Friday 9 October, 19:00

Enchanting Night: Poetic Reading with Music

Free, Booking Required

Performed by actress Carole Epiney and classical guitarist Carl Alex, this poetic reading traces the night as an intimate, mysterious landscape. Selections from Emily Brontë, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charles Baudelaire, Alphonse de Lamartine and Renée Vivien unfold between spoken word and guitar, alternating melancholy, contemplation and quiet longing. Brief newly written fragments weave the poems into a continuous arc, while the pared-back musical accompaniment envelops the voice in a soft, reflective atmosphere.

In French.

Boulevard des Promenades 2,
Switzerland

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Photo Credit: DR

25 September – 18 October

La Ménagerie de verre

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

For his final production as a theatre director, Jean Liermier revisits Tennessee Williams’s autobiographical classic about memory, longing and family. Set in the 1930s American South, the staging gathers a company around Laura, here embodied by Aurélia Thierrée, with Cyprien Colombo, David Gobet and Clotilde Mollet completing the ensemble. Liermier’s direction emphasises fragile interiors and poetic movement, offering a liberating, weightless atmosphere that balances tenderness and uneasy nostalgia.

In French.

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10 – 11 October

Radio Dojo

Performances

Théâtre Saint-Gervais

Caroline Bernard and her team create a ‘radio-dojo’, an intimate stage where body, voice and confidence are released through practice. In this performance, Belkacem inhabits the space and invites an encounter between martial arts, personal stories and locally gathered testimonies. The piece weaves radio testimonies, music and martial-arts passages around Belkacem’s journey, showing how training, mutual aid and trust help overcome hardship. Coproduced with Swiss and French theatres.

In French.

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10 – 11 October

Les Indes Galantes de la Voix des Âmes

Performances

Concorde

Leonardo García-Alarcón leads Cappella Mediterranea in a visionary reimagining of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Indes galantes, while choreographer Bintou Dembélé stages a virtuosic, urban-inflected choreography that dialogues with baroque heritage. The production juxtaposes sumptuous orchestral writing and a contemporary scenic universe to explore identity, representation and cultural legacy. Vocal and choral forces, including the Chœur de Chambre de Namur, animate a rich dramaturgy that balances historical splendour and probing modern perspectives.

In French.

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8 – 10 October

Le Repas

Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

Directed by Gabriel Álvarez, Le Repas revives two flagship pieces from his company’s repertoire for the 40th anniversary of Studio d’Action Théâtrale and pays homage to playwright Valère Novarina. A cosmogonic feast staged with the audience at table, the performance devours the world through ritual, poetry and corporeal presence. It examines human voracity, collective memory and the fate of what we ingest, offering a sensorial, intimate and occasionally brutal theatrical journey.

In French.

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4 – 11 October

Fête du Théâtre

Performances

Théâtre Saint-Gervais

An annual mediation project, Fête du Théâtre gathers Geneva’s community around the performing arts, showcasing contemporary and classical theatre, street spectacles, youth shows, circus and magic alongside workshops and encounters. The programme favours collaborative, colourful staging and experimental approaches, blending professional and amateur practices. Its varied formats create lively, tactile atmospheres where humour, wonder and social exchange meet, highlighting regional artistic daring and long-standing partnerships with local cultural institutions and associations.

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2 – 11 October

La Table d’Amour

Performances

Théâtre Saint-Gervais

An introspective monologue for multiple voices, La Table d’Amour is a poetic theatrical immersion inspired by a Tinos island tradition. Performed by Manon Krüttli and Jeanne De Mont, the piece follows Manon Krüttli’s journey between autobiography, fiction and dreamlike reverie. It probes questions of living together, reconciliation and the role of conviviality as an artistic gesture, creating an intimate, sensory staging that favors lyricism and shared presence.

In French.

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Enchanting Night: Poetic Reading with Music