30 April – 10 May

Pas de deux

Performances

“Pas de deux” is a unique “choreo-biography” that delves into the connection between dancer Pascal Gravat and writer Julien Mages, focusing on the passing of time. Through an immersive blend of poetry, dance, and sound art, the duo explores themes of aging, maintaining a youthful spirit, and finding solace in art. At nearly seventy years old, Pascal Gravat uses his body as a dynamic tool of expression, while Julien Mages adds depth with his evocative words. Together, they craft a piece that honors both the fleeting and the everlasting, highlighting how art provides a glimpse of eternity.

Route des Péniches 2,
1213 Petit-Lancy

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18 – 22 March

45th AMR Jazz Festival

Performances

AMR

Now in its forty-fifth edition, the AMR Jazz Festival champions musical freedom and improvisation, foregrounding risk and the unexpected. International artists from Switzerland, South Africa, the Americas, Scandinavia and Portugal converge to reshape contemporary jazz through diverse improvisational practices. Evenings alternate between exploratory ensemble sets and DJ-driven late-night sessions, with names such as DJ Evita Koné Belama Sounds, Zemzem, the Skankin’ Society collective and DJ Mitch. The overall experience is urgent, tactile and celebratory, where sound invites discovery.

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3 March – 2 April

Le Tartuffe

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Molière’s Tartuffe tells the story of a slick con-man who hides behind ostentatious piety to worm his way into the wealthy Orgon household. Orgon, dazzled by Tartuffe’s sanctimonious rhetoric, defends him even as the impostor’s hypocrisy poisons family bonds and pushes the household toward ruin.

Director Jean Liermier underscores how, in Molière’s work, the female characters serve as the moral compass and spark of resistance, a beacon of hope against oppression. Staged on a stark, minimalist set that exposes the family’s rigid tensions—and featuring Gilles Privat as an unbending Orgon—this production highlights the play’s continuing resonance in a world beset by egotism, fanaticism, and conspiracy thinking. The central question remains timeless: will society keep falling for Tartuffe’s brand of seductive deceit?

In French. Ages 12 and up.

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18 – 28 March

Quoiqu’il arrive. Respire.

Performances

Théâtre du Loup

Written by Julie Gilbert and directed by Lou Ciszewski, Quoiqu’il arrive. Respire. follows Joana, shaken after seeing a play about a young activist in which one of her pupils performs. Performed by Margot Le Coultre, the piece questions women’s will and capacity to fight—physically and metaphorically—and how to claim and hold space without being assigned a role. Presented in a portable, ‘portative’ form commissioned by the producing company, the staging favors close-up gestures, raw textures and a quietly collective imagination that unsettles certainties.

In French.

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12 – 28 March

La couleur des choses

Kids Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

Inspired by Martin Panchaud’s graphic novel, this show tells the story of Simon, a bullied teenager who unexpectedly wins a fortune at the horse races, altering his life dramatically. Michel Lavoie presents a hyper-realistic and poetic production, blending investigative storytelling with visual theater. It explores themes of identity, resilience, and family dynamics, appealing to both young audiences and adults, ensuring a broad and engaging experience for all.

In French. Kids ages 12 and up.

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17 – 22 March

Epidermis Circus

Performances

Théâtre des Marionnettes

Ingrid Hansen, a puppet artist from the Jim Henson Company (Fraggle Rock, Sesame Workshop), stages a surreal cabaret of illusions and absurd comedy. The variety show is led by Florence, a mischievous grandmother figure, and mixes bold cinematic video, close‑ups of everyday objects projected large, puppetry and daring sleights to create impertinent, often erotic vignettes. The piece juxtaposes tactile puppet performance with live filmic effects to produce surprising, humorous and uncanny moments.

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12 March – 1 April

La grande ourse

Performances

POCHE /GVE

Written by Penda Diouf and staged by Evelyne Castellino, LA GRANDE OURSE is an ecofeminist fable that traces a mother’s descent after a minor incident becomes criminalized. Combining video, choreographed movement and choral voices, the piece weaves police violence, racism and sexism into a hallucinatory, dystopian world where omnipresent surveillance watches every gesture. As the heroine reconnects with ancestral nature by transforming into a bear, the production evokes animal survival instinct, collective gossip and the fragile line between humanity and wildness, offering a visceral, poetic reflection on power and resistance.

In French.

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