7 – 16 November

Spécimen

A marionette epic that is as ecological as it is poetic, Spécimen takes us on a dizzying reverse journey through 3.8 billion years of evolution. Following Lucy, a supermarket employee suddenly propelled out of the “capitalocene,” we travel back through the ages of life on Earth, shifting perspectives and questioning what it means to be human today. Both intimate and spectacular, this “prehisto-evolutionary” fable blends theatre and puppetry to speak as much to teenagers as to adults, celebrating the vital energy that persists through extinctions, upheavals, and renewals — and opening the door to other possible futures.

In French.  Ages 14 and up.

Route de Frontenex 56,
1207 Genève
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