Renegade Saints bring their flagship improv comedy to the stage with Fast. Funny. Made Up., their longest-running English-language show in Geneva. Built from audience suggestions, the performance unfolds in quick, unpredictable scenes full of playful energy and sharp comic timing. The atmosphere is informal and convivial, with the crowd guiding the journey from their seats. Fast-paced and generous in spirit, it offers the thrill of watching stories invented in the moment.
In English.
Traktor presents an intimate evening with a lean trio: Brooks Giger (double bass), Anthony Dietrich Buclin (trombone) and Dominic Egli (drums). The set foregrounds close musical conversation, contrasting lyrical lines with rhythmic immediacy and open textures. The musicians navigate between composed motifs and spontaneous interaction, creating moments of tension and release in a concentrated, exploratory format. The performance is presented with the support of a local association offering the performance space free of charge.
MIKI writes, films and sings with a sharp, candid voice, crafting a hybrid pop that balances nervous energy and intimate detail. Her performance mixes absurd vignettes and tender moments, delivered with an ironic distance that keeps listeners off‑balance. She stages songs like short films, letting onstage gestures and lo-fi visuals punctuate the music. Revealed at Voix de Fête 2025, MIKI’s show feels immediate and unvarnished, alternating between playful chaos and fragile honesty.
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.
Directed by Marie-José Malis, Retour au pays revisits Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s letters through a spare, lucid staging. Performers Alexandra Tiedemann and Juan Crespillo inhabit the returning merchant’s disorientation, while Aurélia Ansermet provides live music and sound. Bernard Héritier’s scenography and Jessy Ducatillon’s lighting shape moments of visual surprise, most poignantly a Van Gogh encounter that restores belief in the world. The piece refuses facile answers, offering theatrical lucidity and an austere emotional clarity.
In French.
Dive into the heart of GIFF NIGHTS, the unmissable nighttime event where the Geneva International Film Festival fuses cinema, digital creation, and electronic music. Set against a spectacular backdrop brought to life by audiovisual performances and vibrant DJ sets, these extraordinary evenings transform the space into a unique, immersive, and festive experience—the perfect setting to gather, dance, and celebrate contemporary culture long into the night.
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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