Meyrin Culture
Season 2025-2026
- Founded decades ago, the Service de la Culture of Meyrin now operates as a single, unified entity (since 2023), orchestrating a wide-ranging cultural agenda across theater, visual arts, heritage, mediation, library services, and neighborhood life. Its programming weaves together the dynamic Forum Meyrin—a cultural landmark since 1995—and an ambitious Fonds d’Art Contemporain that integrates public art into the commune’s fabric.
- Driven by values of participation, accessibility, diversity, empowerment, and transformation of society, Meyrin’s cultural ecosystem spans seasonal performances, citizen co-creation, public exhibitions, art-making, and playful educational formats.
Programme
- By Cie Nota & guests
- Das
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- All audiences
- Duration 1h (in creation)
- By Madame Arthur
- Spectacle, Music
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- Ages 16 and up
- Duration 1h10
Madame Arthur performs her opera, the show that triumphed at the 2024 Avignon Off Festival! Five flamboyant artists transcend the boundaries between cabaret and opera. Sopranos, tenors, and baritones, these performers magnify the lyrical art in an explosion of generosity, drama, and extravagance, while reinventing classical opera. Discover a show where emotion, theatricality, and subversion know no bounds.
Warning: There are scenes of nudity during the performance.
- By Cie Philippe Saire
- Spectacle, Dance, Family
- Location : Rez MdCies, Maison des Compagnies
- All audiences, from 6 years old
- Duration 50min
As a child, who hasn’t woken up in their room in the middle of the night, completely disoriented? With fabulous creatures lurking in the shadows, on the lookout for the slightest blind spot, alternately threatening and friendly? This is the beginning of Bachibouzouk, an unusual marriage, between dog and wolf, of dance and object theater.
- By Patrick Chapatte
- Spectacle, Humour, Theatre, Books
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- All audiences
- Duration 1h30
Cartooning is a bit like the canary that miners took into the coal mines. When the bird stopped chirping, or even collapsed dead, the miners knew the galleries were saturated with toxic gas, which gave them a chance to get back up in time. Chappatte on stage reminds us that critical thinking and humor are perhaps the canaries of our time…
- By the OCG and musicians from Meyrin
- Spectacle, Music, Life in Meyrin
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- All audiences
- Duration 1h30 (in creation)
Music doesn’t need a translator. A universal language as well as a powerful tool for connecting, it breaks through walls, cuts through barbed wire, and breaks down barriers. This is why the Sesame project continues…
- By Massimo Furlan and Claire de Ribaupierre
- Theatre, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- Ages 14 and up
- Duration 1h30
Despite what some people may think, Switzerland, after having long been a land of emigration (yes, really!), experienced spectacular economic growth in the 20th century, partly thanks to the labor of immigrants, often from Italy. These labors were not always those of solid, hard-working workers; they were also the labors of women who would become mothers and grandmothers in our latitudes.
- By Marcus Lindeen
- Theatre, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- Ages 14 and up
- Duration 1h15
The Invisible Adventure, like Orlando and Mikael and Wild Minds by the same director, is based on extensive research and interviews. At the heart of the dramaturgical transposition of this work is this question: what establishes a personality when the self is tottering under the blows of fate?
- By Adrien M and Claire B
- Dance, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- All audiences, from 10 years old
- Duration 55min
Every Venetian or lover of the Serenissima knows it: on days of acqua alta, it’s best to be fully equipped with boots, a cape, and an umbrella, and not to fall off the pedestrian bridges, or you’ll end up soaked. In this spectacle, one rainy day, the rising waters engulf the house where a man and a woman live, in discord…
- By Cullberg – Halla Ólafsdóttir
- Dance, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- Ages 14 and up
- Duration 1h
A national pride in Sweden, the company founded in 1967 by Birgit Cullberg is making an unexpected stop in Switzerland. In her first work for the Cullberg Ballet, choreographer Halla Ólafsdóttir explores the mythological creature of the sylph, an ethereal being with the power to change shape. The piece plays with the occult, dabbles in classical ballet, and explores ASMR sounds to generate a sensory experience, a kind of euphoria that creates a secret bond between the dancers and the audience.
- By La Cordonnerie
- Theatre, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- All audiences, from 10 years old
- Duration 1h15
La Cordonnerie offers a contemporary fable, a free digression around Monsieur Seguin’s La Chèvre. A laugh-filled story as much as a tribute to the quest for freedom, courage, and transgression that run through the tale. In a comic book aesthetic, the play unfolds the illusions of a theater that grabs the heart.
- By Compagnie Hervé Koubi
- Dance, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- All audiences
- Duration 1h15
“Sol Invictus will be Luminous, Generous, and Universal. Always halfway between hip-hop physicality and classical elevation. Sol Invictus will be a declaration of love, my declaration of love to dance, to its past, its present, its future.” Hervé Koubi
Beyond borders, cultures, aesthetics, or genres, Hervé Koubi aspires to recreate, through dance gatherings, true encounters based on mutual aid, solidarity, and communion.
- By DAS Plateau – Céleste Germe
- Theatre, Spectacle, Family
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- All audiences, from 8 years old
- Duration 45min.
