4 – 11 December

Le Serment d’Europe

Written and directed by Wajdi Mouawad, Le Serment d’Europe transforms Greek myth—Médéa and the Phoenician princess Europe—into a contemporary tragedy about silence and the transmission of trauma. A sparse, almost bare stage hosts an international cast who alternate in French, Greek, English and Russian (surtitles), weaving past and present into a tense, intimate drama. The production privileges austere design, concentrated performances and a ritual intensity that probes memory, guilt and complicity.

Esplanade Alice-Bailly 1,
1207 Genève
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Photo Credit: DR

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