Thursday 28 May, 18:30

“Observatoires” in Music — Ensemble Contrechamps Soloists

Performances

MAH

Booking Required

Presented within the exhibition Observatoires — Carte blanche à John M Armleder, this guided musical visit brings the soloists of Ensemble Contrechamps into dialogue with visual art. The performers weave fragile chamber textures and attentive listening into the exhibition space, transforming artworks through close sonic commentary. The programme blends composed fragments and spontaneous encounters, inviting a slow, sensory experience that highlights timbre, silence and spatial resonance.

In French.

Rue Charles-GALLAND 2,
1206 Genève

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Photo Credit: DR

4 – 6 March, 19:30

Bach and the Bible

Performances

La Cité Bleue

At La Cité Bleue, Bach and the Bible is a powerful and intimate performance by director Omar Porras and pianist Cédric Pescia. The show weaves together sacred biblical texts and Bach’s keyboard music, exploring the deep spiritual dialogue between word and sound. Porras voices the Gospels, Psalms, and prophecies, while Pescia delivers a luminous, heartfelt interpretation of Bach’s meditations.

Neither a recital nor a theatrical reading, the performance invites audiences—believers or not—to rediscover the universal spiritual depth of Bach’s music rooted in the Bible, creating a moving journey of meaning, beauty, and silence.

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3 – 17 March

L’imposture

Performances

Théâtre Alchimic

Created by Aurélie Hubeau and Lucie Hanoy, L’IMPOSTURE is a comic and poetic exploration of doubt, self-image and belonging. The piece follows a woman who describes herself as too small, obese, ugly and a tomboy, and recounts how she forged an identity in today’s world. Using objects, clothing and puppets manipulated with inventive choreography, the performance weaves humor, poetry and music — from Patrick Bruel to gospel and karaoke — to celebrate difference and question social norms, delivering warmth and poignancy.

In French.

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3 – 15 March

Music-Hall

Performances

Théâtre des Amis

Revived by director Ninon Fachard after the original staging by Véronique Ros de la Grange, this solo piece stars Jacques Michel with Caroline Gasser as the prompter. Lighting by Rinaldo Del Boca and music by Alain Lamarche carve intimate, shadowed spaces around a red sequined curtain. Makeup by Natalia Lepianka and costumes by Emilie Revel shape the fading glamour of a music‑hall star who soliloquises, recalls past glory and loss, and sings in playback—an inward plunge toward memory and survival.

In French.

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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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3 – 4 March

Le Loop

Performances

Salle Communale d'Onex

Winner of a 2025 Molière, “The Loop” is a zany comedy by Robin Goupil that takes the audience on a whimsical detective journey through Kansas. Douglas and Carrie, two tough cops, are trying to solve a murder with the mayor’s son as the main suspect, but they find themselves caught in a time loop. With an exceptional cast delivering outstanding performances, the show blends questionable metaphors, clever wordplay, and musical references, evoking laughter and surprises all the way to its absurdly grand finale.

In French.

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4 – 5 March

Stuck

Performances

Théâtre le Galpon

In her debut choreographic work, international whacking icon Mounia Nassangar delves into the power of dance as a substitute for words when they fall short. Featuring five dancers with diverse backgrounds and bodies, this piece embodies the urgency and expression that arise from oppression, presenting a personal and evocative take on this cultural movement.

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“Observatoires” in Music — Ensemble Contrechamps Soloists