We think we know the story by heart: a caring young girl goes to take butter and cake to her sick grandmother, meets a sly wolf, imprudently confides in him, and both grandmother and granddaughter will end up in the belly of the beast, or not. But we often forget that the different versions of the tale have divergent morals…
- By Collectif Bajour
- Theatre, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- Ages 14 and up
- Duration 2h
Warning: This show deals with sensitive subjects, including sexual violence. No explicit scenes are depicted, but a rape scene is suggested.
The town of Baume-les-Messieurs, in 1998. Mallorie, Farah, and the others, teenagers marked by a profound artistic sensibility, experience the turbulence of their first romantic and sexual emotions. They are searching for themselves. One day, the classical dance teacher is replaced by a passionate but also disturbing man…
- By Cie l’Homme de dos – Adrien Barazzone
- Theatre, Spectacle
- Location : Salle de spectacle, Forum Meyrin
- Ages 14 and up
- Duration 1h35
If freedom of expression were a country, the question of its borders would be particularly acute today. Does, can, or should art have limits? This is the central question of Toute intention de meurt, in which we see an author and a plaintiff, a lawyer by profession, confront each other in a courtroom turned theater, or perhaps the other way around.
The May 22 performance is made accessible to the visually impaired and blind thanks to the Ecoute Voir association. Registration: AD@ecoute-voir.org or 079 893 26 15
- Location: Meyrin
To dance is to allow the body to exult. It’s liberating; it lets you feel the lava of expression flowing through your veins like a healing burn. Dancing is all that—but not only. Through its participative approach, the Cie NoTa & Guests demonstrate that choreography can also be a powerful tool for social change.
- Location: Meyrin
Madame Arthur fait son opéra, the show that triumphed at the 2024 Festival Off in Avignon! Five dazzling performers transcend the boundaries between cabaret and opera. Sopranos, tenors, and baritones magnify lyrical art in an explosion of generosity, drama, and extravagance, all while reinventing classical opera. Experience a show where emotion, theatricality, and subversion know no limits.
- Location: Meyrin
As children, who hasn’t woken up in the middle of the night, utterly disoriented in their bedroom? With fabulous creatures lurking in the shadows, waiting just beyond the edge of vision—now menacing, now friendly? This is the starting point of Bachibouzouk, a strange and twilight marriage of dance and object theatre.
- Location: Meyrin
Music needs no translator. A universal language and a powerful tool for connection, music defies walls, cuts through barbed wire, and breaks down barriers. That’s why the Sésame project lives on…
- Location: Meyrin
The final part of Marcus Lindeen’s Identity Trilogy, The Invisible Adventure—like Orlando and Mikael and Wild Minds—draws on extensive research and interviews. At the heart of the dramaturgy lies a central question: what defines a personality when the self begins to falter under the blows of fate?
- Location: Meyrin
Every Venetian or anyone in love with the Serenissima knows it: on acqua alta days, you’d better be fully geared up with boots, a raincoat, and an umbrella, and avoid slipping off the pedestrian walkways unless you want to end up soaked. In this show, on a rainy day, the rising waters flood the house where a man and a woman live together in discord…
- Location: Meyrin
Long live statistics! Did you know that 15% of adults still live with their parents? That 25% of French people are afraid of sharks? That 63% of children in Meyrin think the Forum is a castle (especially at night, when it sparkles)? As for Axelle and Axel, they’re among the 14% of couples who can’t have children. One day, a strange young girl shows up at the home of these highly qualified statisticians…
- Location: Meyrin
We think we know the story by heart: a kind-hearted girl sets off to bring butter and cake to her sick grandmother, meets a sly wolf, naively confides in him, and ends up—along with her grandmother—in the belly of the beast… or not. But we often forget that the different versions of the tale offer very different morals.
- Location: Meyrin
The small town of Baume-les-Messieurs, 1998. Mallorie, Farah, and the others, teenagers shaped by a deep artistic sensibility, navigate the turbulence of their first romantic and sexual awakenings. They’re in search of themselves. One day, their ballet teacher is replaced by a man who is both passionate… and unsettling.
- Location: Meyrin
Loosely inspired by the graphic novel Naturellement by Yannis La Macchia, Futur(s) is a creation that offers a quirky visual universe, thanks in part to the use of mixed reality headsets.
- Location: Meyrin
Going to the theatre the way one plays hooky: that, in broad strokes, is the proposition of multifaceted artist Rémi Dufay. From the outset, the audience of D’amour et d’eau fraîche is welcomed by a director who “would prefer not to.” Yes, not to perform the scheduled play that evening. How about a trip to the seaside instead?
Special offer:
20% discount
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Building E, door 40, level 1.
Mon. to Fri. : 9am – 1:30pm / 2pm to 5pm
022 917 11 11
Dancing, yes, is allowing the body to exult, it is liberating, it allows you to feel the lava of expressiveness flowing through your veins, like a beneficial burn. Dancing is all of this, but not only that… The participatory approach of the NoTa & Guests Company demonstrates that choreography is also a magnificent tool for social agitation.