Laurent Barat discovers life as a couple and presents a new show "about love after 40" in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var.

Leaving his 10m² Parisian studio apartment to move in with his girlfriend. Celebrating monthly birthdays. Meeting his parents, introducing her to his own. Taking up reading, DIY, balanced cooking, running... Celebrating one year of being together. Laurent Barat is discovering all the trivialities of life that you experience at 20 at 45!

45 years old to be in a relationship

Because it took all this time for the comedian from Cannes-la-Bocca, who delights listeners of Rires et chansons in Bruno Roblès' morning show at 7:10 and 9:10, to no longer be, as he himself calls it, an "adulescent"! In his brand new show, which he premiered in Nice last March at the Pallia-Aide charity evening, he tells us about his life and ours, while allowing himself some delicious imitations, starting with that of Jean Lassalle.

From Abbé Pierre to sleep apnea

Everything is there, from "Abbé Pierre, who spent his whole life fighting the cold when he was hot..." to his sleep apnea incompatible with a life as a couple, hence his self-censorship and prolonged celibacy he reveals, to the WhatsApp groups as time-consuming as they are inept and from which one cannot extricate oneself, let alone leave them, for fear of upsetting the members! But how did this new project come about? " After having done a lot of radio with Anne Roumanoff, having devoted myself to the show Écran total , I had the desire to write a new show about love after 40, which I am discovering," he told us during his visit to Nice . And he adds : "Lots of new topics that I'd never explored before, related to life as a couple. This theme also came about because the world is in such a bad way at the moment that, when we think about a possible subject for a show, we have to talk about the thing that the world lacks the most at the moment: kindness and love."

Feminism and AI

Between artificial intelligence, politics, feminism and addiction to screens and social networks, Laurent Barat (who will co-organize the Drôle de Lubéron festival in Oppède with Sébastien Roch on July 17 and 18, with Anne Roumanoff as patron and headliner of this 2nd edition) makes us laugh, smile and move us, too.

Because he approaches all these thorny subjects with a look that is as sharp, corrosive, as it is imbued with self-mockery. With this common thread: 45 years is the end of one war and the beginning of another… That of time passing! A jubilant moment that makes us forget, precisely for the duration of a show, this frantic race.

Friday, May 23, at 8:30 p.m. at Le Colbert in Toulon. From 24 to 27 euros.

Friday, June 13, at 8:30 p.m., Rire Festival in Mougins, Restanques garden.

Saturday, July 19, Cap sous les étoiles in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (opening act for Anne Roumanoff). 47.50 euros.

Wednesday, October 8, at 8:30 p.m., Fort Carré in Antibes. From €17.50 to €22.