About the play
1942. France is under occupation. Seven friends gather to celebrate Sophie’s birthday—until two German officers are shot beneath their windows. Kaubach, a Nazi commander, forces the guests to make an unthinkable choice: to designate two hostages among themselves.
Thus begins a harrowing struggle for survival. By confronting the depths of human nature, the play invites us to question which side we would have chosen.
In French.
Led by two experts in visible and invisible heritage, this guided performance turns Saint‑Jean into an urban theatre where archives mingle with legends and personal testimony illuminates shadowed corners. The piece, born of research and encounters, moves between quiet listening and sudden revelations, blurring fact and memory. Audiences are invited into an immersive, collective journey that teases open the fissures of everyday life and reveals the dormant stories sleeping in ordinary streets.
In French.
Presented by the Association Classique Partage, this concert commemorates the 120th anniversary of Dmitry Shostakovich with a programme mixing chamber and concerto repertoire. Sergey Ostrovsky conducts a string orchestra with soloists Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet) and Evgeny Brakhman (piano). The programme includes a Prelude and Scherzo op.11, a violin sonata arranged by Michail Zinman and a concerto for piano, trumpet and orchestra, offering a refined balance between virtuosity and lyrical depth.
Power struggles take center stage in this political and human narrative, offering a sharp reflection on legitimacy, chaos, and the quest for identity. The production incorporates a modular set design with models, puppetry, and contemporary projections to craft an epic theater experience that blends comedy and tragedy, rooted in past and present crises.
In French.
Feu au lac ! stages a trio of political puppet pieces that resurrect little-known episodes of Romandy’s social history. Combining rod puppets, archival fragments and live music, the performance balances sharp satire and warm humanity. Conceived from a short piece shown during Cabaret en chantier 2024, the triptych revitalizes political marionette theatre while offering a rhythmic, musical staging that sparks reflection and collective energy. The creative approach foregrounds material histories and the power of popular resistance.
In French.
Carlotta Bulgarelli, harpist, offers an intimate midday recital featuring baroque sonatas and lyrical transcriptions. Her refined technique and warm tone bring out the contrapuntal clarity of D. Scarlatti and the expressive elegance of C. Ph. E. Bach, while colourful arrangements by Albéniz and the contemporary voice of J. Parry add timbral variety. The programme invites listeners into a relaxed, focused listening experience that highlights the harp’s poetic and virtuosic possibilities.
Directed by Nicolas Chapoulier, Passages secrets stages an in-situ, hybrid performance where adolescents rework the voices of older generations through movement, video and live sound. Scenography by Johanna Rocard frames metamorphoses and fragile carnivalesque scenes, while composer Franck Serpinet and Chapoulier’s sound writing sculpt the aural landscape. An external sociology collaborator, Jocelyn Lachance, informs the piece’s social layering. The atmosphere oscillates between ritual, humour and unsettling intimacy, letting adolescence unfold as a luminous, unruly passage.
In French.
Ages 12 and up.
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