Lina_ revisits the poems of Luís de Camões in Fado Camões, a concert-poem where traditional fado is reshaped with blues and electronic textures. Her expressive voice inhabits Camões’s lyrical intensity, moving between fervour, tenderness and dramatic power. Accompanied by a small ensemble of multi-influenced musicians, the performance blends heritage and modern soundscapes to create an intimate, haunting journey that traces the emotional core of the poet’s verses.
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.
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.
Written by Penda Diouf and staged by Evelyne Castellino, LA GRANDE OURSE is an ecofeminist fable that traces a mother’s descent after a minor incident becomes criminalized. Combining video, choreographed movement and choral voices, the piece weaves police violence, racism and sexism into a hallucinatory, dystopian world where omnipresent surveillance watches every gesture. As the heroine reconnects with ancestral nature by transforming into a bear, the production evokes animal survival instinct, collective gossip and the fragile line between humanity and wildness, offering a visceral, poetic reflection on power and resistance.
In French.
“Bowling Club Fantasy” by Julie Bugnard and Isumi Grichting at Maison Saint-Gervais takes you into a bowling club setting where a meeting between a music industry mogul and an artist unfolds in unexpected ways. The regulars’ conversations, film dialogues on the TV, and bar sounds spark parallel narratives, creating a tapestry of everyday life. The creators, inspired by American objective poetry, independent cinema, and lo-fi music, delve into the coexistence of different worlds.
In French.
Le Grand Bal, by Cie Dyptik and directed by Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari, gathers nine performers in a fierce choreography that turns movement into political gesture. The piece blends raw physicality, collective pulse and dramatic tension—sweat, struggle and exaltation drive a ritual-like dance that resists stasis and norms. Lighting and movement sculpt a visceral atmosphere where each gesture reads as both revolt and release, inviting the audience into a shared trance of embodied freedom.
Inspired by Martin Panchaud’s graphic novel, this show tells the story of Simon, a bullied teenager who unexpectedly wins a fortune at the horse races, altering his life dramatically. Michel Lavoie presents a hyper-realistic and poetic production, blending investigative storytelling with visual theater. It explores themes of identity, resilience, and family dynamics, appealing to both young audiences and adults, ensuring a broad and engaging experience for all.
In French. Kids ages 12 and up.
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