{"id":339685,"date":"2026-11-14T03:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T02:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/2026\/11\/14\/je-nai-jamais-vu-le-kremlin-spot-sion-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T03:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T02:48:56","slug":"je-nai-jamais-vu-le-kremlin-spot-sion-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/en\/2026\/11\/14\/je-nai-jamais-vu-le-kremlin-spot-sion-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Je n\u2019ai jamais vu le Kremlin (I Have Never Seen the Kremlin) at Le Spot in Sion, 19 Nov."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Recherche performs \u201cJe n\u2019ai jamais vu le Kremlin. (I Have Never Seen the Kremlin.)\u201d at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Val\u00e8re, one of Le Spot\u2019s venues, in Sion, on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 7 pm. The play is a free adaptation of \u201cMoscow-Petushki\u201d, the novel by Venedikt Erofeev.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Venedikt Erofeev was born in 1938 near Murmansk and died in 1990. He wrote \u201cMoscow-Petushki\u201d in 1969 and 1970. The text first circulated in samizdat, as clandestine copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel was published in 1973 in Israel, then in 1977 in Paris. In French, it came out in 1975 with Albin Michel, under the title \u201cMoscou-sur-Vodka (Moscow on Vodka)\u201d. It has been translated into some twenty languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, director Yan Walther wanted to start from Soviet dissident literature to talk about today\u2019s Russia. The play premiered on 20 October 2026 at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Passage, in Neuch\u00e2tel. It then played at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Benno Besson, in Yverdon-les-Bains, on 5 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Val\u00e8re has been the theatre of the former Jesuit college since 1785. It has had this name since 1970. In 2021, the City of Sion merged it with the Petith\u00e9\u00e2tre under the name \u201cLe Spot \u2013 Sion P\u00f4le des th\u00e9\u00e2tres\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who organises it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Le Spot, in Sion, hosts the play. The Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Recherche produces it. The company was founded in Lausanne in 2010 by Yan Walther. It has been based in Neuch\u00e2tel since 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The co-producers are the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Passage, Le Pommier, in Neuch\u00e2tel, and the Casino Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Rolle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to find<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Venichka, an alcoholic writer, takes the train to join his beloved near Moscow. The adaptation moves the journey to today\u2019s Russia. It satirises the totalitarian regimes of yesterday and today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five performers play some thirty characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n