Sunday 26 April, 19:00

Ángeles Toledano – Sangre Sucia

Performances

Alhambra

Booking Required

Ángeles Toledano leads Sangre Sucia, a flamenco concert that blends tradition and contemporary expression. The cantaora draws on soleá, bulerías and alegrías to explore heritage, modernity, sisterhood and untold personal truths. Accompanied by guitarist Benito Bernal and a close ensemble of musicians, her voice navigates intimate and eruptive moments, alternating shadow and light. Presented in collaboration with Festival Flamenco Nómada and ICAM, the performance delivers an intense, immersive soundscape where storytelling and embodied feeling meet.

Rue de la Rôtisserie 10,
1204 Genève

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Photo Credit: DR

12 October 2025 – 19 April 2026, some Sundays

Antigone at Night

Performances

Multiple locations

Françoise Boillat brings Antigone to life in an outdoor performance set against the backdrop of seven “remarkable trees” each month. This unique production weaves Antigone’s defiance of political authority with her devotion to the gods. The ancient trees stand as silent witnesses to the enduring human struggles between law, nature, and freedom.

In French.

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28 & 29 March

Qui a tué mon père

Performances

La Comédie de Genève

Performed by Édouard Louis and directed by Thomas Ostermeier, this terse, unflinching monologue examines the premature exhaustion of a father’s body and traces the social forces that shaped it. A sequence of fragments alternates indignation, vengeance and abiding tenderness. Nina Wetzel’s scenography, Caroline Tavernier’s costumes and Erich Schneider’s lighting frame a stark, intimate staging, while Sylvain Jacques’ music and the dramaturgy of Florian Borchmeyer and Élisa Leroy shape its rhythm.

In French.

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19 – 29 March

Castor & Pollux – by Jean-Philippe Rameau

Performances

BFM

Leonardo García Alarcón and his Cappella Mediterranea, in collaboration with the GTG Ballet, present the opera-dance Castor & Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Rarely performed in its 1737 version, the work delves into themes of brotherly love and sacrifice amidst a war between two peoples. The show features renowned baroque artists, including performances by Reinoud van Mechelen and Andreas Wolf. Dance is woven into the core of the dramaturgy, highlighting the emotional and musical depth of Rameau’s composition.

In French, with English subtitles.

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24 March – 12 April

Comme des bêtes

Performances

La Parfumerie

Directed by Marie Wyler and adapted from Violaine Bérot’s novel, Comme des bêtes follows a man nicknamed “the Bear” whose difference unsettles a mountain village after a child is sighted near his cave. Performed by Marie Probst, Marie Ruchat, Alexandra Tiedemann and David Casada, the piece mixes elements of folk tale and detective narrative to probe mutual taming between humans and other forms of life. Giulia Muniz’s costumes, David Kretonic’s lighting and Rudy Deceliere’s sound design build a tense, mysterious atmosphere that questions the limits of rationality.

In French.

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27 March – 2 April

Pour un temps sois peu

Performances

La Comédie de Genève

Pour un temps sois peu is a powerful solo piece by Laurène Marx in which she recounts the life of a trans woman through razor-sharp, intimate detail. Text and performance by Laurène Marx, directed by Laurène Marx and Fanny Sintès, with lighting by Solange Dinand. The show blends anger, wit and tenderness to confront medical procedures, violences, social erasure and heteronormative pressures, shaping a raw, urgent language that reclaims lived experience.

In French.

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19 – 29 March

La tête ailleurs

Performances

Théâtre Alchimic

Performed by Camélia Acef and Youri Rebeko, La tête ailleurs is a light, comic musical about Norah, who can’t help hearing songs in her head whenever she tries to concentrate. The piece slides between Broadway-classic, funk, pop and tango, treating the intrusive melodies as a playful yet unsettling manifestation of the unconscious. The staging balances energetic numbers and intimate moments, probing memory and identity. The show was nominated at the 2025 Trophées de la Comédie Musicale (Best Book; Revelation Masculine for Youri Rebeko).

In French.

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Ángeles Toledano – Sangre Sucia