12 September – 3 June

Improvised Dubbing: The Great Show

Booking Required

An improvisational troupe revoices film and television extracts live, inventing dialogue that reshapes the images on screen. Performers build characters, textures and comic timing in real time, turning familiar footage into surreal, often hilarious scenes. The creative approach blends rapid‑fire vocal play, cinematic awareness and ensemble listening, producing moments of rupture, tenderness and surprise. Alternating cast includes Eric Lecoultre, Adrien Laplana, Pauline Maitre, Nina Cachelin and others.

In French.

Salle Centrale de la Madeleine,
Rue de la Madeleine 10, 1204 Geneva

Photo Credit: Alliance Créative

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Photo Credit: Alliance Créative

Wednesday 28 October, 20:00

Classique? Victoria Dauberville

Performances

BFM

Choreography and performance by Victoria Dauberville, this dance piece follows a ballerina who literally escapes her music box to discover a new world and, ultimately, herself. Like a doll shaped by strict rules, she abandons prescribed steps and meets other dancers and styles, inventing her own movement. The staging plays with expectation and humour, questioning what it means to dance with others and alone, and opening space for surprise and tenderness.

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Wednesday 28 October, 20:30

Jazz Night Groove Party — Matthieu Llodra and Valentin Liechti Duo

Performances

Le Chaudron – EMA

Matthieu Llodra and Valentin Liechti reunite as a duo to revisit their electronic roots in a set that blends improvised performance with the rhythmic energy of House, Jungle and Broken Beat. Drawing on fifteen years of collaboration, they offer a dance-focused homage to 1990s club culture, where live interplay and spontaneous textures meet propulsive grooves and layered samples. The evening promises an exploratory, club-oriented soundscape that balances nostalgia with improvisational freedom.

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Wednesday 28 October, 19:30

Sir András Schiff and Evgeny Kissin — Two Pianos

Performances

Victoria Hall

Sir András Schiff and Evgeny Kissin join at the piano for an intimate programme of pieces for two pianos and four hands. They perform Mozart’s Sonata in D major, KV 448, Schumann’s Andante and Variations, op. 46, and Bilder aus Osten, Smetana’s La Moldau in the four‑hand arrangement, plus selected Dvořák Slavonic Dances. The recital balances classical clarity with Romantic depth, highlighting refined ensemble interplay and the contrasting voices of two towering virtuosos.

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28 – 31 October

Sami Lea Samira Bernath – Sous les montagnes

Performances

Pavillon ADC

Centred on Sami Bernath’s embodied memories, this performance mixes Swiss popular songs, rhythmic gestures and the traditional Löffelä spoon percussion to transform everyday motions into sound. Through repetition, deformation and rhythmic saturation, familiar motifs become permeable, revealing buried and repressed memories beneath the Swiss mountains. The staging is intimate and ritualistic, alternating fragile vocal fragments and percussive textures to probe memory and collective inheritance.

In French.

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17 October – 29 November

Cendrillon

Performances

Théâtre de la Madeleine

Directed by Rebecca Stella and adapted with Danielle Barthélemy, Cendrillon blends classic fairy-tale drama with manga-inspired staging. Pili Loop’s original score, Mathieu Courtaillier’s lighting and the set by Camille Ansquer shape a vivid, contemporary universe. Costumes by Alice Toutev and Sonia Bosc and choreography by Léon add playful movement and character. Anthony Surleraux’s video projections and graphics expand the tale’s visual world, pairing tradition with modern theatrical textures.

In French.

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Wednesday 28 October, 19:30

Antigel Festival – Dirty Three

Performances

Alhambra

Led by Warren Ellis (violin) with Mick Turner (guitar) and Jim White (drums), Dirty Three craft expansive instrumental narratives that blend post‑rock, folk, classical and free jazz. Their music moves through intimate, quiet passages to sweeping, cathartic crescendos, built from delicate interplay and raw timbre. The trio’s return with Love Changes Everything (2024) deepens their reputation for emotive soundscapes and intense live catharsis. Their long collaborations with artists like Nick Cave, Cat Power and Bonnie “Prince” Billy underscore a singular voice in contemporary alternative music.

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