Tuesday 17 March, 19:00

Being a Poet in Times of War / Gaza, Oh My Joy

Performances

Free

Hend Jouda performs a powerful Arabic reading that traces the experience of war, precarity and the fragile hope of renewal. Her voice, carried among intimate anecdotes and universal gestures, fragments everyday life while carving a poetic space. Translator and collaborator Henri Jules Julien provides a reflective translation and outside perspective, and Youness Atbane shapes the sound environment to heighten textures and silence. Presented with French surtitles, the performance balances urgency and tenderness.

Place des Trois-Perdrix 5,
1204 Genève

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Photo Credit: Julie Cherki

3 March – 2 April

Le Tartuffe

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Molière’s Tartuffe tells the story of a slick con-man who hides behind ostentatious piety to worm his way into the wealthy Orgon household. Orgon, dazzled by Tartuffe’s sanctimonious rhetoric, defends him even as the impostor’s hypocrisy poisons family bonds and pushes the household toward ruin.

Director Jean Liermier underscores how, in Molière’s work, the female characters serve as the moral compass and spark of resistance, a beacon of hope against oppression. Staged on a stark, minimalist set that exposes the family’s rigid tensions—and featuring Gilles Privat as an unbending Orgon—this production highlights the play’s continuing resonance in a world beset by egotism, fanaticism, and conspiracy thinking. The central question remains timeless: will society keep falling for Tartuffe’s brand of seductive deceit?

In French. Ages 12 and up.

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Saturday 7 March, 17:00

Silahkan

Kids Performances

Point Favre

Choreographer Laurence Yadi presents a new creation for young audiences after a residency in Bali. This dance solo, titled “Silahkan” (meaning “please” in Balinese), invites audiences on a journey filled with humor, poetry, and emotion. The performance unfolds within a constantly transforming set where ordinary objects turn into something extraordinary. It reveals a magical world of tales inhabited by princesses, gods, demons, and warriors, exploring the wonders and mysteries of a distant journey.

Kids ages 6 and up.

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Saturday 7 March, 21:00

Dave O’Brien Quartet

Performances

AMR

Led by London-born pianist Dave O’Brien, newly based in Geneva, this quartet presents a varied programme of original, rhythmically propulsive compositions alongside reworkings of Punch Brothers and Duke Ellington. With Manu Gesseney on saxophone, Pierre Balda on double bass and Ibrahim Terkemani on drums, the group blends folk-inflected lyricism, modern jazz harmonies and cinematic textures inspired by Tigran Hamasyan, Chick Corea and Avishai Cohen. Expect close, improvisational interplay, dynamic shifts and a warm, tactile sound that moves between intimacy and expansive momentum.

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6 – 22 March

Cléopâtre

Kids Performances

Am Stram Gram

“Cleopatra at Am Stram Gram” is a must-see show for audiences of all ages. Directed by Dan Jemmett and penned by Rémi De Vos, this production offers a fresh take on the Cleopatra myth, uncovering lesser-known facets of this historical icon. With an all-female cast, the play delves into her alliances, romantic entanglements, and her prowess in languages, mathematics, and philosophy, set against a backdrop of a male-dominated world. It’s a theatrical experience not to be missed!

In French.

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3 – 7 March

Emma Saba / Mary Madlean — Jalousie des Tempêtes

Performances

Pavillon ADC

Emma Saba and Jeanne Pâris revive the lyric repertoire in a subversive, celebratory performance. Playing with time and inheritance, Saba reworks early arias into electric fragments, laughter and amplified sighs. The piece interrogates the politics of the voice as opera sheds its white pageant to become raw material, desire, anger and tenderness. Part performance, part concert, Jalousie des tempêtes stages a ritual of dismantling and rejoicing, where vocal technique meets bodily intensity and theatrical invention.

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5 – 8 March

Le Premier Sexe

Performances

Théâtre le douze dix-huit

A man performs on stage, sharing a personal reflection alongside his family, friends, therapist, colleagues, and ex-partners. In seven acts, he delves into pivotal anecdotes to question gender imperatives from childhood to adulthood. The play, “Le Premier Sexe,” addresses the journey from oppression to emancipation and the shift from toxic masculinity to a distinctive masculine identity. Produced by Compagnie Passages, with Mickaël Délis responsible for both writing and directing, in collaboration with Vladimir Perrin and other artists.

In French.

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