Laurent Gerra se met à table

Laurent Gerra sets his suitcases down at the Zénith de Rouen on April 22, 2027 with his new show, Laurent Gerra Takes a Seat at the Table. A skilled impressionist and incisive portraitist, he unfolds a satirical revue in which politicians, singers and familiar faces from TV and film parade by without pause. His raw material is current events, which he cuts up and seasons in his own way, playing on tics, vocal tones and catchphrases that fit the moment. You can recognise his signature: precise voices, a keen sense of timing, and a taste for caricature that lands true without overstaying its welcome.

Conceived as a sequence of short scenes, the show alternates opinion pieces, short sketches and galleries of characters. Gerra slips from one role to another with the ease of a seasoned professional, moving from the political platform to the TV set, subverting refrains and media gimmicks, and holding up topical issues to the mirror. No speeches—just a finely tuned machinery of impressions and writing crafted to capture the spirit of the times. A date in Rouen to see the era sketched live, in the moment, by a master of French satire.