Yvain Dans Pas Courageux - Le Boui-boui, Lyon

Le Boui-Boui welcomes Yvain with Pas Courageux

From our intimate stage at Le Boui-Boui in Lyon, we’re delighted to host Yvain and his new one-man show, Pas Courageux. In a room designed for proximity and connection, his blend of vulnerability and quick-fire wit lands with a warmth you can feel from the first row to the back wall. The premise is deliciously simple and endlessly rich: when everyday bravery is in short supply, how do we cope, cheat, and laugh our way through it? Yvain turns hesitation into a comic engine, transforming small anxieties into unpredictable detours and sharply observed punch lines. The space here matters; with our low stage and close audience, his timing breathes, his pauses become part of the joke, and the sudden bursts of physicality ripple through the room. Whether he’s confessing to the little panics we all hide or playfully interrogating the difference between actual danger and the stories our heads invent, Pas Courageux is ideally suited to the Le Boui-Boui experience—up close, responsive, and alive to the slightest change in rhythm, tone, or raised eyebrow.

Artistic momentum, right now, on our Lyon stage

We love welcoming artists at a moment of momentum, and Yvain arrives with material that feels current, personal, and finely tuned for a live audience. Pas Courageux moves between story-driven confessions and tight bursts of observational humor, anchored by callbacks that weave the hour into a cohesive whole. The show explores the tiny negotiations we make with ourselves to postpone boldness: the elaborate errands, the “research” rabbit holes, the overthinking spirals that look like strategy but feel like stalling. On our stage, Yvain uses dynamic pacing—leaning into silence, then snapping back with crisp, precise phrasing—to let the room find itself in the details. He slips into characters without fanfare: the officious voice that guards the rules, the carefree friend who seems immune to doubt, the inner narrator who always predicts catastrophe two beats too early. That chameleon quality is a perfect match for Le Boui-Boui, where every gesture reads and every shift in tone is amplified. Many comedy fans discover performers today through short online clips; Pas Courageux offers the satisfying, long-form payoff—those moments when a tiny premise grows into a cathartic story and the audience is with the comic all the way.

For those who follow the evolving French comedy scene, the energy that pulses through gatherings like Le Jamel Comedy Club, Montreux Comedy, and Marrakech du Rire is a helpful touchstone. At Le Boui-Boui, you’ll find that same immediacy distilled into an intimate encounter, with Yvain shaping the room in real time—guiding crowd energy, reframing shared experiences, and finding laughter in the places we’re least inclined to be brave. The craft on display in Pas Courageux balances storytelling with crisp punch lines: he’ll lay out a seemingly modest setup—an awkward exchange, a bureaucratic hurdle, a well-intentioned plan that goes sideways—and escalate it until small stakes feel enormous and hilariously familiar. We calibrate our lights and sound to support that kind of ride, from soft confessional tones to bigger theatrical beats, and the result is a show that keeps revealing new facets as it unfolds. If you gravitate toward the honesty of modern stand-up—equal parts playful and precise—you’ll relish watching Yvain test the limits of what “not courageous” can mean when a comic dares to turn it inside out, right here at Le Boui-Boui.