Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

At Le Boui-Boui, a front-row dive into Pas Courageux

From our stage at Le Boui-Boui, we love comedy that takes risks in small, resonant ways—the kind that invites the room to lean in and laugh at what we all secretly recognize. That is exactly why we are welcoming Yvain with Pas Courageux. In our intimate setting, every beat of a story and every shift in tone matters; the performer is just a few steps from the first row, and that closeness turns confessions, missteps, and bursts of bravado into shared discoveries. Pas Courageux, with its playful promise of honesty about fear, procrastination, and everyday heroics that never quite happen, is the sort of hour that blooms in a space like ours. We program artists who turn the ordinary into something memorable—awkward phone calls, overthinking at 2 a.m., tiny social dilemmas that feel huge—and Yvain’s material thrives on those pressure points. Expect a show built on tight observational hooks, a storyteller’s patience, and a performer’s instinct to ride the wave of the room, where your reactions become part of the night’s rhythm.

Across France, a new generation of stand-up is making itself heard in clubs and small theaters, and Yvain is very much of that moment. Pas Courageux comes to us shaped by the workshop spirit—trying, trimming, and sharpening—until only the funniest angles remain. If you follow the current landscape of humorous formats and talk shows—Le Paname Comedy Club on Canal+, the candid long-form banter of Un bon moment, or the high-wire laugh-or-out energy of LOL: Qui rit, sort—you’ll recognize the modern mix of personal storytelling, quick reversals, and crowd rapport that powers this set. What distinguishes Yvain on our stage is the balance between vulnerability and precision: the way a throwaway aside blossoms into a callback fifteen minutes later, the way a small, specific detail about a friend’s text or a parent’s advice becomes a mirror for how we all justify doing the comfortable thing. In recent clips circulating online and short-form bits that audiences have been sharing, you can feel the appetite for this tone—part confessional, part playful autopsy of daily life—setting the table for a live experience that pushes those ideas further. As a venue, we’re attentive to dynamics and pacing, and Pas Courageux is engineered for them: deft transitions, finely tuned act-outs, and the kind of timing that hits hardest in a room where you can hear the inhale before a punch and the aftershock of a big laugh.

Your night with Yvain at Le Boui-Boui

When Yvain steps into our lights with Pas Courageux, the performance unfolds like a conversation you’re thrilled to be caught in. He builds scenes that feel lived-in—public-transport epics, the hazard of overpromising to friends, the split-second calculus of whether to speak up or slide by—and then collapses them with a perfectly chosen word. Our room rewards that precision. You’ll notice how he plays with silence, how he lets the audience’s reaction redirect the next tangent, how the set’s architecture carries you from small admissions to bigger questions about bravado, image, and the strange pride we take in not quite measuring up to our bravest selves. We curate nights to be immersive from the first laugh, and this one has the hallmarks of a standout: a clear narrative thread, elastic crowd work that never derails the story, and an ear for the kind of everyday language that lands with the whole room. For comedy fans who keep tabs on what’s new—whether you binge televised showcases like Le Paname Comedy Club, tune into Un bon moment on your commute, or compare notes after the latest season of LOL: Qui rit, sort—this show offers a live, up-close version of that energy, unfiltered and in the moment. Join us at Le Boui-Boui for a performance that lets imperfection be the engine of laughter, and watch how Pas Courageux transforms small hesitations into a full-bodied, room-shaking night.