Cécile Marx mixes stand-up and music in a candid solo show. With sharp humour and raw honesty, she traces a chaotic personal journey that moves between trash and poetry. Through stories about toxic friendships, family tensions, addiction and even serial killers, Marx examines the pressure for perfection and celebrates the quirks that make us memorable. The staging blends live music and comedic monologue, offering intimate, acidic observations and flashes of unexpected tenderness.
In French.
Calema’s brothers bring a warm blend of soulful vocals, pop melodies and Afro‑Portuguese rhythms. Their music balances intimate ballads and uplifting anthems, driven by close harmonies and rhythmic guitar patterns. Expect a performance that moves between tender emotion and contagious energy, highlighted by nuanced arrangements and heartfelt delivery. The duo’s commanding stage presence invites close listening and joyful participation, offering an evocative journey through love, identity and rhythmic tradition.
For its eighth edition, Le Fumigène brings together two contrasting improvisation formats shaped by student talent and quick-fire invention. On Friday, a high-energy match pits the LuDi Île-de-France against Laituge, with an unpredictable referee turning every scene into a playful challenge. On Saturday, Deus Ex Machina shifts into long-form storytelling, where improvisers build a full world from a staging concept imposed by the game master. It is an inventive, collaborative celebration of theatrical spontaneity and ensemble risk-taking.
In French.
Presented in partnership with the Institut National Genevois, this closing concert brings together prizewinners of the Geneva Competition: violist Brian Isaacs and the Quatuor Elmire. The programme centres on Beethoven’s Quintet alongside two contrasting works, offering intimate chamber music textures. The performers favour clarity of line and heated interplay, shaping a narrative of tenderness and tension. Lighting and staging are understated, focusing attention on timbral richness and communicative ensemble playing to create a luminous, emotionally precise evening.
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.
An energetic homage to pop icons, this concert revisits the greatest hits of the Kings of Pop through powerful, elegant arrangements. Performed by a high‑calibre ensemble, the programme offers rich, dynamic reinterpretations that blend groove, emotion and theatrical energy. Expect moments of soaring melody, rhythmic drive and intimate passages that highlight vocal and instrumental interplay. The evening is crafted to celebrate the legacy of pop music with a festive and unifying atmosphere.
After 463 performances of his first show, available on YouTube, Jason Brokerss — one of the sharpest minds in stand-up comedy today — is back on stage. “If I had seen this poster and this new show 10 years ago… I would have said, ‘Who is this man? What kind of life is this?’ Apparently, that man is me, and that’s my life. I have to tell you about it!”
In French.
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