Stratégies souterraines
Collectif du Feu de dieu
In The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus describes the absurd as the clash between our need to understand and the silence of a world that offers us no answers.
With humour and poetry, the Collectif du Feu de dieu takes up this idea to raise the big questions: why are we here? How can we carry on when the meaning of our existence eludes us?
On stage, a dancer and a clown-actress follow the chalk outline of a large circle. They move along it, step out of it, return to it – sometimes alone, sometimes inviting the audience to join in. Little by little, this simple circle becomes the setting for a journey of initiation and philosophical exploration.
Stratégies souterraines is a tragicomic fable, full of tenderness, humour and mischief, which examines our existential torments without ever looking down on them.
A show that makes you smile as much as it makes you think.
The Collectif du Feu de dieu is an associate artist of Concorde until 2029 and is in residence for this production.
Next performances
Prices and offers
Full price
CHF 25.-
Concessionary rate
CHF 10.-
Old Age Pension (AVS), Disability Insurance (AI), unemployment, young people aged up to 26, people with reduced mobility, residents of Vernier, 20ans20francs
Concept, writing and performance
Ambre Pini and Violeta Hodgers
Artistic collaboration and dramaturgy
Sara Uslu
Music
Frédérique Jarabo
Lighting
Alexandrine Marquet
Costumes
Marion Schmid
Set design
Mathilde Tinturier
Assistant set designer
Padrut Tacchella
External consultants
Jérôme Bouvet, Pauline Raineri
Production
Collectif du Feu de dieu
Residencies
Théâtre le Galpon, Théâtre La Traverse, La Luge (FR), Concorde – Espace Culture Support Loterie Romande, City of Geneva, SIG Patronage Fund, Ernst Göhner Foundation, Geneva-based Fund for Sponsorship of Employment for Intermittent Workers, La Traverse – Pâquis Community Centre, a private Geneva-based foundation
Production
Premiere at the Théâtre de la Parfumerie, Geneva, February 2025
Collectif du Feu de dieu
A multidisciplinary company based in Geneva, led by the actress and clown Violeta Hodgers and the dancer Ambre Pini, the Feu de dieu collective brings together artists from the worlds of dance, theatre, clowning and music.
Get in touch
By phone
Monday to Friday, 12–6 pm
+41 (0)22 795 00 04