Allies and more if we get along: Valentin Lacouture's one-man show at the Le Bout theater.

And if becoming an ally was more than a posture? With Allié.e.s et plus si affinités, Valentin Lacouture invites you into an intimate one-man show where he turns his experiences—first crushes, assaults, friendships, disillusionments—into a liberating act of speech. Trained at Cours Florent, this 25-year-old actor questions, with humor and vulnerability, our certainties about love, sexuality, social norms, and the space each person can choose to occupy. Coming to Théâtre Le Bout, from December 19, 2025 to May 1, 2026.

Staged by Iléana Sozonoff and Simon Barat Chemouny, two collaborators also from Florent, this production breaks with the genre’s conventions: it blends slam, cabaret, pop, and high-heeled dancing, but above all it carries a fierce determination to question norms—without blame or imposition.

A mirror for those seeking to understand

If you’ve ever felt uneasy at a joke that’s “not that serious,” if you’ve wondered how to go beyond simply saying open-minded, if you’ve felt words fail you when talking about these topics… This show is for you. And if you think this isn’t your fight, it could well be the moment to widen your view.

Alliés et plus si affinités is not aimed at those who expect a linear, purely entertaining show. Here you’ll be laughing heartily one minute, and the next you’ll be silenced by what you hear. The tone can be jarring, the language sometimes blunt, the truths uncomfortable. But it’s precisely this mix of registers, this deliberate imbalance, that gives the performance its power.

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A liberated voice, in the service of a collective quest

Valentin Lacouture isn’t trying to deliver a manifesto, but to hold up a mirror, to tell a story so that each person can see a fragment of themselves in it. It isn’t a speech; it’s a confession. Think of those late-night, open-hearted conversations where the masks come off, labels fade away, and what’s left are human beings in search of connection.

The artist deftly blends poetry, stand-up, and musical theatre to make universal themes resonate: gender, sexuality, friendship, invisible violence, self-acceptance. His approach is direct, but never judgmental. This isn’t about pointing fingers at others, but about asking: how can we move forward together, in nuance, in solidarity, and in awareness?

A production that brings people together without homogenizing them

Led by an engaged artistic team — including Stéphane Corbin, founder of the collective Les Funambules, which accompanies the project as it matures — this production offers a youthful, courageous voice that dares to address silences and pain with lucidity and tenderness.

Allies and more if the affinity’s there at the Theatre Le Bout, it’s an invitation to meet differently. To move beyond reflexes, habits, and unspoken signals. To crack open the ordinary and let a plural perspective in. An experience that prompts questions, unsettles, makes you laugh and think, to be lived alone, as a couple, among friends, or with family, once you’re ready to listen.

And what if this solo show is just the first step on the road to taking action? And as you walk out of the theater, you ask yourself: "And me, what should I do now?"

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