Daniel Morin - En Rodage ( Tournée )

Espace Gerson welcomes Daniel Morin en rodage

At Espace Gerson, we relish the thrill of hosting shows at the moment they are still warm from the writer’s room, and Daniel Morin en rodage promises precisely that electric immediacy. From our vantage point in Lyon’s intimate comedy stronghold, we’re preparing the stage for a performer whose wit has been sharpened on-air and onstage, and who thrives on the risky, exhilarating edge of material in progress. In a rodage, nothing is set in stone: punchlines evolve, detours appear, and the audience becomes a crucial partner in the final cut of a comedian’s next definitive hour. It’s a process our room is built for—close, generous, and reactive—where Morin’s sardonic tenderness, his sideways looks at current events, and his sly, mischievous energy can be tested, trusted, and fine-tuned. Expect topical riffs, unexpected callbacks, and the quick reflexes of a seasoned humorist who knows how to let a silence breathe or pounce on a moment of collective recognition. Here, the craft is visible, and that is part of the charm: you witness the show being born.

A timely visit amid a busy season

This stop at Espace Gerson arrives as Daniel Morin continues to feed audiences with his trademark radio bite, notably through La drôle d’humeur de Daniel Morin, the recurring segment that has made listeners on France Inter anticipate his daily ambush of irony. Regulars also know his voice from La Bande Originale, where his barbed, theatrical monologues bend pop culture, politics, and everyday absurdity into nimble pieces of comic theater. These recent appearances remind us why a rodage in Lyon matters: after so many sketches forged in the pressure cooker of live broadcast timing, Morin brings to the stage a new bouquet of ideas hungry for contact with a room. The tournée around en rodage is not a mere victory lap—it is a workshop in real time, built on topical instincts, a taste for playful provocation, and a willingness to abandon a sure thing if a fresher, stranger laugh presents itself. We’re proud to host this moment when habits are challenged, angles are switched, and the artist refuels in front of a living, breathing public.

Our audience at Espace Gerson often tells us they come for the singular intimacy of a place where performers can fail gracefully and succeed spectacularly, sometimes in the span of the same sentence. Daniel Morin fits that spirit. He has the nimbleness of a broadcaster who knows how to compress a world into two minutes, but he also has the patience to let a premise take root over a long set, twisting it until the grin turns into a laugh and the laugh into a cheer. During en rodage, you may hear embryonic versions of ideas refined during La drôle d’humeur de Daniel Morin, or watch him riff on a headline that popped the very morning of the show; you may catch him reworking a line three ways just to see which color the Lyon crowd prefers. That’s the privilege of this tournée: each night is a prototype, and our stage is the lab bench. In the cozy acoustics of Espace Gerson, every aside is audible, every eyebrow raises the room by a degree, and the convivial Lyonnais complicity—half conspiratorial, half demanding—becomes the secret ingredient that pushes a good bit toward the keeper pile for the definitive version of the show to come.