Thursday 7 May, 19:00

Homopticon – Juan Pablo Cámara

Performances

MAH

Booking Required

Choreographed and performed by Juan Pablo Cámara, Homopticon draws on the vocabulary of peep shows, dark rooms and dating apps to stage playful, provocative embodiments—both material and digital—always seen through a lens or device. Online and offline interfaces alternate between backdrop and foreground, expanding the choreography from flesh to pixels, pulses and digital traces. Cámara’s work mixes irony, absurdity and hyper-theatricality to probe identity, mediation and surveillance, creating a charged, ambiguous atmosphere.

Rue Charles-GALLAND 2,
1206 Genève

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Photo Credit: DR

8 – 9 May

Interstices – Festival du Centre des Cultures

Lectures & Workshops Performances

HEM Dufour

Interstices gathers music, conversation and cross-cultural exchange, exploring interculturality through concerts, workshops, conferences and roundtables. Featuring a special guest trio from Rajasthan led by Asin Khan Langa — Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 laureate — the programme moves between intimate acoustic textures and energetic dance rhythms. Collaborative panels with cultural partners investigate music’s role amid contemporary tensions. The overall staging favors attentive listening, layered sonorities and moments of reflection that invite immersion and emotional resonance.

In French.

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21 April – 10 May

Ivanov

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Chekhov’s Ivanov follows Nikolai Ivanov, a middling Russian landowner crushed by debt and by the slow decline of his wife, Anna Petrovna, who is dying of tuberculosis. Across four acts, his inertia curdles into melancholy and self-destruction, swinging between biting comedy and harrowing despair. Written in a ten-day burst in 1887, when Chekhov was only twenty-seven, the play crackles with youthful urgency as tragedy and humor intertwine.

Director–actor Jean-François Sivadier infuses this new staging with his distinctive theatrical energy, pairing veteran performers with fresh faces to reignite the play’s original heat. Echoing Gustav Mahler’s dictum that “tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire,” the production seeks to keep Chekhov’s raw, combustible spirit blazing on today’s stage.

In French. Ages 16 and up.

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30 April – 10 May

Nu vite

Performances

Théâtre le Galpon

Co-created by Pascal Gravat and Julien Mages for Compagnie Revolver, “Nu Vite” (Naked Quickly) is a choreo-biography in which a dancer and an author probe time, ageing and the urgent need to seize each instant. The work blends intimate movement and written testimony, set to music by Pierce Warnecke with sound design by Clive Jenkins and lighting by Alessandra Domingues. The 75‑minute performance explores memory, bodily change and the delicate rhythm between presence and loss.

In French. Adults only (17+).

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Friday 8 May, 21:00

Alfio Origlio & Marc‑Olivier Savoy / The Klopfenstein Twins

Performances

Le Chaudron – EMA

Two duos meet in an evening of intergenerational jazz dialogue. Alfio Origlio (piano), acclaimed for a vast discography, pairs with Swiss drummer Marc‑Olivier Savoy to move between jazz, classical references and spontaneous improvisation. The Klopfenstein brothers—Mattias (sax) and Pablo (p)—bring youthful energy and tight familial interplay. Together the programmes balance tradition and exploration, weaving lyrical saxophone lines, rhythmic openness and intimate dynamics that invite close listening and a sense of shared musical freedom.

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28 April – 13 May

Hé, Prométhée !

Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

A solitary man ventures through the desert in search of Prometheus, blaming the gods for igniting a consuming fire within each human. This monologue delves into the connections between ancient tragedy and contemporary turmoil, examining desire and existence through the lenses of love and creation, all in pursuit of an illuminating fire that does not consume.

In French.

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21 April – 10 May

Dr Jekyll and Lady Hyde

Performances

Scène Cæcilia

Based on the Jekyll myth, this theatrical adaptation examines metamorphosis as both physical and social, probing identity, gender and the boundary between good and male/female. Stark black-and-white staging and chiaroscuro lighting evoke twilight and old horror films, while a persistent, slicing fog thickens the atmosphere. The venerable Dr Jekyll’s unsettling experiments unfold in a late-19th-century London laboratory, and his circle is drawn into mounting anguish as transformations accelerate.

In French.

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Homopticon – Juan Pablo Cámara