18 – 28 June

200 Motels

Booking Required

Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels is a kaleidoscopic musico‑theatrical road‑movie, directed by Daniel Kramer and musically led by Titus Engel. The production blends orchestral writing, a live rock band (including Mike Keneally), soloists such as Robin Adams, Brenda Rae and Justin Hopkins, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande with choral forces to create a surreal, fragmented journey through dream, bad trip and experimental mash‑up. Visually bold and often comedic, the staging alternates between absurdity and lyrical moments.

In English.

Place des Volontaires 2,
1204 Genève
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