Dates:
Mi., 2. Sept. 2026, 19:00–20:00
Do., 3. Sept. 2026, 19:00–20:00
A major figure on Geneva’s theatre scene, Philippe Macasdar is undoubtedly one of the finest guides to the city’s literary history. Beneath its apparent discretion, Geneva hides an extraordinary intellectual hotbed, lying at a European crossroads where exiles, writers, thinkers and artists from every horizon have converged: a place where Mary Shelley imagined Frankenstein, where Fyodor Dostoevsky stayed, where Jorge Luis Borges lost himself, where Albert Cohen wrote, and where Robert Musil observed the world. Through wars, revolutions and pacifist movements, Geneva has continually served as a refuge, a laboratory of ideas and a stage for unlikely encounters.
A deeply erudite director, insatiable reader and emblematic head of Théâtre Saint-Gervais for nearly twenty-five years, Philippe Macasdar presents at La Bâtie a creation nourished by a lifetime of curiosity and passion — passion for Geneva, for its intellectual memory, its paradoxes and its discreet yet immense influence. Through stories, archives, delightful digressions and vivid texts, he composes a living and deeply sensitive journey through the “city at the end of the lake”, guided by one of its most precious experts.
_Special version for La Bâtie 2026_
Cost: Full price CHF 20.- / Reduced rate (AVS, AI, unemployed), UNIRESO, partner venue subscription holders, entertainment industry professionals CHF 15.- / Youth rate (13-20 y/o and student) CHF 10.- / 20ans20francs card and children 3-12 y/o CHF 7.-
Bookings: https://www.batie.ch/fr/programme/philippe-macasdar-ecrire-geneve
Image credit: DR
Source: Event information supplied by La Bâtie - Festival de Genève (official OpenAgenda) — OpenAgenda open-licence event data.
