Lotfi Abdelli - Je Suis Bien Chez Vous

Espace Gerson welcomes Lotfi Abdelli and Je suis bien chez vous

At Espace Gerson in Lyon, we are thrilled to open our stage to Lotfi Abdelli for Je suis bien chez vous, a homecoming of sorts for an artist who thrives on proximity, spontaneity, and the electricity of a room that breathes with him. Our intimate setting is designed for exactly this kind of encounter: a comedian-actor-dancer whose timing is as precise as a metronome and whose improvisations play off every glance and murmur in the crowd. Audiences who have followed his trajectory from the small screen to sold-out theaters will recognize the fearless, topical edge that made Abdelli a household name across the Maghreb and beyond—particularly through the satirical television phenomenon Abdelli ShowTime and its Ramadan editions, which sharpened his taste for social observation and live, unscripted sparks. In Lyon, he brings fresh material shaped by his ongoing international tours and by the conversations he leads with his audiences, folding in cultural mismatches, daily absurdities, and the universal laughter that springs from feeling “at home” in someone else’s living room—our room, Espace Gerson, for one unmissable night.

What to expect on stage at Espace Gerson

Je suis bien chez vous distills the essence of Lotfi Abdelli’s craft: a stand-up engine powered by dancer’s movement, actor’s nuance, and a satirist’s instinct for the right provocation at the right instant. From the front row to the back, you will feel how he inhabits a space—switching from a pinpoint stillness to a full-bodied burst of physical comedy, then pivoting into a razor-dry aside that lands with hush and laughter. The themes resonate particularly well in our room: hospitality and boundaries; codes of politeness and what happens when we trip over them; family myths, migration, fame’s double edges, and the uniquely funny friction between languages. Abdelli’s code-switching between French and Arabic (with just enough mischievous English thrown in) becomes part of the punchline, a musicality that lets a line travel through three cultures before it boomerangs back to the punch. Expect improvisation that genuinely answers the moment—he reads the room, invites responses, and makes the audience a co-author. Espace Gerson’s close quarters amplify that sense of co-creation, rewarding listeners who come ready to play, to think, and yes, to be gently roasted.

Hosting Lotfi Abdelli also means welcoming an artist whose present is as compelling as his résumé. Known to cinephiles for his award-winning performance in Making Of, he continues to build bridges between screen and stage, bringing an actor’s depth to the snap and rhythm of stand-up. In recent seasons, he has sharpened his live voice with tours that followed the momentum of Just Abdelli 20 ans de scène, while his television footprint—anchored by Abdelli ShowTime and its special Ramadan iterations—has seeded a new generation of fans who first discovered him via viral monologues and then sought the undiluted energy of the theater. Je suis bien chez vous gathers these strands into a single, immediate experience: the truth-telling intimacy of a club set, the physical precision of a dancer, and the presence of a seasoned headliner who knows how to surprise a room. For us at Espace Gerson, that’s the perfect fit: a show that thrives in close-up, where every beat, gesture, and shared breath adds to the joke, the story, and the rare feeling that the performer really is “at home” with us—and invites us to feel the same.