Julien Santini

On May 7, 2026, at the Théâtre de la Gaîté Montparnasse in Paris, Julien Santini returns with a stand-up show where the absurd brushes up against everyday life. A French comedian, he cultivates a sense of dislocation and feigned clumsiness, strings together confidences and asides, and allows himself to improvise to shift the thread of his narrative. He observes little quirks, magnifies a detail, twists a mundane situation, then lands on his feet with a precise sense of rhythm. On stage, he willingly blurs the boundary with the audience, plays with silences and shifts in tone, somewhere between confession and a character losing control. His delivery zigzags, his ideas attract one another through unexpected associations, and the performance moves from an intimate portrait to an almost theatrical scene without warning. It’s a direct, nervy format driven by clear language and stage-ready timing—an evening that bets on listening, the moment, and the art of improvisation.