Wednesday 28 April, 20:00

L’illusion comique

Booking Required

Directed by Frédéric Cherboeuf and staged by Collectif L’Émeute, L’illusion comique reimagines Pierre Corneille’s classic through a hybrid language of theatre, filmic fragments, music and visual effects. The ensemble — including Adib Cheikhi, Matthieu Gambier, Jérémie Guilain, Lucile Jehel and others — navigates the porous border between reality and imagination. Oriane Trably’s lighting, Camille Riey’s sound design, Lucile Jehel’s costumes and Matthieu Gambier’s scenography shape shifting atmospheres, moving from intimacy to spectacle and revealing the play’s playful, melancholic heart.

In French.

Av. Louis-Bertrand 7-9,
1213 Petit-Lancy

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15 – 26 July

Faire Hamlet !

Performances

Théâtre de l'Orangerie

Directed by Valeria Bertolotto, Faire Hamlet! stages a company wrestling with performance and truth as rehearsals of Shakespeare’s prince unravel private tensions. Pierre Banderet, Dylan Poletti and an intergenerational ensemble confront doubt, jealousy and shifting identities while Angèle Colas provides artistic collaboration. Sound by Fred Jarabo, scenography by Fanny Courvoisier, lights by Alessandra Domingues and costumes by Eléonore Cassaigneau shape an intimate, unstable world where fiction bleeds into life.

In French.

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25 July – 2 August

Dogfight – La Comédie Musicale

Performances

Scène Cæcilia

Dogfight is a musical set in 1960s America on the eve of young Marines’ departure for Vietnam. The plot follows Eddie Birdlace, whose cruel ‘dogfight’ gamble is upended when he meets Rose, an idealistic and sincere young woman. Over a single night, the production confronts themes of masculinity, violence and empathy, blending gritty social realism with moments of tenderness. Sparse staging and intimate musical numbers highlight a painful coming-of-age and the possibility of moral change.

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13 July – 16 August

Les Aubes 2026

Performances

Bains des Pâquis

Returning for its twentieth edition, Les Aubes brings softness and poetry to Geneva mornings. At dawn, intimate musical encounters offer delicate soundscapes that stir the senses, favouring close listening and subtle atmospheres. The programme highlights a variety of acoustic and experimental projects, from solo performances to chamber ensembles, each designed to awaken the city with refined timbres and attentive pacing. A gentle celebration of morning listening and communal presence.

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22 July – 16 August

The Wheel of Fortune

Performances

Théâtre de l'Orangerie

Two unexpected deities arrive by bicycle, guided by a capricious GPS, carrying a very serious object: the Wheel of Fortune. They need the audience—especially children—to spin the wheel and together invent a story about a child to whom nothing seems to go right. Misfortunes pile up, luck sticks to the sneakers and solutions must be imagined. A participatory musical tale where chance and imagination shape a different story each time.

In French. Kids ages 5 and up.

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5 July – 31 August

Summer Concerts

Performances

Église Saint-Germain

Curated by the Summer Concerts Association and its artistic committee, this series offers an hour of chamber music that ranges from intimate solo recitals to richly textured ensemble programmes. Repertoire spans classical chamber works with thoughtful programming that highlights timbre, phrasing and quiet dynamic arcs. The performances favour close listening and meditative atmospheres, where delicate sonorities and careful lighting shape intimate moments and gradual emotional transitions, inviting reflection and a sense of calm.

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Monday 27 July, 21:00

Shems Bendali Quintet

Performances

Scène Ella Fitzgerald

Trumpeter Shems Bendali, based in Suisse romande, blends jazz with Algerian musical traditions to craft narrative, deeply sensitive music. Leading his quintet, he shapes a personal language where memory and imagination converge. His latest album, Casbah Qassioun, unfolds a science-fiction universe between the Maghreb and the Middle East, inspired by a futuristic comic-book aesthetic and serving as the backdrop for intimate, contemplative compositions.

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