Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Yvain in Pas Courageux at Le Boui-Boui

From our stage at Le Boui-Boui, we are delighted to welcome Yvain with his new one-man show, Pas Courageux, a creation that feels tailor-made for the intimacy and electricity of our room. Our audience comes to us for proximity—the kind of night where every raised eyebrow, whispered aside, and sudden burst of laughter ripples through the entire space—and Yvain thrives in exactly that environment. He builds a wry, self-deprecating persona around the tiny hesitations and everyday fears we all carry, then magnifies them with pinpoint timing and an agile physicality. The result is a cascade of relatable moments: the awkward pause before a phone call, the spiraling doubt at a supermarket checkout, the heroic standoff with a buzzing alarm clock. Pas Courageux finds its momentum in these small battles, and our lights, sound, and close-up seating let the audience track every beat of his storytelling.

What to expect on stage at Le Boui-Boui

At Le Boui-Boui, we value precision, and Yvain’s writing meets that standard with clean setups and punchlines that sneak up from unexpected angles. In Pas Courageux he pivots between conversational authenticity and sharp character work, often dropping into side roles—a stern teacher, a deadpan pharmacist, a friend offering catastrophically calm advice—to frame his own confessions. The show’s backbone is courage and its counterfeits, but the route is playful and fast, with crowd-aware asides that keep the room buzzing. During recent preview nights here, audiences have particularly roared at focused bits like “Courage en Kit,” “La Liste des Choses à Faire,” “Le Métro après 22h,” “Le Rendez-vous Médical,” and “Notification Panique,” where his timing, gestural comedy, and spiraling logic lock together. Expect nimble callbacks as he stitches earlier jokes into later payoffs, and watch how the minimal staging—a mic, a stool, a well-placed silence—becomes a playground for surprise. Our technicians keep the sound warm and the spotlight tight, so when Yvain leans into a whisper or explodes into a flurry of movement, you feel the shift instantly.

Artistically, this appearance marks a vibrant moment for Yvain, who is refining a fresh hour and building momentum with audiences hungry for smart, personal stand-up. We’ve seen strong word of mouth already at Le Boui-Boui, and Pas Courageux is shaping into the kind of experience that rewards both first-time visitors and seasoned comedy fans. The structure is confident without feeling rigid—there’s room for riffs, for unexpected audience moments, for a spontaneous hand-raise that launches a new detour—and that living quality suits our venue’s scale perfectly. In practical terms, we have tailored the timetable to give you an easy arrival and a relaxed start, and our staff on site is ready to guide you to seats that maximize your view of Yvain’s expressions and micro-reactions. If you follow contemporary francophone comedy, you’ll appreciate how this hour leans into clarity of idea and economy of words; if you’re new to the scene, you’ll discover a performer who makes the everyday absurd without losing its truth. We’re proud to host this run at Le Boui-Boui and to share a show that turns hesitation into laughter, second thoughts into punchlines, and the small tremors of modern life into one big, communal release.