Thursday 12 November, 20:00

French Cancan

Booking Required

Patrice Thibaud and Philippe Leygnac form an unforgettable, multifaceted comic duo whose work blends pantomime, music, acrobatics and contortion. Conceived by Patrice Thibaud and staged by Susy Firth, Michèle Guigon and Thibaud, the show layers silent burlesque with original music by Leygnac, inventive lighting by Charlotte Dubail and costumes by Isabelle Beaudoin. Through poetic physical comedy evoking Tati and Chaplin, the performance explores sporting rituals and human foibles with irony and tenderness.

Av. François-Adolphe-Grison 6,
Switzerland

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Photo Credit: DR

22 – 23 September

Musiques interdites

Performances

La Cité Bleue

Musiques Interdites recreates the charged atmosphere of a Weimar-era cabaret where humour, poetry and music become acts of resistance. Hosted by Lucile Richardot and Éléonore Pancrazi, the evening revives works banned under Nazi rule—jazz, pieces by Jewish and politically persecuted composers—and blends songs, instrumental numbers and recomposed arrangements. The production foregrounds the subversive power of art, evoking both the creative freedom pursued by artists and the fear and repression that sought to silence them.

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Tuesday 22 September, 20:00

Nemanja Radulović and Geneva Chamber Orchestra

Performances

Victoria Hall

Led by conductor Raphaël Merlin and featuring violinist Nemanja Radulović, this concert pairs Prokofiev’s luminous Second Violin Concerto with Brahms’s First Serenade. Radulović’s electrifying stage presence and stratospheric technique bring out the concerto’s ironic brightness, while the serenade unfolds with warm lyricism and folk-tinged dance rhythms. The Geneva Chamber Orchestra shapes intimate textures and bold crescendos, sculpted through attentive phrasing and dynamic contrasts to create a colourful, emotionally rich opening to the season.

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Tuesday 22 September, 19:45

Masood Boomgaard (SA)

Performances

Uptown

Masood Boomgaard performs as Self-Help Singh, an alter ego who fuses stand-up comedy, parody and faux motivational speaking into a sharp, character-driven show. His sharp stage persona amplifies timely observations. With dry humour and plainspoken common-sense, he dismantles self-improvement clichés and exposes modern anxieties through carefully observed gags and storytelling. The performance balances wit and unexpected tenderness, inviting reflection as much as laughter.

In English.

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27 August – 18 October

Scène Vagabonde Festival 2026

Performances

Théâtre Cæcilia

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.

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15 September – 11 October

Oncle Vania

Performances

Théâtre des Amis

Directed by Françoise Courvoisier, this production of Anton Chekhov’s Oncle Vania — translated by Arthur Adamov — assembles a committed ensemble (Vincent Bonillo, Pierre Dubey, Bérangère Mastrangelo, Patricia Mollet-Mercier, Clarisse Morizot, Pierre Omer, Juliana Samarine, Edmond Vuilloud) to explore love, the passage of time and illusions lost. The staging, created with scenographer Gilbert Maire and painter André Kasper, uses Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting, Pierre Omer’s music and Nicolas Le Roy’s sound to evoke both the comedy and the terrifying humanity of Chekhov.

In French.

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18 – 27 September

Pourquoi et pourquoi pas ?

Performances

Am Stram Gram

Directed by Jérôme Bel, this collectively created theatre piece is written and performed by children aged 8 to 14. The work unfolds through improvisation, playful imagination and a celebration of creative freedom, inviting an immediate, joyful stage presence. The ensemble’s spontaneous scenes and open-ended dramaturgy emphasize collaboration and risk, offering spectators an intimate encounter with youthful authorship and theatrical experiment.

In French.

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