Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Pas Courageux at Le Boui-Boui

At Le Boui-Boui, we love welcoming comics who thrive on intimate, high-contact rooms, and that is exactly why we are thrilled to host Yvain in Pas Courageux. Our cozy Lyon stage was built for this kind of fast, nimble, audience-aware stand-up: the kind where a raised eyebrow, a half-whisper, or a thrown-away aside can detonate a laugh just as reliably as a punchline. In Pas Courageux, Yvain leans into everyday anxieties—those tiny, recognizable moments of hesitation that make the world both ridiculous and strangely tender. He toys with the distance between what we think bravery should look like and what it actually feels like at 7:30 a.m. in a crowded tram. Expect storytelling that switches gears on a dime: tight observational jabs, elastic physicality, and riffing that keeps the room on the edge of its seat. Our technical team fine-tunes lights and sound to keep the performance clean and conversational, giving Yvain the clarity he needs to build momentum, reverse it, and then twist it into laughter. It’s the kind of hour that feeds on the energy of a room like Le Boui-Boui—close, warm, focused—and pays it back with timing so precise you can feel the silence working for the joke as much as the applause.

Yvain’s current pulse: new bits, new angles

In Pas Courageux, Yvain arrives with fresh material shaped by months of testing and tightening, and the results have that rare mix of candor and craft. The set’s architecture is deliberately elastic: he moves from crisp monologues into mini-sketches, then ramps back into stand-up without ever breaking the thread. You will hear compact pieces he’s been honing—Héros du Canapé, Mode Avion Social, Réunions qui font peur, Courage en Kit—stitched into stories that escalate from minor inconvenience to full-blown, cinematic panic. The rhythm will feel familiar to fans of contemporary francophone comedy: agile, story-first, and socially observant, the kind of live energy often discussed on talk-and-culture shows like Quotidien and Clique or celebrated in festival galas such as Montreux Comedy. But on our stage at Le Boui-Boui, the material breathes differently: Yvain can pause to chase a crowd reaction, bend a premise toward an unexpected angle, or stretch a silence just long enough to make the pay-off sting. That is where his current artistic moment shines—he’s refining tone and tension, trusting the room’s instincts, and using the closeness of our audience to play with pace, volume, and eye contact. Pas Courageux isn’t just a theme; it’s the engine that drives the writing, revealing how small fears get funny when they are finally said out loud.

Le Boui-Boui is designed for nights exactly like this—focused, convivial, and a little bit electric. From the first row to the back wall, you are never more than a few meters from the performer, so every glance and throwaway line lands with full force. Our team keeps turnovers swift, seating personal, and the atmosphere relaxed; come a bit early to settle in, grab a drink, and let the room’s hum build before the lights dip. Yvain feeds off that buzz, and Pas Courageux grows funnier as the crowd finds its rhythm with him—especially when he riffs with the front row or pivots to a left-field tag because someone laughed at the “wrong” place. We keep the sound crisp and the sightlines clean so you don’t miss a beat, right down to the micro-gestures that sell the joke. If you’re looking to experience a contemporary stand-up hour at its most alive—close-up, conversational, and built in the moment—this is the night to circle. Le Boui-Boui is proud to give Yvain the kind of stage where Pas Courageux can unfold at full intensity, in real time, with you in the middle of it.