EXCLUSIVE MAINTENANCE – The comedian lifts the veil on the future birth of an empire of laughter. In addition to Chez Michou in Montmartre, Gad Elmaleh and his associates are inaugurating, among others, at the beginning of 2025, Le Vig’s on the Old Port in Marseille and Stand Up Monaco! in the principality.
This December morning, Gad Elmaleh hosts at the Brach, a chic hotel with a warm atmosphere in the west of Paris. « I do speed dating »he jokes when “Léa” (Salamé) from France Inter gives way to “Léna” from Figaro. « One arrives with a notebook and specific questions, the other leaves without any notes », he teases. He asks for news from the newspaper, mentions a new comedy club in Stockholm, highlights the similarities between Lutherans and Jews. He talks about his attachment to Marseille, imitating a big man from the Old Port and his dear Élie Kakou. He kindly pauses for a selfie with a nearby diner.
Covered with praise by critics, his show Himself is sold out and continues until June 2025. On December 10, he will make an express return trip to Montreal to celebrate his thirty years of career to the day. « I did my first scene in front of 20 people…
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