Reuniting to celebrate the jubilees of Robin Girod and Nelson Schaer, Duck Duck Grey Duck returns with long-time collaborator Pierre-Henri Beyrière to perform their repertoire with guest musicians. Pioneers of Geneva’s independent rock scene in the 2010s, the band blends artistic rigour, a taste for experimentation and a keen sense of melody. The evening promises a festive, intimate atmosphere shaped by careful arrangements and collaborative improvisation.
Scène Vagabonde’s seventh edition brings a compact program of contemporary theatre and music, presenting three contrasting stage works — “Par le bout du nez”, “Quadrille” and “Prima facie” — alongside a concert by Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp as part of La Bâtie-Festival de Genève. Across intimate stagings the festival favors inventive direction, close ensemble interplay and a balance of wit and intensity, offering encounters that privilege physical presence, tonal variety and rigorous dramaturgy.
Nos voisins artificiels stages a tense, intimate theatrical exploration of human relationships in the age of technology. A focused ensemble navigates shifting boundaries between empathy and estrangement through precise physicality, fragmented dialogue and luminous stagecraft. The piece blends dark humour with moments of quiet vulnerability, relying on carefully designed lighting and minimalist sets to heighten emotional textures. Audience members are invited to witness ambiguous intimacy and the uncanny rhythms of contemporary coexistence.
In French.
Ayumi Tanaka (piano), Thomas Morgan (double bass) and Thomas Strønen (drums) form a trio of distinct voices united by sensitivity and an intuitive musical rapport. They compose in the moment, weaving music that is at once lyrical and abstract—serene yet charged with tension. Their collaborative language is built on attentive listening and shared instinct, producing subtle, intimate performances in which every note and pause counts. For their debut on ECM the trio offers delicate, exploratory dialogue that unfurls gently.
Le Truc sur le feu is a playful, offbeat fable that examines how the domestication of fire shaped human life. Written by Romane Nicolas, the piece stages two Paleolithic clans who wonder, clash and ignite as puppets by the Kokoschka tradition bring grotesque situations to life. With incisive humour and sharp theatricality, the show confronts ideas of progress, individuality versus community, animality and civilisation, offering a vividly staged reflection on the choices that set societies alight.
In French.
Featuring a bold blend of synthesized textures and orchestral breadth, Synthony delivers a cinematic live music experience. The performance favors layered soundscapes, sweeping dynamics and rhythmic intensity, creating moments of quiet reflection and powerful catharsis. Staging emphasizes immersive audiovisuals and sculpted lighting to amplify emotional shifts, while the ensemble’s precision balances spontaneity and grand gestures. The result is a striking, atmospheric concert that foregrounds texture, momentum and communal energy.
Directed and performed by Eve Aouizerate, Amours subversives stages a wry, intimate interrogation of gender and desire. With performers Mathilde Lyon and Dylan Poletti, the piece pivots on a provocative premise — a young woman’s decision to abandon a nascent career for the tradwife ideal — and unfolds as a personal theatrical essay on power, intimacy and the contradictions of femininity in 2026. Sparse staging and candid narration create a fierce, tender atmosphere.
In French.
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