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Another year comes and goes and before we know it, pantomime season is upon us again! This year, the Geneva Amateur Operatic Society has chosen to perform a lively and colorful rendition of "Puss in Boots" at the Théâtre du Léman in Geneva from 2-4 December 2016.
For those of you who have forgotten the story, here is a quick reminder: In his father’s will, Jack has been left penniless, inheriting nothing but the family cat. Although he has great ambitions, the prospects are not good! Things soon change with the arrival of his Auntie Hettie, etiquette expert extraordinaire, and the revelation that Puss can talk (and looks pretty fetching in a pair of boots)! Before long, Jack, Auntie and Puss are embroiled in a complex scheme to persuade the King and Queen that Jack (masquerading as the Marquis of Carabas) is suitable husband material for the beautiful Princess. But first they will have to contend with a jealous noble suitor, a pair of dastardly henchmen, and a hideous shape-shifting Ogre!
The Geneva Amateur Operatic Society (GAOS) is offering knowitall.ch readers the chance to win a double ticket to see its August production of Hair, the controversial rock musical that hit America in the 1960s and soon became a worldwide sensation.
Being performed at the Casino Theatre in Geneva between the 26th and 28th August, this lively GAOS production is targeted very much at adults and older teens, given the explicit nature of some of the topics addressed throughout the musical.
Indeed, when the show opened on Broadway in 1968, Hair challenged many of the norms held by Western society in the 1960s. At that time, the youth of America protested against what they saw as wrong with their country: racism, environmental destruction, poverty, sexism and sexual repression, violence at home, the war in Vietnam, depersonalization and corruption in politics.
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One of the best British musicals of all time is coming to Geneva this year, thanks to the Geneva Amateur Operatic Society!
On Friday, 15 April 2016, the Casino Theatre in Geneva will host the opening night performance of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a lively musical popular with all ages, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang : The Magical Car. The show will be presented over 2 consecutive weekends, from 15 to 17 April and 22 to 24 April 2016.
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The Geneva English Drama Society will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Rabbit Hole, at the Théatre de l’Espérance in Geneva from 1 to 5 March 2016.
GEDS’ first production of the year, Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway in 2006 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. Written by David-Lindsay Abaire, the play deals with the issue of loss within the family and, according to Variety magazine, is “not just a drama but a revelation – an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty."
So, how do you keep it together when your whole world has fallen apart? Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places, for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.
With over 50,000 visitors per year, the Théâtre de Carouge is well known amongst the Geneva community for the quality and originality of its productions. When the theater troupe produced its first performance of La Nuit des Rois at La Salle du Cardinal-Mermillod in 1958, it very soon gained a loyal following of theater-lovers, keen to see its productions of both modern and classic works from playwrights such as Shakespeare, Goldoni, Tchékhov, Gorki, Brecht, Beckett, and Frisch, as well as local writers such as Louis Gaulis, Walter Weideli, and José Herrera Petere.
Although most of its performances are produced in French, the theater is keen to appeal to the wider English-speaking community as well. With this in mind, they now offer 2 or 3 plays each year, at which they feature English surtitles. And the feedback has been extremely positive! Indeed one member of the audience, who went to see a recent production of Shake, directed by Dan Jemmet, had such a glowing recommendation for the theater, that we have reproduced it in full here:
