel it ripple through the rows like a secret everyone is delighted to be in on.

Artist spotlight and fresh material at Le Boui-Boui

Programming Yvain right now means putting a spotlight on a comic in full creative motion. Night after night, we’ve watched him sharpen punchlines and slip in fresh detours, the kind of live adjustments that keep our audiences buzzing after the show. To help guests follow the ride, we’ve even taken to nicknaming some of the recurring bits you’ll hear in Pas Courageux—little signposts for the laughs ahead. Expect the jittery observational sprint of “Le Métro trop plein,” the sleepless confessions of “Notification de 3h du matin,” and the social tightrope of “Le groupe WhatsApp de la famille.” Fans of his anxious heroics will also recognize the spiraling logic of “Rendez-vous chez le dentiste,” the domestic détente of “Le Voisin bruyant,” and the deadpan saga “Le Colis jamais livré.” These titles aren’t official labels so much as winks we share with regulars; they capture the textures of Yvain’s current set as he fine-tunes a voice that’s elastic enough to riff, thoughtful enough to linger, and joyous enough to keep the room erupting. For us as a venue, it’s a thrill to host a comic whose new ideas feel stage-born and Lyon-tested.

Pas Courageux at Le Boui-Boui unfolds like a candid diary written in punchlines: bursts of bravado, abrupt retreats, then triumphant returns to the scene of the crime. Yvain’s writing embraces the rhythms of ordinary life—errands, transport, family threads, workplace etiquette—then destabilizes them with sly reversals that our crowd can’t help but recognize. He teases out the rituals of Lyon with a local’s affectionate precision, tossing quick nods to the peculiar choreography of crosswalks on the Presqu’île, the last-minute sprint for the final metro, or the quiet pride of choosing a bouchon for out-of-town friends. Our tech team keeps the sound crisp and the lighting nimble so he can switch from storytelling to character beats without losing the pulse; when the laughter swells, he leans in, layering callbacks that make the room feel like a single conspirator. The show’s pacing, a hallmark of his current work, is calibrated for our stage: nimble enough to invite improvisation, sturdy enough to carry the big set pieces. Come ready to hear your own everyday hesitations played back to you with a generous wink—Pas Courageux thrives on that meeting point where personal nerves turn into collective joy, and nowhere does that alchemy feel more alive than here at Le Boui-Boui.