Wednesday 24 June, 22:30

Jeremy Ratib & The Sunday Cartoons

Jeremy Ratib performs material from his album Backlot Country, a hazy window onto an adolescence in Los Angeles where Halloween spectres, bushfires that redden Pacific sunsets and empty pools echo post‑Y2K nostalgia amid kickflip cadences. Rooted in folk songwriting, the music unfolds as homemade psychedelic country‑rock emo, intimate and evocative. Ratib is joined by Valentin Liechti (drums, vocals), Robin Girod (bass, guitar, vocals), Flavie Ndam (saxophone, vocals), Lorraine Dinkel (guitar, vocals) and Lucas Churet (sound).

Quai Gustave-ADOR 66,
1207 Genève

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Photo Credit: DR

10 – 17 June

Graines de Ciel – On the Road

Performances

Place des Grottes

Graines de Ciel – on the road is a poetic, theatrical-musical encounter conceived by Latifa Djerbi and produced by Compagnie Les Faiseurs de Rêves. Five artist-donors — Nyna Loren, Latifa Djerbi, Amanda Cepero, Mehdi Djouad and Arthur Mettrayer — alternate between sung, spoken and instrumental fragments to create intimate, restorative micro-performances. The piece offers individual poético-musical bubbles and brief rooftop stage presentations that invite quiet reflection and renewed audacity.

In French.

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10 – 26 June

Claudine (j’aime pas l’bonheur)

Performances

Théâtre Alchimic

Claudine (j’aime pas l’bonheur) is a re-creation by Marjolaine Minot that probes the ambivalence of happiness through intimate theatrical language. The piece blends restrained physicality and lyrical monologue to map memory, longing and domestic disquiet. Minimal scenic devices and attentive sound design carve spaces of emotion, while a small ensemble negotiates shifts between humour and melancholy. The production favours fragile gestures and precise rhythms to evoke an uneasy, poetic atmosphere.

In French.

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17 – 18 June

La tragique histoire d’Hamlet, prince de Danemark

Performances

Théâtre de l'Orangerie

Directed by Oscar Gómez Mata and Bastien Semenzato, this staging brings together 16 young performers from La Manufacture’s promotion O to tackle Hamlet in its entirety. Combining tragic force with mordant, absurd humour, the piece explores how the past splashes into the present and how institutions unravel. Using the jeu bouffon — masks, exaggeration and the subversion of power — the ensemble shifts between farce, violent outbursts and intimate doubt as the prince teeters between thought and action.

In French.

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Wednesday 17 June, 18:30

Matilde — Live Acoustic

Performances

La Barje

Singer-songwriter Matilde offers an intimate acoustic set anchored by guitar and voice, blending pop covers with original compositions. Sparse arrangements and warm, hushed vocals reveal lyrical intimacy, where melody and subtle dynamics shape moments of yearning and calm. The performance favours close listening, evoking twilight by the water with gentle rhythms and fragile harmonies that create a reflective, sunlit mood.

In French.

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10 – 18 June

Requiem pour du pognon

Performances

Théâtre de la Madeleine

REQUIEM POUR DU POGNON is a musical comedy that unfolds as a blackly comic inheritance farce. After the death of wealthy entrepreneur Marcel, a large, fractious family gathers to read the will: a humiliated widow, a lovesick secretary, an avaricious mistress, a dull son, neurotic daughters and grasping cousins. Songs, ensemble numbers and moments of karaoke expose secrets, rivalries and petty betrayals, shifting between biting satire and tender absurdity while the stage pulses with chaotic, carnival-like energy.

In French.

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17 – 21 June

Les Glycines / La TAC

Performances

Théâtre des Amis

Directed by Françoise Courvoisier, Les Glycines is a new creation by the TAC ensemble that examines the theme of madness through comic and reflective lenses. Performers including Nicole Aubert, Loulou Morisod, Catherine Vaucher, Zamila Yunus, Patrice von Büren, Claude Morex and Daniel Mouchet use improvised confidences to weave reality and fantasy. The staging blends intimacy and humour, shaping a tailored theatrical work for this company. Produced by Les Amis – Le Chariot.

In French.

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