Friday 4 September, 23:00

Festival de la Bâtie – La Toute Puissante Party

Booking Required

Presented as part of the Festival de la Bâtie programme, La Toute Puissante Party offers an immersive evening of visceral music and communal energy. The performance foregrounds rhythmic intensity, layered electronics and live improvisation, creating a physical, late-night atmosphere where sound and movement intertwine. Expect driving beats, textured soundscapes and moments of collective release, explored through a raw, club-inflected aesthetic. The presentation highlights contemporary approaches to performance and communal listening.

Chemin de la Gravière 7,
1227 Les Acacias

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Photo Credit: DR

23 – 28 June

Spirale Workshops 1 and 2

Performances

La Parfumerie

Spirale Workshops 1 and 2 showcase a thirty-year practice of transmission, research and intergenerational exchange. Under the direction of Michele Millner (Atelier 1) and Cathy Sarr with Patrick Mohr (Atelier 2), the project blends devised creation and collective laboratories. Atelier 1 develops a decolonial, antipatriarchal and radical laboratory that dialogues with figures such as Lady Macbeth and Nina. Participants include Marie Bondolfi, Yves Cerf, Mael Godinat and Jeanne Pasquier.

In French.

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24 June – 2 July

Violencia Rivas

Performances

Théâtre de l'Orangerie

Violencia Rivas is a brazen stage persona created by Léa Pohlhammer that channels a fictional Argentine yéyé singer claiming to have invented punk in the late sixties. On stage Pohlhammer and Adrien Barazzone form a combustible duo: she as the diva, he as her devoted companion. Julien Jaillot directs the actor work; Florence Minder collaborated on dramaturgy; Fernando de Miguel supplies music and sound while Pedro Saborido and Fernando de Miguel provide song texts. Aline Courvoisier designs costumes and Danielle Milovic and Loane Ruga the lighting. Coproduction: F.A.B Force Prod., Venedig Meer.

In French.

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18 – 28 June

Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels

Performances

BFM

Frank Zappa’s opera “200 Motels” is showing in Switzerland for the first time. This dynamic musical-theatrical piece is brought to life by director Daniel Kramer and conductor Titus Engel, featuring an impressive and diverse cast, including Robin Adams, Brenda Rae, and legendary guitarist Mike Keneally. Known for his iconic rock career, Zappa presents an experimental and psychedelic work that blends opera, rock, and contemporary classical music. “200 Motels” offers a chaotic and extravagant journey across the United States, mirroring the wild lives of Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

In English with French subtitles.

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24 – 28 June

l’AMR aux Cropettes

Performances

Parc des Cropettes

Celebrating its 43rd edition, AMR Festival gathers a constellation of jazz and improvised-music projects over five days, offering 27 concerts that range from big-band workshops and modern-jazz sessions to intimate improvised sets and family programming. Artists and ensembles explore spontaneity, collective listening and rhythmic invention, with programming that favours interplay and sonic risk. Lighting and sound design shape shifting atmospheres, from hushed, introspective moments to exuberant, groove-driven peaks, transporting listeners through vivid, communal encounters.

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Thursday 25 June, 19:00

Glam Night 200 Motels

Performances

BFM

An evening of glamour and theatrical revelry surrounding a presentation of 200 Motels. The programme pairs the performance with an intimate after-party led by a DJ, light bites and cocktails, and a chance to meet the artists. Expect a playful blend of rock-theatre aesthetics, surreal humour and immersive staging that blurs concert and cinema. The atmosphere is festive, stylish and convivial, offering close encounters with performers and creative energy.

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23 – 28 June

Three Queens

Performances

La Parfumerie

Directed by Michele Millner and devised collectively by Théâtre Spirale’s Atelier 1, Three Queens examines feminine violence and power through fragments of Macbeth, The Seagull, The Caucasian Chalk Circle and new texts by participants. The production gathers actors in raw, tactile staging, with musical composition by Mael Godinat and Yves Cerf, movement by Jeanne Pasquier, collaboration and performance by Marie Bondolfi, costumes by Julie Delieutraz and technical work by Jules Bovard. The piece is intimate, political and unsettling, mixing classical echoes and contemporary voices.

In French.

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