“Bowling Club Fantasy” by Julie Bugnard and Isumi Grichting at Maison Saint-Gervais takes you into a bowling club setting where a meeting between a music industry mogul and an artist unfolds in unexpected ways. The regulars’ conversations, film dialogues on the TV, and bar sounds spark parallel narratives, creating a tapestry of everyday life. The creators, inspired by American objective poetry, independent cinema, and lo-fi music, delve into the coexistence of different worlds.
In French.
Laurent Gay’s anniversary concert, marking his fifteen years at HEM, promises a romantically charged evening featuring the HEM Orchestra, conducted by Gay himself, along with soprano Clémence Tilquin. The program showcases Richard Strauss’s “Six Lieder” and Anton Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 4.” This event highlights a passionate fusion of voice and orchestra while celebrating nearly thirty of Laurent Gay’s original works.
Winter of Caecilia gathers seven local theatre productions that revisit contemporary and classic forms through monologue and solo performance. Artists such as Nastassja Tanner, Ahmed Belbachir, Roland Vouilloz and Vincent Jacquet offer intimate, visceral interpretations, while texts by playwrights like Fabrice Melquiot are brought to life under directors including Jean‑Yves Ruf. The programme mixes poetic, comic and physically charged pieces that privilege sensory staging and emotional immediacy, inviting audiences into distinct, singular theatrical universes.
In French.
Georgio, the acclaimed Parisian rapper known for his hit album “Années Sauvages,” is making his stage comeback with two new singles. He will perform at the Alhambra as part of the Festival Antigel. Tickets are already on sale for his upcoming Adidas Arena show in January 2026, and more tour dates are anticipated.
Catherine Gaillard offers “unexpected journeys” that spark our imagination and challenge our assumptions. By weaving together stories, times, and places, she honors an art form that unites us. Her tales delve into both the profane and the sacred, childhood innocence, and mythical creatures, all while examining the diverse facets of human nature. With palpable passion, Gaillard invites us on introspective and enlightening journeys where everyone can discover a piece of their own story.
In French.
Festival Antigel transforms Geneva into an experimental cultural playground each winter, a three-week laboratory of innovation. Programming mixes renowned and emerging artists across music, performance and visual projects, revealing unexpected sites and blending disciplines. The festival foregrounds diversity and social engagement, bringing together varied audiences through bold curations. Lighting, sound and staging often shape intimate, cinematic atmospheres, while collaborative projects emphasize discovery, collective energy and the thrill of shared, ephemeral encounters.
Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.
In French.
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