Saturday 21 March, 20:00

Dances of the World

Performances

Booking Required

Led by the Philharmonie de la Genève Internationale with the IHEID Choir and the Ganda Boys, this programme journeys through rhythm, colour and emotion. Repertoire ranges from Bizet and Manuel de Falla’s fiery Spanish dances to Dvořák and Borodin’s Slavic ardour, Sibelius’s Nordic atmospheres and the driving Malambo of South America. Orchestral colours unfold, choral textures and luminous vocal timbres meet folk inflections, and dance becomes a universal language — a vibrant, generous sonic tapestry that bridges cultures and generations.

Rue de la Vallée 3,
1204 Genève

Photo Credit: Philharmonie de la Genève Internationale

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Photo Credit: Philharmonie de la Genève Internationale

Tuesday 17 March, 19:00

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

Performances

Bibliothèque de la Cité

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.

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Tuesday 17 March 2026, 20:00

Voix de Fête Festival: Oxmo Puccino + Yao

Performances

Alhambra

The Festival Voix de Fête welcomes Oxmo Puccino and Yao for a concert at the Alhambra. Oxmo Puccino, a towering figure in francophone rap, embarks on a new tour with his final album, offering a last embrace to his audience with his distinctive voice and elegant lyrics. Yao, an urban poet, combines soul, funk, alternative hip-hop, and slam to deliver powerful and vibrant performances. Celebrated as an exceptional lyricist within Canadian francophonie, Yao crafts deeply immersive and lingering moments on stage.

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3 – 17 March

L’imposture

Performances

Théâtre Alchimic

Created by Aurélie Hubeau and Lucie Hanoy, L’IMPOSTURE is a comic and poetic exploration of doubt, self-image and belonging. The piece follows a woman who describes herself as too small, obese, ugly and a tomboy, and recounts how she forged an identity in today’s world. Using objects, clothing and puppets manipulated with inventive choreography, the performance weaves humor, poetry and music — from Patrick Bruel to gospel and karaoke — to celebrate difference and question social norms, delivering warmth and poignancy.

In French.

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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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17 – 22 March

Coloscopie d’un supermarché

Performances

Théâtre Saint-Gervais

The play “Coloscopie d’un supermarché” by Marie van Berchem and Vanessa Ferreira Vicente, showcased at Maison Saint-Gervais, follows Melissa as she navigates the Micop supermarket, where she finds meat eerily resembling human bodies. Blending documentary with satire, the fiction critiques overproduction, the absurdity of capitalism, and manipulative sales tactics, delving into the pitfalls of a consumer-driven society.

In French.

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14 – 22 March

Voix de Fête Festival

Performances

Multiple locations

Now in its 28th edition, Voix de Fête gathers a chorus of francophone voices across nearly fifty concerts on a dozen stages. The programme juxtaposes rap, chanson, electro and world musics, presenting artists such as Oxmo Puccino with guest Yao, Vincent Delerm, MPL, Les Fils du Facteur (with Compagnie des 10 Doigts en Cavale in a chant‑signed project), Sam Sauvage, Marguerite, GiedRé and others. A tribute to Michel Bühler brings several interpreters together, while spontaneous jam nights and collaborative sets foreground live intensity and cross-genre dialogue.

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