18 – 20 February

La guerre n’a pas un visage de femme

Based on Svetlana Alexievitch’s book, this choral theatre piece gathers and amplifies the testimonies of women who fought in World War II. Directed by Julie Deliquet, it is performed by an all-female ensemble — Julie André, Astrid Bayiha, Évelyne Didi, Marina Keltchewsky, Odja Llorca, Marie Payen, Amandine Pudlo, Agnès Ramy, Blanche Ripoche and Hélène Viviès. The staging combines intimate testimony and rigorous theatrical composition to evoke trauma, memory and resilience, framed by translations and a stage version crafted with sensitivity.

In French.

Esplanade Alice-Bailly 1,
1207 Genève
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