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Thursday 7 May, 19:00

Yaara Bou Melhem’s documentary Yurlu | Country follows Maitland Parker, a Banyjima custodian fighting to protect Yurlu, his ancestral land in Western Australia’s Pilbara from asbestos mining devastation. Shot with intimate observation and a community-centred perspective, the film bears witness to a health and environmental catastrophe and to one man’s struggle against corporate indifference as he confronts terminal illness. It blends personal testimony and landscape imagery to explore land rights, memory, and the moral urgency of environmental justice.

Followed by a talk with Adrià Budry Carbó and Agathe Le Vaslot.

6 – 17 May

Antoine Piron-Meyer (Agni) presents paintings alongside archival documents and publications that trace his singular artistic trajectory. Combining realism, poetic imagery and rich imagination, his canvases evoke mythic, often Bosch-inspired narratives while archival photographs and documents illuminate his mural and public-art engagements and teaching practice.
The exhibition balances intimate studio works with documentary materials to reveal how historical references, urban interventions and pedagogical commitments shaped a multifaceted practice. Curated by his niece Anouk‑Eva Meyer, it invites reflection on artistic continuity and urban cultural history.

2 – 10 May

Follow Ugly, a plucky duckling who leaves the farmyard, meets quirky characters and discovers the value of being different in this witty, tuneful musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. Student actors bring colourful characters to life with songs, movement and gentle humour, creating a warm family theatre experience that celebrates diversity, empathy and belonging.

In English. Kids ages 5 and up.

7 – 9 May

Lili Parson Piguet presents a solo circus performance blending cyr wheel, capilotraction and acrobatic monologue. Parson Piguet is the creator and performer, with dramaturgy by Adina Secretan and creative support from Basile Herrmann Philippe. Lighting is by Tiki, sound by Gaspard Perdrisat and costumes by Marie Romanens. The piece moves between tenderness and mischief, leading the audience through a poetic drift where fiction and reality meet.

In French.

5 – 8 May

An invitation to an artistic passage, this project transforms a strategic underpass into a painted fresco and links to a shore-side signal installation. The tunnel mural is realised by the Artmur collective (Julien Scalabrino, Tiffany Sibra and Celestin Tanari), while the Signal installation was conceived by Max Bondu with architects Charles Bouscasse and Marion Mouny as part of the Veiller au grain project, self-built in the Bermuda workshops. The works explore movement, thresholds and dialogue with the riverside.

5 – 10 May

Presented by Les AMAZONES à la Julienne, this satirical comedy upends fairy-tale logic to expose social conventions. A distinguished lecturer’s attempt to rehabilitate classic tales unravels as a sarcastic Witch dismantles founding myths, and heroines from Cinderella to Snow White rebel, bore themselves or awaken sexually. Mixing social satire, dark comedy and biting poetry, the piece stages wild reversals where prey become predators, yielding a hilarious yet cruel portrait of a post–fairy‑tale world that unsettles as it amuses.

Free entry, donations welcome.
Information and reservations: 078 799 02 36 / lesamazones10@gmail.com

In French.

Thursday 7 May, 19:00

Yaara Bou Melhem’s documentary Yurlu | Country follows Maitland Parker, a Banyjima custodian fighting to protect Yurlu, his ancestral land in Western Australia’s Pilbara from asbestos mining devastation. Shot with intimate observation and a community-centred perspective, the film bears witness to a health and environmental catastrophe and to one man’s struggle against corporate indifference as he confronts terminal illness. It blends personal testimony and landscape imagery to explore land rights, memory, and the moral urgency of environmental justice.

Followed by a talk with Adrià Budry Carbó and Agathe Le Vaslot.

6 – 17 May

Antoine Piron-Meyer (Agni) presents paintings alongside archival documents and publications that trace his singular artistic trajectory. Combining realism, poetic imagery and rich imagination, his canvases evoke mythic, often Bosch-inspired narratives while archival photographs and documents illuminate his mural and public-art engagements and teaching practice.
The exhibition balances intimate studio works with documentary materials to reveal how historical references, urban interventions and pedagogical commitments shaped a multifaceted practice. Curated by his niece Anouk‑Eva Meyer, it invites reflection on artistic continuity and urban cultural history.

2 – 10 May

Follow Ugly, a plucky duckling who leaves the farmyard, meets quirky characters and discovers the value of being different in this witty, tuneful musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. Student actors bring colourful characters to life with songs, movement and gentle humour, creating a warm family theatre experience that celebrates diversity, empathy and belonging.

In English. Kids ages 5 and up.

7 – 9 May

Lili Parson Piguet presents a solo circus performance blending cyr wheel, capilotraction and acrobatic monologue. Parson Piguet is the creator and performer, with dramaturgy by Adina Secretan and creative support from Basile Herrmann Philippe. Lighting is by Tiki, sound by Gaspard Perdrisat and costumes by Marie Romanens. The piece moves between tenderness and mischief, leading the audience through a poetic drift where fiction and reality meet.

In French.

5 – 8 May

An invitation to an artistic passage, this project transforms a strategic underpass into a painted fresco and links to a shore-side signal installation. The tunnel mural is realised by the Artmur collective (Julien Scalabrino, Tiffany Sibra and Celestin Tanari), while the Signal installation was conceived by Max Bondu with architects Charles Bouscasse and Marion Mouny as part of the Veiller au grain project, self-built in the Bermuda workshops. The works explore movement, thresholds and dialogue with the riverside.

5 – 10 May

Presented by Les AMAZONES à la Julienne, this satirical comedy upends fairy-tale logic to expose social conventions. A distinguished lecturer’s attempt to rehabilitate classic tales unravels as a sarcastic Witch dismantles founding myths, and heroines from Cinderella to Snow White rebel, bore themselves or awaken sexually. Mixing social satire, dark comedy and biting poetry, the piece stages wild reversals where prey become predators, yielding a hilarious yet cruel portrait of a post–fairy‑tale world that unsettles as it amuses.

Free entry, donations welcome.
Information and reservations: 078 799 02 36 / lesamazones10@gmail.com

In French.

Thursday 7 May, 19:00

Yaara Bou Melhem’s documentary Yurlu | Country follows Maitland Parker, a Banyjima custodian fighting to protect Yurlu, his ancestral land in Western Australia’s Pilbara from asbestos mining devastation. Shot with intimate observation and a community-centred perspective, the film bears witness to a health and environmental catastrophe and to one man’s struggle against corporate indifference as he confronts terminal illness. It blends personal testimony and landscape imagery to explore land rights, memory, and the moral urgency of environmental justice.

Followed by a talk with Adrià Budry Carbó and Agathe Le Vaslot.

6 – 17 May

Antoine Piron-Meyer (Agni) presents paintings alongside archival documents and publications that trace his singular artistic trajectory. Combining realism, poetic imagery and rich imagination, his canvases evoke mythic, often Bosch-inspired narratives while archival photographs and documents illuminate his mural and public-art engagements and teaching practice.
The exhibition balances intimate studio works with documentary materials to reveal how historical references, urban interventions and pedagogical commitments shaped a multifaceted practice. Curated by his niece Anouk‑Eva Meyer, it invites reflection on artistic continuity and urban cultural history.

2 – 10 May

Follow Ugly, a plucky duckling who leaves the farmyard, meets quirky characters and discovers the value of being different in this witty, tuneful musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. Student actors bring colourful characters to life with songs, movement and gentle humour, creating a warm family theatre experience that celebrates diversity, empathy and belonging.

In English. Kids ages 5 and up.

7 – 9 May

Lili Parson Piguet presents a solo circus performance blending cyr wheel, capilotraction and acrobatic monologue. Parson Piguet is the creator and performer, with dramaturgy by Adina Secretan and creative support from Basile Herrmann Philippe. Lighting is by Tiki, sound by Gaspard Perdrisat and costumes by Marie Romanens. The piece moves between tenderness and mischief, leading the audience through a poetic drift where fiction and reality meet.

In French.

5 – 8 May

An invitation to an artistic passage, this project transforms a strategic underpass into a painted fresco and links to a shore-side signal installation. The tunnel mural is realised by the Artmur collective (Julien Scalabrino, Tiffany Sibra and Celestin Tanari), while the Signal installation was conceived by Max Bondu with architects Charles Bouscasse and Marion Mouny as part of the Veiller au grain project, self-built in the Bermuda workshops. The works explore movement, thresholds and dialogue with the riverside.

5 – 10 May

Presented by Les AMAZONES à la Julienne, this satirical comedy upends fairy-tale logic to expose social conventions. A distinguished lecturer’s attempt to rehabilitate classic tales unravels as a sarcastic Witch dismantles founding myths, and heroines from Cinderella to Snow White rebel, bore themselves or awaken sexually. Mixing social satire, dark comedy and biting poetry, the piece stages wild reversals where prey become predators, yielding a hilarious yet cruel portrait of a post–fairy‑tale world that unsettles as it amuses.

Free entry, donations welcome.
Information and reservations: 078 799 02 36 / lesamazones10@gmail.com

In French.

9 – 10 May

Kim Crofts stages a contemporary puppet-opera adaptation of Haydn and Ovid, blending spoken text with operatic arias for an intimate, poetic retelling of the myth of Philemon and Baucis. Table puppets and masks create layered, tactile tableaux while Raphaël Merlin leads the musical direction with a chamber orchestra. Singers Sophie Negoïta, Faustine Egiziano, Maxence Billiemaz and David Ferreira bring vocal character. The production balances classical source material with playful visual invention.

In French.

4 – 9 May

Sustainability Week is a student-led festival that brings together students, staff and the wider community to explore sustainable living and collective action. Across workshops, skill-sharing and discussions participants can join clothing swaps and repair sessions, sewing and bookbinding workshops, paper-making, a planetary health programme, rooftop yoga, film screenings and photo exhibitions, and a closing Biocale evening. Activities encourage hands-on learning, mutual support and community building.

