Actress Brigitte Rosset performs Merci pour le couteau à poisson, les conversations et les délices au jambon (Thanks for the Fish Knife, the Conversations and the Ham Delights) at Théâtre Les Halles in Sierre. The performance is on Friday 4 December 2026 at 7 pm.
The story
In this solo show, Brigitte Rosset revisits her childhood. She is nearing fifty and has just lost her mother.
The show deals with memory, family ties and transmission, with humour and tenderness.
It premiered at Théâtre des Osses, the Fribourg drama centre, from 13 February to 2 March 2025.
Brigitte Rosset has performed on French-speaking Swiss stages for more than 30 years. She started in café-theatres in 1992.
She joined Théâtre de Carouge in 1995, then played in some twenty projects with Cie Confiture from 1996 to 2005.
Her first solo show, Voyage au bout de la noce (Journey to the End of the Wedding), dates from 2001.
In 2011 her solo Smarties, Kleenex et Canada Dry (Smarties, Kleenex and Canada Dry) won the Swiss Authors' Society award for best comedy show.
Tiguidou followed in 2015 at the Comédie de Genève, then Carte blanche (Free Rein) in 2017, later revived as Ma cuisine intérieure (My Inner Kitchen).
In 2015 she received the “Exceptional Actress” award at the Swiss Theatre Awards.
Who organises it
Théâtre Les Halles in Sierre hosts the show. It is co-produced by Cie Amaryllis 17 and Théâtre des Osses.
The SSA, the Ernst Göhner Foundation and the Sandoz Family Foundation support the production.
What to find
Text and performance by Brigitte Rosset, directed by Christian Scheidt.
Music by Olivier Gabus, set by Cédric Matthey, lighting by Emile de Gautard, costumes by Anne-Laure Futin. The closing slam text is by Gabrielle Colibri.
Practical information
- Dates, Friday 4 December 2026
- Times, 7 pm
- Duration, 100 minutes
- Venue, Théâtre Les Halles, Route de l'Ancien Sierre 13, 3960 Sierre
- Age, 12 and over
- Tickets, online via the theatre's website or on 027 452 02 90
Links
- Théâtre Les Halles, show page
- Theatre box office
- All events across French-speaking Switzerland, Genève Infos Agenda
Sources
- Théâtre Les Halles, show page, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Théâtre Les Halles, programme, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Le Courrier, show presentation, accessed on 14 November 2026
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