Sunday 15 February, 19:00

Sehnsucht Recital

Performances

Booking Required

The Lied et Mélodie association opens its season with Sehnsucht, bringing together four leading artists from the French-speaking Swiss scene: soprano Léonie Renaud, mezzo-soprano Carine Séchaye, clarinettist Damien Bachmann and pianist Christian Chamorel. Spanning Schubert, Brahms, Elgar and Chaminade, the programme explores longing and melancholy through rare and emblematic vocal works, performed with great expressive intensity by internationally acclaimed musicians.

Musicologist Hélène Pierrakos will introduce the programme at 19:00.
In French.

Rue du Jura 2,
1201 Geneva

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5 February – 1 March

Festival Antigel

Cool Stuff Performances

Multiple locations

Festival Antigel transforms Geneva into an experimental cultural playground each winter, a three-week laboratory of innovation. Programming mixes renowned and emerging artists across music, performance and visual projects, revealing unexpected sites and blending disciplines. The festival foregrounds diversity and social engagement, bringing together varied audiences through bold curations. Lighting, sound and staging often shape intimate, cinematic atmospheres, while collaborative projects emphasize discovery, collective energy and the thrill of shared, ephemeral encounters.

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8 January – 8 March

Winter of Caecilia

Performances

Théâtre Cæcilia

Winter of Caecilia gathers seven local theatre productions that revisit contemporary and classic forms through monologue and solo performance. Artists such as Nastassja Tanner, Ahmed Belbachir, Roland Vouilloz and Vincent Jacquet offer intimate, visceral interpretations, while texts by playwrights like Fabrice Melquiot are brought to life under directors including Jean‑Yves Ruf. The programme mixes poetic, comic and physically charged pieces that privilege sensory staging and emotional immediacy, inviting audiences into distinct, singular theatrical universes.

In French.

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Monday 9 February, 20:00

Woolf Works (Opera Passion)

Performances

Le City

Choreographed by Wayne McGregor with a score by Max Richter, Woolf Works is a monumental, Olivier Award–winning triptych that translates Virginia Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness into movement. The work interlaces motifs from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves through fluid ensembles and abrupt solos, relying on a luminous creative team (set, costume, lighting and sound) to shape shifting atmospheres. The result is an immersive, emotionally charged experience that dissolves narrative into sensation and concentrated theatrical memory.

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10 – 22 February

Laisse béton (merci Renaud)

Performances

Théâtre du Loup

In early January 2022, two construction vehicles belonging to a Swiss multinational were set on fire at a gravel pit in the Geneva countryside. Over a year later, a young man — referred to as Jérémy — was arrested and suspected of involvement in the arson. Held in pre-trial detention, he was released after more than three months, following strong public support and mobilization.

In French.

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10 – 22 February

Voyage au bout de la nuit

Performances

Théâtre des Amis

Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.

In French.

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3 – 11 February

Double nationalité

Performances

La Comédie de Genève

Directed by Joël Maillard and adapted from Nina Yargekov’s novel, Double nationalité is a choral theatrical investigation into identity and its contradictions. Four actresses — Cécile Goussard, Mélina Martin, Alicia Packer and Marie Ripoll — embody a single heroine and the chorus of her inner thoughts, navigating bilingual disorientation, memory and fantasy. Mélissa Rouvinet’s scenography, Antoine Françoise’s music and Édouard Hügli’s lighting create a dreamlike, often sharp atmosphere. Production by Cie SNAUT; costumes by Coralie Chauvin and sound by Cédric Simon.

In French.

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Sehnsucht Recital