Saturday 5 December, 20:00

Nathalie Boitel

Booking Required

Nathalie Boitel blends candid warmth and sharp observation in a stand-up set about everyday life. She embodies familiar roles — friend, mother, colleague — and flips them with explosive honesty and physical energy. Her humour probes workplace routines, relationships and family dynamics with natural timing and infectious momentum. Rooted in personal storytelling, the performance is lively, intimate and often surprising, showcasing a seasoned comic who performs regularly on French radio and television.

In French.

Rue Jean-François-Bartholoni 6,
Switzerland

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Photo Credit: DR

15 September – 11 October

Oncle Vania

Performances

Théâtre des Amis

Directed by Françoise Courvoisier, this production of Anton Chekhov’s Oncle Vania — translated by Arthur Adamov — assembles a committed ensemble (Vincent Bonillo, Pierre Dubey, Bérangère Mastrangelo, Patricia Mollet-Mercier, Clarisse Morizot, Pierre Omer, Juliana Samarine, Edmond Vuilloud) to explore love, the passage of time and illusions lost. The staging, created with scenographer Gilbert Maire and painter André Kasper, uses Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting, Pierre Omer’s music and Nicolas Le Roy’s sound to evoke both the comedy and the terrifying humanity of Chekhov.

In French.

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27 August – 18 October

Scène Vagabonde Festival 2026

Performances

Théâtre Cæcilia

Scène Vagabonde’s seventh edition brings a compact program of contemporary theatre and music, presenting three contrasting stage works — “Par le bout du nez”, “Quadrille” and “Prima facie” — alongside a concert by Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp as part of La Bâtie-Festival de Genève. Across intimate stagings the festival favors inventive direction, close ensemble interplay and a balance of wit and intensity, offering encounters that privilege physical presence, tonal variety and rigorous dramaturgy.

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22 – 23 September

Musiques interdites

Performances

La Cité Bleue

Musiques Interdites recreates the charged atmosphere of a Weimar-era cabaret where humour, poetry and music become acts of resistance. Hosted by Lucile Richardot and Éléonore Pancrazi, the evening revives works banned under Nazi rule—jazz, pieces by Jewish and politically persecuted composers—and blends songs, instrumental numbers and recomposed arrangements. The production foregrounds the subversive power of art, evoking both the creative freedom pursued by artists and the fear and repression that sought to silence them.

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22 October – 26 January

Cinzia Cattaneo & Guest

Performances

Caustic Comedy Club

Cinzia Cattaneo presents a residency of sharp, observational stand-up with new material and a rotating guest comedian every two weeks. Her candid delivery and precise timing create intimate, laugh-filled situations that probe everyday absurdities and personal anecdotes. The performances combine scripted bits and spontaneous exchanges with the audience, offering a direct, charismatic stage presence and an evolving set that highlights both solo work and collaborative comic interplay.

In French.

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Tuesday 22 September, 19:45

Masood Boomgaard (SA)

Performances

Uptown

Masood Boomgaard performs as Self-Help Singh, an alter ego who fuses stand-up comedy, parody and faux motivational speaking into a sharp, character-driven show. His sharp stage persona amplifies timely observations. With dry humour and plainspoken common-sense, he dismantles self-improvement clichés and exposes modern anxieties through carefully observed gags and storytelling. The performance balances wit and unexpected tenderness, inviting reflection as much as laughter.

In English.

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22 September – 29 November

La Demande en mariage et l’ours

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Two short plays by Anton Chekhov staged by Tibor Ockenfels and Flavie Tapparel, presented as compact dramatic machines where romantic comedy masks escalating confrontations between desire, affection and material interest. Performances rely on precise physical timing, terse exchanges and a lean, playful design to reveal the simmering violence behind courtship rituals. The three actors — Estelle Bridet, Matteo Prandi and Raphaël Vachoux — inhabit heightened character types that shift between farce and darker comic truth, creating a sharply observed, kinetic evening.

In French.

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