1 – 10 May

Amour(s) is a production by Compagnie lesArts that delves into the various dimensions of love through testimonies, stories, and writings. Directed by Tony Romaniello, this collaborative creation combines documentary theater with performances by Laurent Baier, Christian Baumann, and Stella Giuliani. The set design is by Célia Zanghi, with lighting design and management by Yannis Marti.

In French.

Saturday 9 May, 20:00

Led by conductor Gonzalo Martinez, La Chapelle vocale de Lausanne joins the Ensemble baroque du Léman to present Bach’s Mass in B minor. Soloists Camille Allérat and Marine Margot (sopranos), Rodrigo Sosa dal Pozzo (alto), Davy Cornillot (tenor) and Samuel Moreno (bass) shape a luminous vocal tapestry. Drawing together movements written across Bach’s life, the performance balances architectural counterpoint and intimate devotional moments, where baroque phrasing, instrumental color and choir coalesce into a profound, testament-like expression of spiritual intensity.

30 April – 10 May

Co-created by Pascal Gravat and Julien Mages for Compagnie Revolver, “Nu Vite” (Naked Quickly) is a choreo-biography in which a dancer and an author probe time, ageing and the urgent need to seize each instant. The work blends intimate movement and written testimony, set to music by Pierce Warnecke with sound design by Clive Jenkins and lighting by Alessandra Domingues. The 75‑minute performance explores memory, bodily change and the delicate rhythm between presence and loss.

In French. Adults only (17+).

4 – 9 May

Artist Maëva Weissen presents a collaborative exhibition of handmade flags created by pupils and apprentices from the DIP through guided creative workshops. Using recovered textiles and artisanal techniques, the works interrogate national symbols, folklore and textile know‑how to probe questions of Swiss identity and its coexistence with multiple cultural roots in Geneva. The pieces combine textile craft, assemblage and photography to reflect on adolescence, belonging and the environmental footprint of the fashion industry.

Thursday 7 May, 19:00

Yaara Bou Melhem’s documentary Yurlu | Country follows Maitland Parker, a Banyjima custodian fighting to protect Yurlu, his ancestral land in Western Australia’s Pilbara from asbestos mining devastation. Shot with intimate observation and a community-centred perspective, the film bears witness to a health and environmental catastrophe and to one man’s struggle against corporate indifference as he confronts terminal illness. It blends personal testimony and landscape imagery to explore land rights, memory, and the moral urgency of environmental justice.

Followed by a talk with Adrià Budry Carbó and Agathe Le Vaslot.

6 – 17 May

Antoine Piron-Meyer (Agni) presents paintings alongside archival documents and publications that trace his singular artistic trajectory. Combining realism, poetic imagery and rich imagination, his canvases evoke mythic, often Bosch-inspired narratives while archival photographs and documents illuminate his mural and public-art engagements and teaching practice.
The exhibition balances intimate studio works with documentary materials to reveal how historical references, urban interventions and pedagogical commitments shaped a multifaceted practice. Curated by his niece Anouk‑Eva Meyer, it invites reflection on artistic continuity and urban cultural history.

2 – 10 May

Follow Ugly, a plucky duckling who leaves the farmyard, meets quirky characters and discovers the value of being different in this witty, tuneful musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. Student actors bring colourful characters to life with songs, movement and gentle humour, creating a warm family theatre experience that celebrates diversity, empathy and belonging.

In English. Kids ages 5 and up.

7 – 9 May

Lili Parson Piguet presents a solo circus performance blending cyr wheel, capilotraction and acrobatic monologue. Parson Piguet is the creator and performer, with dramaturgy by Adina Secretan and creative support from Basile Herrmann Philippe. Lighting is by Tiki, sound by Gaspard Perdrisat and costumes by Marie Romanens. The piece moves between tenderness and mischief, leading the audience through a poetic drift where fiction and reality meet.

In French.

5 – 8 May

An invitation to an artistic passage, this project transforms a strategic underpass into a painted fresco and links to a shore-side signal installation. The tunnel mural is realised by the Artmur collective (Julien Scalabrino, Tiffany Sibra and Celestin Tanari), while the Signal installation was conceived by Max Bondu with architects Charles Bouscasse and Marion Mouny as part of the Veiller au grain project, self-built in the Bermuda workshops. The works explore movement, thresholds and dialogue with the riverside.

5 – 10 May

Presented by Les AMAZONES à la Julienne, this satirical comedy upends fairy-tale logic to expose social conventions. A distinguished lecturer’s attempt to rehabilitate classic tales unravels as a sarcastic Witch dismantles founding myths, and heroines from Cinderella to Snow White rebel, bore themselves or awaken sexually. Mixing social satire, dark comedy and biting poetry, the piece stages wild reversals where prey become predators, yielding a hilarious yet cruel portrait of a post–fairy‑tale world that unsettles as it amuses.

Free entry, donations welcome.
Information and reservations: 078 799 02 36 / lesamazones10@gmail.com

In French.

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