Step into a living forest where trees begin to speak and share their stories. Children encounter hungry wolves, a forest crone, elegant birds and a humming woodcutter. Through vivid, spoken tales that hover between dream and reality, young listeners will feel wonder, shivers and laughter as voices carry them on imaginative journeys. The performance is poetic, sensory and playful, inviting quiet listening and big imagination.
In French. Kids ages 5 and up.
La Revue Genevoise returns for its 134th edition, blending sharp satire with music, dance and theatrical sketches. A lively ensemble navigates topical scenes that mix wit and social critique, supported by inventive choreography, musical arrangements and fluid staging. The production alternates fast-paced comedy and reflective moments, offering a polished, communal portrait of contemporary Geneva life told through song, movement and comic timing.
In French.
Directed by Marie-José Malis, Retour au pays revisits Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s letters through a spare, lucid staging. Performers Alexandra Tiedemann and Juan Crespillo inhabit the returning merchant’s disorientation, while Aurélia Ansermet provides live music and sound. Bernard Héritier’s scenography and Jessy Ducatillon’s lighting shape moments of visual surprise, most poignantly a Van Gogh encounter that restores belief in the world. The piece refuses facile answers, offering theatrical lucidity and an austere emotional clarity.
In French.
The Lemanic Modern Ensemble traces Maurice Ravel’s poetic universe through music, song and spoken text, with conductor Dylan Corlay and French soprano Marion Tassou. Framed by Bénédicte Lesenne’s original staging, the programme moves between Symbolist literature, distant cultures, jazz and music-hall, revealing a modernist landscape both playful and refined. Ravel’s pages meet works by Satie, Chostakovitch, Marinetti and others in a vivid encounter between heritage and fantasy.
Explore a showcase of 84 nominated timepieces and hands-on workshops. Join guided tours with watchmaking experts, listen to ticking mechanisms, and see delicate gears turn. Try beginner watchmaking skills like assembly and bevelling, or join youngsters’ sessions to make a colourful dial, practise engraving, or dismantle and rebuild a clock. Sessions mix sight, sound and fine touch to spark curiosity, creativity and careful observation in young makers.
Kids ages 4–12.
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.
Explore the rich colours and textures of autumn in a hands-on art workshop. Hunt for bright leaves, plump fruits and unusual seeds, feeling their shapes and mixing their hues. Create temporary artworks from natural bits, arranging colours, rubbing textures, and trying simple prints. Listen to crunching leaves and notice smells while experimenting with patterns and movements. This playful workshop sparks curiosity, observation and creativity through sensory discovery.
Kids ages from 6 to 13.
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