Yves Cusset - No Stand Up for Old Men

Creator of a genre of which he is one of the sole representatives, philosophical humour, Yves Cusset presents his new little gem of joyful thought! “He who has not done his stand-up before 50 has missed his life,” Alphonse de Lamartine magnificently said.

Echoing this beautiful idea, this show tells the story of a heterosexual European white male over 50, all predispositions to social success and overwhelming domination over the vast majority of his peers, who nevertheless manages to masterfully fail at everything he undertakes, with an unparalleled art of completely missing his era.

Yet, one cannot say that he doesn't do everything to fit in: he actively practices youthfulness, cultivates unlimited narcissism, takes part in the movement, reads IPCC reports, joins a swingers' woke club, and even organises feel-good philosophy evenings in sordid backrooms of a small provincial town… “Yves Cusset makes humour an act of thought” Jean Birnbaum, Le Monde And to feel less alone, Yves Cusset relied on the informed and demanding external perspectives of Sarah Gabillon and Emmanuel Lortet