Gad Elmaleh will buy the “Chez Michou” cabaret

Chouchou moves in with Michou. The actor and comedian Gad Elmaleh was chosen by the courts to buy the business of the emblematic Parisian cabaret “Chez Michou”, in liquidation, according to the judgment consulted Tuesday by AFP.

By taking over this iconic place in Montmartre, Gad Elmaleh “will make it a place of comedy and humor, while keeping the soul of the place”explained to AFP the actor’s communications department, which however did not buy the “Chez Michou” brand.

The founder of the establishment, nicknamed Michou, died at the beginning of 2020. The transformist cabaret then experienced financial difficulties and was put into liquidation in mid-July.

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Gad Elmaleh, 53, was chosen by the Paris commercial court to take over the premises, closed since the end of June before their 68^e anniversary, and whose twenty-three employees were dismissed.

For Catherine Catty-Jacquart, Michou’s niece, “Gad Elmaleh will continue to keep “80 rue des Martyrs” alive, which has fallen into good hands, as Michou would have liked. We would have been unfortunate if the place became anything other than a cabaret”.

“It will no longer be called “Chez Michou”, but Gad will make it a very beautiful place. It’s a very good thing to turn the page, by taking a turn”she told AFP.

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