14 & 15 March

The Emperor of Atlantis preceded by “En vertu de…”

Performances

Booking required.

A powerful operatic diptych directed by Stéphane Ghislain Roussel, in partnership with the Grand Théâtre de Genève, L’Empereur d’Atlantis, preceded by En vertu de…, unfolds across two iconic venues in one evening.

The first part, staged at the UN, explores contemporary democratic fragilities through Eugene Birman’s modern work, before the audience moves to the Comédie de Genève for Viktor Ullmann’s haunting chamber opera composed in a concentration camp during WWII—a dark, ironic fable on tyranny, death, and the madness of absolute power.

In French, English & German with surtitles in French and English.

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Photo Credit: Joëlle Flumet

Thursday 5 March, 19:30

Interstice#4 — Zone Grise

Performances

Salle du Lignon

Presented by the Geneva company Alavan, Interstice#4 — Zone Grise follows four former friends who reunite ten years after attending the same pre-professional theatre class. Combining improvisation and devised stage writing developed during a residency week, the piece explores lingering complicity, unresolved resentments and the subtle shifts time imposes on identity and relations. Intimate and tactile, the staging invites a close exchange between artists and audience, tracing memory, silence and the fragile work of reconnecting.

In French.

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3 March – 2 April

Le Tartuffe

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Molière’s Tartuffe tells the story of a slick con-man who hides behind ostentatious piety to worm his way into the wealthy Orgon household. Orgon, dazzled by Tartuffe’s sanctimonious rhetoric, defends him even as the impostor’s hypocrisy poisons family bonds and pushes the household toward ruin.

Director Jean Liermier underscores how, in Molière’s work, the female characters serve as the moral compass and spark of resistance, a beacon of hope against oppression. Staged on a stark, minimalist set that exposes the family’s rigid tensions—and featuring Gilles Privat as an unbending Orgon—this production highlights the play’s continuing resonance in a world beset by egotism, fanaticism, and conspiracy thinking. The central question remains timeless: will society keep falling for Tartuffe’s brand of seductive deceit?

In French. Ages 12 and up.

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Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Le bruit des arbres qui tombent

Performances

Théâtre Charles Dullin (Chambéry)

FURTHER AFIELD

Directed by Nathalie Béasse, Le bruit des arbres qui tombent is a poetic stage piece where nature reasserts itself and motion becomes metamorphosis. Four characters’ stories intertwine in a sequence of vividly imagined tableaux that shift the everyday into the extraordinary. Between melancholy and grace, the production blends striking visual composition, touches of absurd humour and sudden joys, probing intimacy, family ties and social constraints through a sensitive, inventive theatrical language.

In French.

A shuttle transport to Chambéry is provided by the Comédie de Genève.

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Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Horizons

Performances

Centre des Arts

Horizons is an intimate dance performance by Riva & Repele that traces the human journey through time, exploring transformation, memory and renewal. Their choreography sculpts poetic landscapes where movement becomes reflection on identity, relationships and the subtle thresholds that shape our lives. The work unfolds as a fluid meditation on growth, connection and loss, inviting audiences to perceive the emotional currents that carry us forward and to contemplate the shifting contours of life.

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4 & 5 March

Images

Performances

Victoria Hall

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, joined by pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and conducted by Jonathan Nott, will perform Debussy’s “Images pour orchestre,” followed by Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Initially met with criticism, Debussy’s “Images” are now celebrated as a pinnacle of early 20th-century French music. Similarly, Brahms’ Concerto No. 2, once criticized, has won the favor of audiences worldwide.

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5 – 8 March

Le Premier Sexe

Performances

Théâtre le douze dix-huit

A man performs on stage, sharing a personal reflection alongside his family, friends, therapist, colleagues, and ex-partners. In seven acts, he delves into pivotal anecdotes to question gender imperatives from childhood to adulthood. The play, “Le Premier Sexe,” addresses the journey from oppression to emancipation and the shift from toxic masculinity to a distinctive masculine identity. Produced by Compagnie Passages, with Mickaël Délis responsible for both writing and directing, in collaboration with Vladimir Perrin and other artists.

In French.

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