Pour célébrer son 15e anniversaire, le Festival Assemblage’s invite certaines des compagnies qui ont le plus marqué son public ces dernières années à présenter leurs nouvelles créations. Réunissant des artistes venus de toute l’Europe et ouvrant cette édition 2026 avec une grande comédienne genevoise, le festival promet une programmation exceptionnelle de théâtre et de spectacles contemporains.
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.
Created by Manon Bril and Etienne Lautrette and directed by Théo Comby Lemaitre, this hybrid lecture-performance blends scholarly rigour with theatrical wit. Historian Manon Bril guides the audience through surprising episodes of human history, overturning assumptions with a sharp, offbeat humour and playful staging. The show mixes clear popular-science explanation, theatrical images and comic timing to reveal that nothing has “always been like this”.
In French.
Chronicle of a fleeting liaison, this intimate theatrical piece examines the fragile architecture of desire and memory. Through concentrated scenes, the company maps the emotional aftershocks of a brief relationship, shifting between candid dialogue and charged silences. Lighting and sparse staging heighten moments of intimacy, while an attentive ensemble navigates tonal shifts from tenderness to unease. The production favors close observation and emotional clarity, inviting reflection on attachment and the traces left behind.
In French.
JazzContreBand celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new creation led by trumpeter Erik Truffaz. Franco‑Swiss musicians join forces with the Orchestre des Alpes et du Léman in Side by Side, a programme that blends classical writing, jazz phrasing and open-ended improvisation. The project explores textural contrasts, orchestral colours and solo interplay, shifting from intimate chamber passages to wide, cinematic swells. Expect nuanced dynamics, luminous timbres and collaborative dialogue across genres.
Nos voisins artificiels stages a tense, intimate theatrical exploration of human relationships in the age of technology. A focused ensemble navigates shifting boundaries between empathy and estrangement through precise physicality, fragmented dialogue and luminous stagecraft. The piece blends dark humour with moments of quiet vulnerability, relying on carefully designed lighting and minimalist sets to heighten emotional textures. Audience members are invited to witness ambiguous intimacy and the uncanny rhythms of contemporary coexistence.
In French.
Directed by Gabriel Alvarez, this revival brings back two landmark pieces from his company’s repertoire for the 40th anniversary of Studio d’Action Théâtrale. It pays tribute to Valère Novarina, animating the sonic, visual, semantic and rhythmic material of his language. The performance unfolds as a poetic origin tale that simultaneously suggests the birth of things and the approach of an ending, privileging vocality, dense textual textures and theatrical rupture.
In French.
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