Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Le Boui-Boui welcomes Yvain in Pas courageux

At Le Boui-Boui, we treasure the nights when a comedian takes our intimate stage and turns a roomful of strangers into a single, laughing crowd. That is precisely what Yvain brings with Pas courageux: a lean, personal, and irresistibly punchy hour that feels made for the close quarters and quick heartbeat of our Lyon hideaway. From our vantage point, you can feel the timing in his turns, the precision in his callbacks, and the way he uses silence as deftly as a punchline. Fans who follow contemporary stand-up showcases like Le Jamel Comedy Club, Montreux Comedy, or Le Fridge will recognize the brisk, story-driven rhythm he rides, but the angle is unmistakably his—observational yet confessional, playful yet self-aware. Our team designs these evenings to put you within arm’s length of the craft: you see the setup coalesce, the misdirection blossom, and the payoff ripple through the room. Pas courageux thrives in this closeness, encouraging glances, asides, and those electric moments when a single eyebrow raise detonates the biggest laugh of the night.

A close-up on momentum and material

From our curatorial seat at Le Boui-Boui, we pay attention to what an artist is building between shows, and Yvain’s current momentum is tangible. He’s working at a cadence that today’s comedy audience knows well—new chunks honed onstage, sharpened with short clips and bite-size crowd work that circulate quickly online—yet Pas courageux remains a cohesive, theatrical hour rather than a collage. The themes orbit the gap between how brave we pretend to be and how we actually behave: social bravado that wilts in a dark hallway, a heroic speech reheated into awkward small talk, the epic saga of answering a phone call from an unknown number. If you enjoy the candid, craft-forward conversations that ripple through shows and podcasts like Un Bon Moment, or the stand-up snapshots that make Rire & Chansons – L’Open du Rire a reliable barometer of who’s bubbling up, you’ll recognize the sensibility: jokes that land, yes, but also an artist thinking out loud, refining angles, and letting the audience see the gears. Our room is tuned for that process—clear sightlines, a fast laugh-return, and the shared hush that makes the smallest detail feel big. We hear it nightly: the way a perfectly timed “hmm” or a one-word tag can feel like a curtain drop when the crowd is this close.

What distinguishes Pas courageux here at Le Boui-Boui is the physical play that threads through the writing. Yvain’s posture and micro-gestures carry as much information as his words; you’ll notice a shrug that rewinds an entire story, a quick sidestep that becomes a recurring motif, and a conversational tone that invites us to nudge the narrative along with our own laughter. The show’s architecture is clean—no wasted beats—yet it leaves air for spontaneity, especially when the front row can’t resist chiming in. We love how he builds sequences around everyday dread: the elevator that stops between floors, the administrative email that begins with “Bonjour,” the performative courage of group chats that evaporates the moment the doorbell rings. In our space, these bits feel like whispered confessions that erupt into collective relief. It’s the magic of live comedy: a room becomes a mirror, and being “not quite brave” turns into a shared badge of honor. For us, hosting Yvain in Pas courageux means offering Lyon audiences a close-range encounter with a voice that’s urgent, generous, and in motion—an artist testing the tensile strength of a joke, listening to its resonance, and smiling when the room answers back all at once.