For a surprise, it’s a huge surprise. On Saturday, September 14, Gad Elmaleh showed up unannounced at a comedy club to test out new jokes in front of 35 stunned spectators. Explanations.
It happened in Lyon, in a comedy club opened at the end of 2023: Le Speaker. While he was playing that same evening at the Bourse du travail in front of 2,000 people, Gad Elmaleh found himself in this very small room following a bet made with Harold Barbé, a comedian who was opening for him.
The manager of this comedy club is called Audric Feuillye. For The Figarohe tells how it happened:
” Harold finished ten excellent minutes. Then simply said: “Thank you, I’ll leave the microphone to Gad Elmaleh.”In the room, the audience said to themselves “ok good joke”. Then Gad came and took the microphone. Then the audience totally went crazy, it was crazy.. »
The surprise was total and the effect immediate.
“Everyone was amazed, he turned the room upside down in 15 minutes»
It must be said that the secret was well kept, until the end.
“We didn’t tell anyone except the staff. We only warned the spectators not to film the evening when they arrived..”
