Wednesday 12 May, 19:30

Metamorphoses

Booking Required

Metamorphoses offers a chamber reimagining of two repertoire monuments through intimate transcriptions. Richard Strauss’s Métamorphosen in a seven‑instrument version unfolds a poignant, wartime elegy, while Ferdinand Ries’s chamber transcription of Beethoven’s Third Symphony reveals the work’s dramatic architecture and visionary drive. Led by violinist Pierre Fouchenneret, cellist Raphaël Merlin, violist Elise Vaschalde and pianist Simon Zaoui, with soloists from the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, the programme traces a cross‑century dialogue of loss and revelation.

Avenue de Miremont 46,
1206 Genève

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30 October – 14 November

Sept — Dance and Film

Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

Four performers embody testimonies from different generations in Sept, situated at the crossroads of dance and film. Between intimate confidences and tender tableaux, the piece examines how age shapes us and stages a delicate exploration of what growing older means, revealing a shared humanity. The staging shifts between projected images and live bodies, weaving visual and physical layers to create an experience that is both poetic and unsettling.

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4 – 8 November

Festival Improoo

Performances

Théâtre le douze dix-huit

Improoo is a festival of long-form improvisation that lets stories breathe and unfold in real time. Performances range from half-hour episodes to hour-long narratives and beyond, driven by a tight ensemble of improvisers who build sustained dramatic arcs, shifting tones and unexpected emotional turns. The creative approach privileges listening, risk and theatrical economy, offering immersive, spontaneous storytelling rooted in theatrical craft and collective play.

In French.

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30 October – 7 November

Le Petit Prince

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Directed by Jean Bellorini in collaboration with Yang Hua Theatre, this staging reimagines Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince with the title character portrayed by a Chinese actor. The production blends French and Mandarin dialogue with live music by singers from China’s independent scene. Actors François Deblock and Marc Plas perform alongside a cast that shifts between a childlike prince, an ancient reciter of poems and fantastical cosmic inhabitants. The staging mixes song, poetry and intimate theatricality, exploring friendship and human connection.

In French and Mandarin.

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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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31 October – 15 November

Partition of the Future – Squared

Performances

Plaine de Plainpalais

At the crossroads of theatre, mixed reality and technological installation, this immersive performance invites audiences to test the machine built by a scientist to tackle existential problems. Wearing mixed-reality headsets, spectators collectively explore the chaotic inner world of a person trapped by indecision. The experience moves between human vulnerability and artificial intelligence, until the machine itself begins to falter in the face of what it cannot fully understand.

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8 October – 14 November

Toutes les femmes sont des aliens

Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

Told as a solo performance, this piece follows a woman as she remembers the films that shaped her life and blurs the line between cinema and memory. Through references to science-fiction sagas and cinematic archetypes — the woman-soldier, the survivor, the reluctant mother — the show probes identity, fear of change and the ways stories migrate from screen to skin. Sparse staging and intimate narration create a haunting, introspective atmosphere.

In French.

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