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.
Composed for eight popping specialists, Promenade Obligatoire stages eight dancers moving continuously across the stage, always in the same direction. From compact mass to solitude, the choreography traces shifting formations that echo a social body in flux. Through precise popping technique and austere ensemble movement, the piece explores individuals’ resistance to determinism, the relentless flow of everyday life and collective modes of being. The atmosphere alternates between near-military procession and fragile individuality.
Created by the collective Damechevaliers in collaboration with Gisèle Vienne and featuring Caro Geryl and Adèle Haenel, this evening blends reading, music and performance around Monique Wittig’s thinking. The piece draws on “La pensée straight” and gathers texts by Monique Wittig, Sarah Ahmed, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich and Elsa Dorlin to examine gendered hierarchies and the political logics that assign social roles. The staging is intimate and interrogative, mixing voice, sound and performative gestures.
In French.
Directed by Julien Gosselin, Maldoror stages a rigorous dialogue between Roberto Bolaño and Lautréamont in a triptych that probes the relation between literature and evil. The production confronts violence, the Chilean dictatorship and the spectre of Nazism through a hybrid language of theatre, video and electronic music. A large ensemble — including Guillaume Bachelé, Rita Benmamman and Joseph Drouet — navigates dense imagery and moral ambiguity, in a confrontational, immersive mise-en-scène.
In French.
Directed by Adrien Barazzone, À l’article de la mort stages a tense newsroom conference where ideological fractures explode amid rumours of a corporate takeover. This claustrophobic, dialogue-driven play pits editorial ethics against institutional power and tests artistic freedom as the finale of Barazzone’s ‘Trilogy of Systems’. Sparse staging and a focused ensemble heighten moral conflict and urgency, offering a hard-hitting examination of truth, responsibility and the cost of dissent.
In French.
Celebrate a vibrant festival of live arts created for young people aged 12 to 20. Over several days, participants explore theatre, movement and performance through immersive shows, hands-on workshops about stage professions, and presentations of school projects. Young creatives will experiment with storytelling, sound and visual design, collaborate with peers and discover the creative process behind productions. Each year the festival’s graphic identity is designed by a student in graphic arts, offering a learning and creative spotlight.
Kids ages 12-20.
On a stark white stage, three bodies meet — a man, a woman and a crow — and from this encounter a world is born. Performed by Baro d’evel’s founding duo Camille Decourtye and Blaï Mateu Trias, with the long-time companion crow Gus and six musicians from the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Là blends dance, circus, painting and music into an intimate, poetic exploration of language, gesture and emergence.
In French.
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