Sunday 20 September, 17:00

Requiem ad Pacem

Booking Required

Composed by Louis Crelier with a libretto by Valérie Letellier, Requiem ad Pacem is presented as a newly created oratorio led by conductor Antoine Marguier. The Orchestre des Nations joins Chœur Lyrica-Opéra and Chœur Pro-Arte de Lausanne, with Michel Voïta as récitant, to shape a ritual soundscape that balances solemn choral writing and intimate solo passages. The work meditates on mourning and the search for reconciliation, enveloping audiences in dense harmonies and austere, luminous textures.

Rue du Général-DUFOUR 14,
1204 Genève

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Photo Credit: Lyrique en Scène

Friday 1 May, 21:00

Maurice Magnoni — iNiT

Performances

AMR

Alto saxophonist Maurice Magnoni presents iNiT, a 60-minute solo improvisation that traces an intimate study of intuition and sound. Drawing from years of spontaneous practice, Magnoni sculpts raw fragments into evolving textures, balancing controlled motifs with moments of chaotic release. Sparse silence and dense multiphonics create a shifting acoustic landscape, while attentive micro-phrasing and dynamic shading invite close listening. The piece foregrounds process over form, offering a concentrated, immersive musical journey.

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1 – 2 May

Trois femmes au bord de la crise de mère

Performances

Uptown

Trois femmes au bord de la crise de mère is a poignant theatrical exploration of motherhood, identity and frustration. Through intimate dialogues and heightened physicality, the piece balances sharp humour with moments of quiet intensity. Sparse staging and focused lighting carve out private spaces that reveal hidden desires and generational tensions. The ensemble’s interactions shift between satire and tenderness, inviting reflection on daily labor, emotional limits and the resilient bonds that hold family life together.

In French.

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Friday 1 May, 19:00

À l’oreille de Madame Fox

Performances

Théâtre des Grottes

Set in Paris, 1897, this spiritist improvisation centres on Natalia Fox, a darkly sensual tarot reader and pendulum expert whose séances blur psychology and the uncanny. Each performance stages four intimate consultations for eccentric clients, letting improvisation shape revelations conjured by incense, whispered voices and flickering light. The show moves between sly comedy and unsettling insight, exploring fate, desire and the mechanics of belief while inviting the audience into a charged, sensory ritual.

In French.

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22 April – 3 May

Feu au lac !

Performances

Théâtre des Marionnettes

Feu au lac ! stages a trio of political puppet pieces that resurrect little-known episodes of Romandy’s social history. Combining rod puppets, archival fragments and live music, the performance balances sharp satire and warm humanity. Conceived from a short piece shown during Cabaret en chantier 2024, the triptych revitalizes political marionette theatre while offering a rhythmic, musical staging that sparks reflection and collective energy. The creative approach foregrounds material histories and the power of popular resistance.

In French.

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Friday 1 May, 20:30

Room 0: The Director’s Confessions

Performances

Théâtre des Grottes

Spiritist, improvisatory theatre that unfolds like a forbidden confession. In a bare room lit by pale light, a former asylum director faces the camera and speaks in a voice at once calm and unnerving. Memory, guilt and hallucination interlace as fragments of institutional history—erased files, unclaimed patients—resurface and unmake narrative coherence. The staging relies on sparse set and stark lighting to heighten claustrophobic intimacy, inviting a slow, disquieting immersion in the uncanny.

In French.

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28 April – 13 May

Hé, Prométhée !

Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

A solitary man ventures through the desert in search of Prometheus, blaming the gods for igniting a consuming fire within each human. This monologue delves into the connections between ancient tragedy and contemporary turmoil, examining desire and existence through the lenses of love and creation, all in pursuit of an illuminating fire that does not consume.

In French.

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