Thursday 1 April, 19:00

Nos empereurs

Booking Required

FURTHER AFIELD

Created by Guillaume Cayet, Nos empereurs is a decolonial saga that plunges into the white and French presence in Benin from 1895 to today. The play follows Armand Lamarque, a French army captain turned palm-oil planter whose convictions collide with local realities and drive him toward madness. Combining family epic, historical fable and magical realism, Cayet interrogates the legacy of French colonialism and its contemporary survivals. Produced by Compagnie Le désordre des choses and La Comédie de Valence – CDN Drôme-Ardèche.

In French.

Rue Genève 154,,
Switzerland

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Photo Credit: DR

9 – 11 October

La Peau Douce

Performances

L'Abri

Jaune is a fresh stage piece created and performed by recent graduates Mathis Josselin and Gabrielle Pialoux. This first collaboration explores the many faces of the colour yellow — joy, friendship, tenderness, desire and its more ambivalent edges — with an intimate, playful and sincere theatrical language. The creators blend minimal staging and tactile gestures to produce a concise, evocative hour of shared emotion and quiet humour.

In French. Created for the Fête du théâtre 2026.

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Friday 9 October, 20:00

La femme parfaite

Performances

Catalyse

Directed by Jérémy Guérard, La femme parfaite traces a daughter’s confrontation with her dying mother and the inherited patterns that bind three generations of women. Through intimate staging, moments of therapy and delicate origami sequences, the production untangles memory, family conditioning and desires for emancipation. The piece weaves ghosts of the past into a portrait of love and liberation, pairing rigorous dramaturgy with emotional clarity. The performance is followed by a discussion with the audience.

In French.

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7 – 17 October

Je ne suis pas Johnny

Performances

Théâtre Alchimic

Je ne suis pas Johnny is a theatrical exploration of identity, memory and the weight of cultural myth. Combining intimate staging, physical sensitivity and moments of dark humour, the piece unsettles familiar narratives and invites audiences to reconsider how personas are constructed and performed. Sparse lighting and a fluid rhythm shape an intense, close-up experience, where silence and gesture reveal hidden tensions and unexpected tenderness.

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1 – 18 October

Prima Facie / Suzie Miller

Performances

Scène Cæcilia

Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller, stages a tense courtroom drama centred on Tessa, a brilliant defence lawyer whose life is upended after she becomes the victim of an assault. Directed by Elidan Arzoni and performed by Anna Budde, the production weaves urgent questions about justice, credibility and power. Danielle Milovic’s lighting and the French translation by Dominique Hollier and Séverine Magois shape a stark, intimate staging. Produced by Les Amis – Le Chariot for Scène Vagabonde Festival.

In French.

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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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6 – 18 October

Les 10 petites anarchistes

Performances

Théâtre du Loup

Directed by Fanny Brunet and Carole Schafroth, this theatrical adaptation of Daniel de Roulet’s novel follows ten young women who emigrate to Patagonia to found an egalitarian anarchist community. Using object theatre, the production blends storytelling, projected images and reflective passages to probe anarchist utopias, working-class conditions, migration and the marginalised role of women in history. The staging is intimate and inventive, inviting thought and emotion through tactile imagery and poetic gesture.

In French.

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