The Sunday Concerts at Victoria Hall feature “Coro” by Lucian Berio, performed by the students of the HEM, the Ensemble Contrechamps, and the Zürcher Sing-Akademie choir under the baton of Emilio Pomarico. This monumental work for 40 voices and orchestra redefines the orchestral setup and serves as both a political and musical manifesto, weaving together folk songs and poetic texts.
The acrobatic sensation from Australia is coming to Am Stram Gram! Seven acrobats create an atmosphere of joy and camaraderie, performing breathtaking feats and even inviting audience members to join them on stage. Their performances, stripped of gimmicks, are captivating and brimming with humor and teamwork, delivering unforgettable moments of pure joy to the audience.
An exuberant stage adaptation of the beloved macabre comedy, The Addams Family plunges into dark humour, family dynamics and absurdity. The production balances gothic visuals and sharp, musical comedy with precise ensemble work, playful choreography and stylised design. Intimate moments alternate with full-cast set pieces, creating a contrast between tenderness and the bizarre. Expect a richly textured theatrical world that celebrates outsider identity and affectionate satire.
In English.
Laure Hirsig introduces “Zone” at Maison Saint-Gervais, drawing inspiration from the works of Louis Calaferte and Tarjei Vesaas. This adaptation delves into the complexities of adolescence, highlighting its secrets and raw intensity. Five performers portray feverish and awkward adolescent mutants, navigating between inhibition and a longing for self-exposure. “Zone” establishes an enclosed yet transparent space, mirroring a wild psyche on the brink of eruption.
In French.
Actor Samuel Labarthe turns Nicolas Bouvier’s fever-drenched memoir The Scorpion-Fish into a hypnotic, miniaturist tour de force: marooned in 1950s Ceylon after a headlong road trip from Geneva through the Balkans and Afghanistan, the once-ebullient traveller spirals into tropical delirium, trading human company for buzzing insects, mirage-bright visions and mordant humour that flits between the sublime and the grotesque. Under Catherine Schaub’s finely gauged direction, Labarthe channels both the lush lyricism and the slow-burn torment of this “motionless voyage,” distilling Bouvier’s languid prose into a tactile, rejuvenating elixir that lets the audience feel every bead of sweat, jolt of wonder and sting of isolation.
In French. Ages 12 and up.
Directed by Bastien Blanchard, CANICULE is a first play that turns a scorching domestic scene into a comedic yet unsettling probe of consumerist happiness. Actors Nadim Ahmed, Estelle Benaïch, Danae Dario and Angelo Dell’Aquila shift between light banter and mounting unease as a repairman exposes fissures in a marriage. Cornélius Spaeter’s scenography, Marc Heinmendinger’s lighting and Ljubica Markovic’s costumes frame moments of heat, claustrophobia and ironic intimacy, touching on climate change and overconsumption with dry wit and emotional precision.
In French.
Conceived in dialogue with the exhibition Le Chalet, this sensitive, poetic performance blends live music and movement to reimagine the idea of the Swiss chalet. Drummer Félix Bettems and mover Semina Rizou inhabit a compact, tactile universe where simple gestures and a spare score suggest memory, domesticity and gentle displacement. Created in residency with Studio 2 and the École de musique d’Étoy and developed alongside the Association pour le patrimoine industriel and Fab Lab Onl’fait, the piece feels intimate and quietly evocative.
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