
Situated in a recently constructed space above the new Gare des Eaux-Vives, La Comédie de Genève is a distinguished theatrical institution housing two theaters equipped with high-quality technical facilities. It hosts a wide range of performances, from classical to contemporary works, and is not limited to theater alone, often featuring dance, conferences, workshops, and collaborations with festivals.
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.
Step behind the curtain on a guided backstage tour that unveils the hidden machinery of theatre life. Wander through paint and costume workshops, peek into rehearsal studios and explore corners usually closed to the public. Accompanied by a guide, you’ll hear stories about the building’s history, creative processes and the hands that build each production. The visit finishes with a shared aperitif, a relaxed moment to swap impressions and savour the theatrical atmosphere.
In French.
Apéritif Tours
Monday 31 August 2026, 18:30
Monday 30 November 2026, 18:15
Monday 25 January 2027, 18:15
Monday 26 April 2027, 18:15
“Behind the Scenes” Tours – Discover the inner workings of the Comédie and the professions of the performing arts
Wednesday 23 September 2026, 12:45
Wednesday 14 October 2026, 12:45
Saturday 6 February 2027, 15:00
Saturday 27 February 2027, 15:00
Festival Electron, a cornerstone of Switzerland’s electronic cultures for over twenty years, presents a nocturnal immersive experience that transforms performance spaces into expansive dancefloors. The programme balances cutting‑edge DJs and live electronic artists, blending dense rhythmic sequences with immersive visual design and lighting. Expect sustained pulses, spatial soundscapes and a collective, high-energy atmosphere that prioritizes sonic depth and club-like continuity. The artistic focus is on rhythm, texture and sensory immersion.
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.
Directed by Gabriel Sparti, Menace Chorale follows an amateur town choir drawn into a tightening ideological mechanism under a charismatic new conductor. The piece uses vocal textures and staged rehearsals to contrast luminous harmonies with the unsettling meanings behind their repertoire, sketching a miniature society where desire, ambition and collective pressure calcify into authoritarian dynamics. Through subtle disruptions, layered readings and meticulous sound and lighting textures, the production feels at once funny, eerie and incisively political.
In French.
Directed by Eléonore Bonah and staged by scenographer Maria Clara Castioni, CHRÜSIMÜSI transforms Adelheid Duvanel’s terse, poetic fragments into a multilingual theatrical tapestry. Performers Eléonore Bonah and Maria Clara Castioni inhabit hypersensitive, marginal characters whose everyday gestures oscillate between absurdity and tenderness. Sparse staging and a careful interplay of voice and silence highlight Duvanel’s Kafkaesque intimacy, while language shifts (French, German, Italian) create a fragile, dreamlike atmosphere that balances humour and quiet despair, celebrating stubborn acts of resistance.
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