Sunday 15 February, 16:30

Le Tremplin

Performances

Chat Noir

Free

Le Tremplin gathers emerging Swiss musical talents in a televised talent journey that starts with open-mic auditions and evolves through filmed stages and coached workshops. Each artist presents two songs — a full piece and a shorter excerpt — across any genre or language, originals or covers. Around sixty participants advance from auditions to final selection, with twenty chosen for the next season. The piece emphasizes community, mentorship and the thrill of live performance, balancing intimate moments with staged showcases.

Rue Vautier 13,
1227 Carouge

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Photo Credit: DR

6 – 15 February

My Parents’ Cabaret

Performances

Les Salons

A musical journey through the history of cabaret, from its origins to the present day, takes the stage at Théâtre Les Salons. Directed by Philippe Cohen, this production includes artists such as Bobby Lapointe and Aristide Bruant, accompanied by the talented Gaëlle Poirier on accordion and Narcisso Saùl on guitar. The ensemble, featuring Majbritt Byskov-Bridges, Philippe Cohen, Marie-Stéphane Fidanza, Claudia Lachat, Thomas Laubacher, and Kim Selamet, delivers a captivating evening filled with sketches and songs, offering a delightful blend of whimsy, romance, and humor.

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5 February – 1 March

Festival Antigel

Cool Stuff Performances

Multiple locations

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.

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11 – 22 February

Simple Machines

Performances

Théâtre des Marionnettes

Choreographer Ugo Dehaes replaces his human troupe with extravagant robot-dancers endowed with an artificial intelligence that invents their own choreography. Intimate and unsettling, the performance invites the audience to sit around a table as the mechanised performers execute an uncanny, rhythmic ballet. Marie Peeters’ dramaturgy frames questions about labour, profit and the place of culture, while Wannes Deneer’s scenography and musical composition shape a tactile, immersive atmosphere. The piece blends humour, critique and physical precision.

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12 – 22 February

Les Trois Soeurs à Trois

Performances

Théâtre Saint-Gervais

“Les Trois Soeurs à Trois” by Collectif BPM at Maison Saint-Gervais presents an inventive reinterpretation of Chekhov’s play. Artists Catherine Büchi, Léa Pohlhammer, and Pierre Mifsud transform this classic by portraying journalists recording a radio show. They narrate the real or imagined stories of different productions of the play, while sharing personal and family anecdotes, providing a humorous and sharp reflection on their own dreams and illusions.

In French.

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14 – 15 February

La commedia dell’arte et le jeu masqué

Performances

Auditorium Ansermet

Born in northern Italy in the 16th century, Commedia dell’arte shaped opera and European theatre. Under the direction of Rafael Bianciotto, specialist in masked performance, singers from the Haute école de musique de Genève’s vocal department explore mask work, improvisation and the embodiment of stock characters such as Arlecchino, Pantalone, Colombina and Scapin. Meta Červ and Ama Martin accompany on piano, while Bianciotto’s staging combines pedagogical rigor with playful physicality to reveal comic and dramatic nuances.

In French.

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Sunday 15 February, 17:30

Antigone à la nuit – Botanical Garden

Performances

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques – Entrée de la Console

Sophocles’ ancient tragedy “Antigone,” performed by Françoise Boillat, is staged monthly among seven century-old trees. These trees witness the human struggles between law, nature, and freedom, providing a powerful resonance with the courage of a woman who defies established order out of loyalty to the gods.

In French.

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