9 – 10 October

Recluses Fest — 5th Anniversary: The Toy Dolls, Svinkels & More

Booking Required

Recluses Fest celebrates its fifth anniversary with two nights of high-energy punk and alternative hip-hop. The programme pairs UK punk veterans The Toy Dolls and French hard-hitters Svinkels with eclectic support acts Total Dézordre, Billy Ze Kick and Swiss outfits Les Blattes and Pistache Bitume. Expect raucous riffs, irreverent lyricism and a raw, communal atmosphere driven by tight musicianship and DIY spirit. Curated in coproduction with Recluses Fest, the bill spotlights cross-border scenes and uncompromising live intensity.

Place des Volontaires 4,
1204 Genève

Photo Credit: DR

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Photo Credit: DR

Friday 5 June, 19:00 and 21:00; Saturday 29 August, 19:00 and 21:00; Saturday 3 October, 19:00 and 21:00

The Jury Experience : Diamants, mensonges et un mort

Performances

Uptown

An interactive courtroom thriller that places the audience in the jury box. You’ll hear testimonies, examine evidence and vote as the case unfolds in a tense, theatrical investigation. In case no. 3 a missing diamond necklace and a disputed suspect reveal shifting motives and surprises. Conceived, directed and artistically led by Les Enfants Terribles, the production relies on tight staging and a committed ensemble: Johanna Tixier, Mathieu Dubloclard, Manon Barthélémy, Fatah Boudia and Etienne Diallo. Expect moral dilemmas and collective decision-making.

In French.

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5 – 7 June

Cabaret en chantier

Performances

Théâtre des Marionnettes

Cabaret en chantier is a laboratory for short puppet creations that treats making a puppet show like walking a tightrope while juggling. Balanced between text and image, between real and imaginary, between the animated and the inanimate, it demands writing, building and precise manipulation; every gesture and detail can tip the whole. This edition highlights emerging artists—students and career-changers—who receive institutional support to explore and reinvent puppet arts, presenting their first creations.

In French.

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21 May – 13 June

Mariés au premier ringard

Performances

Uptown

Mariés au premier ringard is a sharp, character-driven theatrical comedy that dissects the absurdities of modern relationships with warmth and irony. The staging favors close ensemble interaction, a lean scenography and precise lighting that underline shifting loyalties and comic misunderstandings. Moments of tenderness puncture the satire, inviting reflection on intimacy, identity and the small rituals of coupling. It balances humour and poignancy to produce a lively theatrical pulse.

In French.

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4 – 6 June

Katerina Andreou & Mélissa Guex — Shout Twice

Performances

Pavillon ADC

Choreographers and performers Katerina Andreou and Mélissa Guex devise SHOUT TWICE as a physical, hybrid concert-performance where the body and voice become material. The piece transforms raw cries into collective energy, mixing movement, vocal textures and improvised dynamics. Intense and immediate, the work invites shared ritual, opening space for excess, play and communal release. The staging is nomadic and non-verbal, driven by bodily resonance and embodied sound.

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30 May – 13 June

Métamorphose – Chapitre 1 : P. et B.

Performances

Théâtre du Loup

Directed as an in situ promenade, this performance follows two protagonists, P. and B., through the city’s hidden seams. B. conspires to seed an exuberant vegetal uprising, mastering invasive plants to unsettle urban order. P. slips into the city’s blind spots, picking locks and slipping through barriers to reveal alternative ways of inhabiting public space. The show mixes physical theatre, poetic staging and ecological imagination to explore rewilding, intimacy and civic subversion.

In French.

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26 May – 7 June

Un rapport sur la banalité de l’amour

Performances

Théâtre Alchimic

Directed by François Marin, this intimate staging examines the fraught passion between Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt against the moral upheavals of Nazi Germany. Mario Diament’s text, adapted by André Nerman, traces a forbidden love between a philosopher and his student, probing complicity, memory and the struggle to reconcile heart and conscience. Sabrina Martin and Frank Semelet inhabit the roles with spare, intense performances, supported by a precise, austere mise en scène that foregrounds emotional conflict and ethical ambiguity.

In French.

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