Daniel Morin - En Rodage ( Tournée )

Espace Gerson welcomes Daniel Morin — en rodage

At Espace Gerson, we relish the nights when our intimate stage becomes a true laboratory, and few artists embody that spirit better than Daniel Morin. For this stop of his Tournée, he arrives en rodage, inviting Lyon’s sharp-eared audiences to join him at the exact moment when new ideas are being forged. From our vantage point—mere meters from the performer, in the heart of Vieux Lyon—we’ve seen how the electricity of a room can shape a comedian’s next chapter. Morin’s hallmark blend of acerbic wit, cultural satire, and unflinching self-mockery thrives in a setting like ours: close, immediate, and responsive. Expect the spontaneous confessions that erupt when a joke lands differently than expected; the sly detours that only a seasoned writer-performer can take; and the thrill of witnessing material that will eventually travel far beyond our walls, but is first honed right here, breath by breath, laugh by laugh.

Inside the creative laboratory of en rodage

Morin’s artistic present is inseparable from his on-air life, and in recent seasons his barbed, meticulously crafted punchlines have echoed across France Inter—whether in La Bande Originale or his incisive slot Le billet de Daniel Morin. Those appearances keep his antennae tuned to the week’s headlines, and our room is where those antennae turn into flesh-and-blood comedy. The en rodage format ignites his instinct for risk: he arrives with frameworks and fresh premises, but what elevates the night is the dynamic he builds with our Lyon audience. In the first minutes, you will feel him test cadence and temperature; he will expand a tangent that provokes a gasp, cut a setup that needs tightening, and seize on an offhand remark from the front row to spin an unexpected callback twenty minutes later. As programmers, we recognize the discipline beneath that agility—the way he threads personal irritation into broader observations on media rituals, political theater, and the everyday absurdities that deserve better than a throwaway punchline. Our lighting and sound team keep a deliberately lean aesthetic for this date: no frills, no hiding places, just a microphone and a performer who knows how to make every second count.

Espace Gerson has always championed comedians who thrive on proximity, and Daniel Morin’s en rodage belongs to that lineage. Here, the room’s contours are part of the dramaturgy: the hush that falls before a risky premise, the quick burst of laughter from the balcony that nudges a bit into new territory, the post-joke silence that dares him to go further. If you know him from radio, you’ll recognize the precision of his word choices; if you are meeting him for the first time on our stage, you’ll discover how those broadcast instincts translate into a live tempo that never stops listening. The Tournée brings him to us at a pivotal moment—between first drafts and final cuts—when his compass is guided by immediacy and honest response. We are proud to offer the conditions that such craft deserves: a focused room, a warm Lyon welcome, and the collective curiosity to see where an idea can go when it’s given the freedom to breathe. This is comedy as process, performance as dialogue, and a rare chance to watch an artist draw the map in real time.