Born from the collaboration of Rodriguez Vangama, Fabrizio Cassol and Alain Platel, Coup Fatal blends opera, concert and dance into a jubilant hybrid performance. Thirteen musicians—mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo—weave together baroque airs, rumba, lyrical voices and traditional songs, drawing on influences from Nina Simone to Vivaldi. The staging celebrates cultural and vocal encounters through visceral music-making and collective energy.
In French.
Four performers embody testimonies from different generations in Sept, situated at the crossroads of dance and film. Between intimate confidences and tender tableaux, the piece examines how age shapes us and stages a delicate exploration of what growing older means, revealing a shared humanity. The staging shifts between projected images and live bodies, weaving visual and physical layers to create an experience that is both poetic and unsettling.
Focus Jeune Création brings together a new generation of Romand artists over two weeks, presenting five bold and hybrid performances that blur theatre, performance and live art. The program explores emergent writing and stage practices— from plateau-based text to pieces rooted in the real—offering layered, often indisciplinary approaches that question formats and invent languages for a transforming world. Accompanying meetings and discussions extend the works and open insight into creative processes.
String quartet Quatuor Aviv presents an intimate programme featuring Anna Göckel and Brandon Garbot on violins, Noémie Bialobroda on viola and Daniel Mitnitsky on cello. The programme juxtaposes Haydn’s lively Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2 with Alban Berg’s intense, expressionist String Quartet Op. 3 and Mendelssohn’s radiant Quartet in D major, Op. 44 No. 1. Refined ensemble playing, precise articulation and warm sonorities invite close listening and emotional contrast.
Renegade Saints bring their flagship improv comedy to the stage with Fast. Funny. Made Up., their longest-running English-language show in Geneva. Built from audience suggestions, the performance unfolds in quick, unpredictable scenes full of playful energy and sharp comic timing. The atmosphere is informal and convivial, with the crowd guiding the journey from their seats. Fast-paced and generous in spirit, it offers the thrill of watching stories invented in the moment.
In English.
Directed by Marie-José Malis, Retour au pays revisits Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s letters through a spare, lucid staging. Performers Alexandra Tiedemann and Juan Crespillo inhabit the returning merchant’s disorientation, while Aurélia Ansermet provides live music and sound. Bernard Héritier’s scenography and Jessy Ducatillon’s lighting shape moments of visual surprise, most poignantly a Van Gogh encounter that restores belief in the world. The piece refuses facile answers, offering theatrical lucidity and an austere emotional clarity.
In French.
La P’tite Fumée returns with an explosive live set that fuses psytrance energy and cyberpunk atmospheres. Their electro-acoustic palette blends didgeridoo with hypnotic guitar and flute lines over driving rhythms. New vocal elements join the band’s signature instrumental textures, adding sharp flows and communal hooks. The reworked live show emphasizes visceral dynamics, dense sound layers and raw intensity, offering a powerful, immersive concert experience that bridges tradition and modern electronic experimentation.
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