With absurd humour and warm humanity, Félix Junier offers a stand-up show that turns personal anxiety into comic reflection. The performance mixes sharp observations, self-deprecating wit and moments of genuine tenderness as the comedian explores fear of other people’s gaze and small everyday oddities. An introspective journey unfolds — including a memorable story about a pigeon in a bin — producing gentle, hopeful laughter.
In French.
Choreographed by Jeremy Nedd and featuring a new creation by Jolie Ngemi, this graduation programme brings together the young performers of La Manufacture’s Bachelor in Contemporary Dance. Nedd’s work probes racial and collective questions, exploring how communities form amid social and political tensions. The evening showcases ensemble pieces performed by the graduating cohort and framed by attentive technical support, offering a vivid, physical investigation of identity, belonging and shared resilience.
Led by Cyril Moulas and Matthieu Llodra, this Apéropéra gathers students from the Pre‑Professional Programme and teachers from eMa to rework the music of Frank Zappa. The programme moves between inventive covers and original compositions, blending rock, jazz and theatrical unpredictability. A concise student set opens onto a fuller teachers’ project where tight ensemble playing, bold arrangements and moments of improvisation create a lively, exploratory atmosphere — intimate, electric and delightfully subversive.
Geneva singer-songwriter Irikanto delivers songs in English with both energy and sensitivity, blending pop, soul, folk and groove. Trained in classical guitar before embracing contemporary music, she emerged on the local scene in 2023 and continued her studies at Gustav and HEM in Lausanne. Her debut single, Would it be different?, reflects the raw emotions of a friendship breakup and highlights intimate storytelling and warm, nuanced vocals.
In English.
Created collectively by the company À l’Ouest with Guillaume Pidancet, this inventive staging reimagines Charles Perrault’s Bluebeard for families. Performed in a mobile truck‑theatre that becomes a ‘suitcase of dreams,’ the production blends playful storytelling, poetic imagery and close‑up interaction to transform a dark tale into a gentle exploration of curiosity and trust. The intimate ensemble features Pierre Boulben, Hugo Braillard and Loubna Raigneau.
In French.
REQUIEM POUR DU POGNON is a musical comedy that unfolds as a blackly comic inheritance farce. After the death of wealthy entrepreneur Marcel, a large, fractious family gathers to read the will: a humiliated widow, a lovesick secretary, an avaricious mistress, a dull son, neurotic daughters and grasping cousins. Songs, ensemble numbers and moments of karaoke expose secrets, rivalries and petty betrayals, shifting between biting satire and tender absurdity while the stage pulses with chaotic, carnival-like energy.
In French.
An intimate acoustic set by a guitar-and-voice duo that revisits Uruguayan and Brazilian song traditions. The programme blends gentle rhythmic motifs, warm nylon-string textures and close-harmony vocals, moving between breezy candombe-tinged grooves and reflective ballads. The staging favors simplicity: sparse sonorities, intimate lighting and close listening that foregrounds nuance and phrasing. The performance invites quiet conviviality and transportive nostalgia, offering a delicate, sensual listening experience that highlights the melodic and rhythmic richness of South American popular traditions.
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