Friday 27 November, 12:15

Lunch Break Concert

Free, Booking Required

This lunchtime concert brings together musicians from the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève for a compact and varied musical journey. The OCG Celli Quartet — Pascal Michel, Dan Sloutskovski, Coralie Devars and Delphine Gosseries — moves from the Romantic repertoire to contemporary sounds, weaving together Brahms, Fauré, Piazzolla and Schumann with unexpected references to ABBA, Apocalyptica and film music. The result is an intimate, lively performance shaped by contrast, colour and shared musical play.

Place des Trois-Perdrix 5,
1204 Genève

Photo Credit: DR

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Photo Credit: DR

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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3 – 4 November

Mobula — Au-Delà Du Bleu

Performances

Château Rouge – Annemasse

FURTHER AFIELD

Mobula is an ode to the movement of water, a dance piece that reflects humanity’s relationship with the ocean. Directed by Jean‑Camille Goimard and performed by Pierre Theoleyre, Denis Terrasse and Anna Martin‑François, the choreography channels aquatic energy: floating beneath the surface, being tossed by waves, confronting the storm. Images are projected across a sail-like structure while Anne Martin appears as a dancer in the film, and narratives from people who live with the sea punctuate the work.

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2 – 4 November

Traktor

Performances

Lex Madone

Traktor presents an intimate evening with a lean trio: Brooks Giger (double bass), Anthony Dietrich Buclin (trombone) and Dominic Egli (drums). The set foregrounds close musical conversation, contrasting lyrical lines with rhythmic immediacy and open textures. The musicians navigate between composed motifs and spontaneous interaction, creating moments of tension and release in a concentrated, exploratory format. The performance is presented with the support of a local association offering the performance space free of charge.

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3 – 4 November

Estefanía Álvarez Ramírez & Luisa Fernanda Alfonso – Quinceañeras

Performances

Pavillon ADC

Quinceañeras is a durational performance created and performed by Colombian artists Estefanía and Luisa, who examine the ambivalence of the quinceañera ritual. Combining movement, symbolic staging and intimate scenography, the piece interrogates colonial legacies and the boundaries of gendered rites of passage. Through choreography and poetic gestures they transform ritual into acts of resistance and self-affirmation, proposing new modes of feminine representation and collective memory within contemporary performance.

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4 – 5 November

Blandine Lehout – La Vie de Ta Mère

Performances

BFM

Blandine Lehout brings a frank, funny stand-up evening that mines motherhood, couple life and the strains of new parenthood with biting wit and self-mockery. Between sharp one-liners and candid storytelling she confronts loss of a past life, appetite and body-image jokes, and rebellious impulses toward moralizers and partners. The show blends autobiographical detail with cynical humor and warm audience rapport to create an unfiltered, liberating comic experience.

In French.

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4 – 8 November

Festival Improoo

Performances

Théâtre le douze dix-huit

Improoo is a festival of long-form improvisation that lets stories breathe and unfold in real time. Performances range from half-hour episodes to hour-long narratives and beyond, driven by a tight ensemble of improvisers who build sustained dramatic arcs, shifting tones and unexpected emotional turns. The creative approach privileges listening, risk and theatrical economy, offering immersive, spontaneous storytelling rooted in theatrical craft and collective play.

In French.

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