Tom Baldetti - Tome 1 - Tournée

Tom Baldetti presents Tome 1 — Tournée arrives in Lyon

We are proud to welcome Tom Baldetti with Tome 1 as part of his Tournée at Bourse du Travail Lyon, a much-anticipated date that puts his sharp, conversational comedy in front of a city that loves quick wit and big-hearted storytelling. From our vantage point backstage, what stands out about this set is its balance: brisk, punchy openings that establish complicity with the room, followed by longer stories that stretch into finely observed portraits of family, friendship, work, and the bizarre cadence of everyday digital life. Tom’s onstage presence favors nimble pivots—one moment a slice-of-life confession, the next a high-energy reenactment—so the audience is always slightly ahead with anticipation yet happily surprised by how he resolves each idea. Without giving away the best turns, expect playful riffs on cultural habits and the live pulse of current media; he loves to wink at the social whirl surrounding shows like Quotidien, Koh-Lanta, Top Chef, or LOL: Qui rit, sort!, weaving them into his own mosaic of modern anxieties and small triumphs. The promise of Tome 1 is right there in the title: an opening volume, a foundation, the first chapter of a body of work that he is actively writing in front of you. Our stage amplifies that sense of immediacy; you’ll hear the pauses, feel the rhythm of the punchlines, and catch the micro-expressions that carry his humor beyond the words themselves.

Current momentum and what the Lyon audience will experience

Right now, Tom Baldetti is in a fertile period of creation, and Tournée captures that momentum in motion. As dates roll across the country, you can sense how the set breathes—tiny upgrades in phrasing here, new transitions there—shaped by the feedback loop that only a live crowd can provide. The comedian’s timing has grown ever more elastic, giving room for the audience’s laughter to steer the next beat, and Tome 1 benefits from that elasticity: it explores origin moments and first times, the way we rewrite our past in order to survive the present, and the comedy that surfaces when small decisions produce wildly disproportionate outcomes. Much of the material feels cut to the tempo of how people actually live and talk now, which is why offhand remarks land with the snap of truth. If you enjoy cultural callbacks, he drops just enough to delight—nods to Quotidien’s nightly race, culinary duel fever via Top Chef, or the endurance-hero rituals that make Koh-Lanta such a national habit—without ever leaning on references as a crutch. Instead, the references serve his characters: the friend who is always one episode ahead, the colleague who quotes a punchline out of context, the relative who interprets every trend as a personal challenge. That modernity is part of his artistic news as well: you’ll notice how Tome 1 reads like a living notebook, an evolving first book that he is determined to make as generous as it is precise. For us, hosting that shaping process in Lyon is a joy, because the room becomes his co-writer—your laughs, your gasps, your quiet moments give contour to the chapters he is drafting onstage.

For the Lyon stop in particular, Tom Baldetti leans into local energy with a performer’s ear for accents, habits, and the little rituals that distinguish a city’s pace. You can expect an evening built on intimacy rather than distance: he plays to the first rows without ignoring the last, asks the right questions at the right time, and keeps his crowd work respectful, crisp, and generous. The show’s architecture moves from quick-hit bits to longer arcs that return later in the night, so there’s a rewarding sense of déjà vu as threads resurface. That structural care gives the finale a satisfying click—you recognize where you have been, and why you were brought there. In practical terms, Tome 1 runs with the momentum of a headline set and the spontaneity of a workshop, meaning that no two performances feel identical; surprises are part of the deal. If you are the type of spectator who follows contemporary talk and variety culture, you will enjoy how he tilts familiar formats on their side—yes, there may be a playful jab at the viral stakes of LOL: Qui rit, sort! or the way reality competitions turn into group chats for the entire country—but even those moments fold back into personal stories that belong only to this tour, only to this night. That is the thrill of seeing Tome 1 here in Lyon: a first volume you witness in the writing, performed with the pace, warmth, and clarity that our stage was built to unleash.