
Point Favre is a cultural venue and performance space located in Chêne-Bourg, just east of Geneva. A versatile arts center, it hosts a diverse year-round program including theatre, music, dance, comedy, and community events. Equipped with a large modular hall and professional technical facilities, it is also available for hire for rehearsals, creations, and events of various scales, making it a key local cultural hub.
Florent Marchet presents a luminous, nomadic pop set with his band, blending chanson roots, classical and jazz touches into intimate storytelling. A pianist since childhood, Marchet crafts melancholic yet wry narratives—from Gargilesse to Rio Baril and Frère Animal—culminating in his seventh album Mobil Home, conceived between Tunis, Paris and Brussels. The performance unfolds through warm instrumental textures and precise arrangements that frame his voice as a storyteller, exploring otherness and the restless search for belonging.
In French.
French singer-songwriter Florent Marchet grew up in a theatre in Berry, becoming a pianist and exploring classical, jazz and folk before forging a distinctive path in chanson and pop. Since Gargilesse he has established himself as one of France’s most inventive songwriters, creating memorable projects such as Rio Baril and Frère Animal. Mobil Home pursues a nomadic, luminous yet uneasy sound. On stage he adopts a storyteller’s stance, supported by a close, attentive ensemble.
Directed by Vania Jaikin Miyazaki, Does Your Life Swing? is a short road‑movie musical that follows Pierre Omer’s band on tour through Europe, capturing concerts, travel and backstage moments. The screening is followed by a live set led by Pierre Omer, where swing, blues, garage and cabaret‑tinged atmospheres meet raw energy and theatricality. The band features Christoph Gantert (trumpet, vocals), Julien Israelian (drums, percussion), Géraldine Schenkel (organ) and fakir/dancer Lalla Morte.
In the footsteps of Oodaaq, a small wingless hero negotiates a tender, adventurous rite of passage. While the siblings take to the sky, Oodaaq chooses a terrestrial odyssey, crossing strange landscapes, meeting ambiguous companions and facing gentle trials that shape identity and resilience. The staging relies on poetic physicality and playful imagination to trace a child’s transformation and quest for belonging.
In French.
Emeric Cheseaux’s solo show traces his departure from a small village to the big city through a series of empathetic and comic character portraits. Using voice, mimicry and a few harvest crates as his only props, he reclaims the dialect and gestures of his origins to reconcile heritage with identity. The performance blends heartfelt nostalgia, sharp comedy and intimate family scenes to explore rural life, belonging and the singular experience of being different.
In French.
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