Laurent Gerra - « Se Met à Table ! » - Tournée

Laurent Gerra se met à table in Lyon

From our vantage point as a host venue in Lyon, welcoming Laurent Gerra with Laurent Gerra se met à table is a moment we relish for its mix of precision, spontaneity, and pure theatrical electricity. Our team prepares the stage to honor a master of timing: the kind of crisp sound and intimate visual focus that allow the slightest eyebrow lift or vocal inflection to land with maximum comic effect. Lyon audiences are famously attentive and demanding, and that suits this artist perfectly. When a performer like Gerra plays with the room’s energy—offering quick-fire portraits, musical detours, and sudden confidences—the architecture of the evening changes minute by minute. We design the experience so that his satirical detonations and softer, more confessional murmurs carry equally well, keeping the crowd close to him, as though seated around a shared table where secrets, imitations, and punchlines are served course after course.

The artist’s current momentum

Artistically, the moment is ripe. The new tournée is both a celebration and a refresh, showing how Gerra continues to renew his register while staying true to the razor-edged mimicry that made his name. In recent seasons he has kept his satire in the public eye with appearances on programs such as Vivement dimanche, C à vous, Le Grand Studio RTL, and Les Enfants de la télé, sharpening material that now blooms fully on stage. Fans who followed him through Sans modération will recognize the same appetite for live risk-taking, but the writing in Laurent Gerra se met à table leans into a more playful intimacy: confidences traded with the audience, sketches that simmer before they boil, and musical nods that reveal his affection for the icons he teases. Our programming team values that duality—acerbic yet affectionate—because it meets Lyon’s taste for sharp writing without sacrificing warmth. The production we receive is lean, musical, and intensely responsive to the room, primed for a city that likes its humor clever, contemporary, and close-up.

On our stage, Laurent Gerra se met à table unfolds like a live conversation that occasionally erupts into a cabaret of voices. Expect his gallery of public figures—political heavyweights, media anchors, and beloved chanson stars—to arrive unannounced, collide, and spark fresh commentary on the day’s headlines. The pace is brisk but never hurried; pauses are cultivated so a sly aside can ripple across the seats before the next salvo lands. We set the lighting to accent the “around-the-table” spirit the title implies: a space where confessions, grumbles, and outrageous tall tales feel natural. There is musical agility in the show too—those who love his crooner’s instinct will savor the way a melody slides into a punchline and back again, and how the band’s punctual stings and interludes frame each vignette. Because our Lyon audience enjoys feeling part of the mischief, we emphasize the proximity that lets Gerra pick up the room’s smallest reactions and spin them into the night’s running gags. He will likely revisit a few cherished set pieces, but the thrill here is the living, improvising edge of a performer at full confidence—one who knows how to turn a packed house into accomplices.