Wednesday 18 November, 20:30

Jazz Night — Tribute to Godfather James Brown

Free

Led by bassist Etienne Mbappé, this carte blanche presentation by the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne honours James Brown’s legacy through a blend of jazz, funk and soul. Vocalist Raphaël Descotes and a band including Fabrizio Fresu (trumpet), Oleksandr Vorobiov (saxophone), Didier Yon (trombone), Simon Tinguely (guitar) and Louis Gourmaud (drums) shape tight grooves, dynamic solos and raw call-and-response. The programme balances reverence and reinvention, offering warm, rhythmic energy and cinematic horn textures.

Passage de la Radio 2,
1205 Genève

Photo Credit: ema

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Photo Credit: ema

Saturday 10 October, 20:30

Tiwayo

Performances

L'épicentre

Tiwayo returns with Outsider, an intimate yet expansive soul album produced by Adrián Quesada. Fronting his full band, the Parisian singer-songwriter—nicknamed “The Young Old” for his timeless voice—moves between southern soul, blues and travel-worn melodies. Collaborations with Doyle Bramhall II and Kendra Morris add depth to arrangements that favour raw, authentic expression. On stage, the band blends warm grooves, gritty guitar and emotive vocals to create a direct, soul-centred experience.

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8 – 14 October

The Other Place

Performances

La Comédie de Genève

Directed by Alexander Zeldin, The Other Place is a contemporary reading of Antigone that carves a tragic family drama out of everyday life. On the anniversary of their father’s death, two estranged sisters confront memories, renovation works and an uncle determined to move on. With Jerry Killick among the cast and a strikingly realistic scenography, the production exposes hidden violences, irreconcilable trajectories and raw emotional fractures in a finely observed, tense staging.

In English.

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8 – 10 October

Le Repas

Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

Directed by Gabriel Álvarez, Le Repas revives two flagship pieces from his company’s repertoire for the 40th anniversary of Studio d’Action Théâtrale and pays homage to playwright Valère Novarina. A cosmogonic feast staged with the audience at table, the performance devours the world through ritual, poetry and corporeal presence. It examines human voracity, collective memory and the fate of what we ingest, offering a sensorial, intimate and occasionally brutal theatrical journey.

In French.

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27 August – 18 October

Scène Vagabonde Festival 2026

Performances

Théâtre Cæcilia

Scène Vagabonde’s seventh edition brings a compact program of contemporary theatre and music, presenting three contrasting stage works — “Par le bout du nez”, “Quadrille” and “Prima facie” — alongside a concert by Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp as part of La Bâtie-Festival de Genève. Across intimate stagings the festival favors inventive direction, close ensemble interplay and a balance of wit and intensity, offering encounters that privilege physical presence, tonal variety and rigorous dramaturgy.

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22 September – 29 November

La Demande en mariage et l’ours

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Two short plays by Anton Chekhov staged by Tibor Ockenfels and Flavie Tapparel, presented as compact dramatic machines where romantic comedy masks escalating confrontations between desire, affection and material interest. Performances rely on precise physical timing, terse exchanges and a lean, playful design to reveal the simmering violence behind courtship rituals. The three actors — Estelle Bridet, Matteo Prandi and Raphaël Vachoux — inhabit heightened character types that shift between farce and darker comic truth, creating a sharply observed, kinetic evening.

In French.

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Saturday 10 October, 20:00

She and He

Performances

Villa Dutoit

Led by the vocal partnership of soprano Valérie Vianin Bonzon and tenor Jesse Concha, with pianist Sebastián Guinta, this recital juxtaposes intimate Romantic lieder and verismo arias by Schumann and Puccini. The singers inhabit contrasting personas, weaving fragile lyricism with dramatic intensity, while the piano provides shimmering textures and bold climaxes. Illuminated by attentive phrasing and close musical dialogue, the programme invites a contemplative, emotionally charged listening experience that moves between tenderness and passion.

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