Panayotis Pascot - Entre Les Deux - Tournée

Welcoming Panayotis Pascot with Entre les deux in Lyon

We are delighted to open our Lyon stage to Panayotis Pascot as part of his Entre les deux tournée, a much-anticipated date that unites our audience around a voice that is both incisive and deeply human. As a venue, we have watched his trajectory with admiration—from his early notoriety on Le Petit Journal and later on Quotidien, where his timing and light-footed irony first caught the public eye, to the intimate, narrative-driven stand-up that now defines his craft. In recent seasons, his Netflix special Presque expanded his reach beyond France, introducing international viewers to a performer who handles vulnerability with the same assurance as he does punchlines. With this new show, he brings that refined blend of storytelling and observational humor to Lyon, inviting us into a space where laughter carries a palpable emotional charge. We have prepared our hall to honor that balance: unobtrusive staging, attentive sound design, and a focus on the performer’s voice, so that every pause and every inflection lands as it should.

Entre les deux is an evening of proximity and precision, shaped for spectators who relish the feeling of witnessing an artist think and feel in real time. Pascot’s writing embraces the contradictions of a generation that lives online and off, in public and in private, and he navigates these thresholds with a sense of play that keeps the room alive. Without ever slipping into cynicism, he moves from self-deprecation to tenderness, from family memories and friendship rites to the awkward negotiations of love and identity. Our team has seen how he modulates rhythm—letting a silence breathe, letting a laugh crest—to produce that soft shock particular to stand-up that tells the truth. Recent appearances on programs like Quotidien and Clique have shown how fluently he discusses craft and honesty; in this show, that conversational ease becomes dramaturgy. He engages the front rows without breaking the spell for those seated farther back, and he uses minimal props so that attention stays locked on language, posture, and gaze—the tools that, in a large room, turn a monologue into a shared experience.

On our Lyon stage: what the audience can expect

Presenting Entre les deux in Lyon allows us to underscore what Pascot now does so well: shaping a night that is both generous and exact, with an arc that lets spectators feel they have traveled somewhere together. The show’s architecture is lucid—distinct chapters that blur into one flow—giving room to crisp set-pieces and longer narrative threads. We have tuned the acoustics to support the intimate dynamics he favors, so even the quietest confessions are audible and the laughter doesn’t swamp the afterthought that follows. In the months leading up to this date, Pascot has kept his artistic momentum visible, nurturing the material onstage while continuing conversations across media that first introduced him to many of you. If Presque revealed his appetite for depth and tenderness, Entre les deux sharpens his appetite for form: callbacks knit the evening together, perspectives invert mid-sentence, and small autobiographical details accumulate into a portrait that feels contemporary and singular. For our audience here in Lyon, that means a performance that rewards attention, invites recognition, and—most importantly—makes room for the kind of laughter that leaves you walking out lighter, carrying a new way of seeing the day-to-day.