{"id":345499,"date":"2026-11-14T20:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/2026\/11\/14\/serment-europe-comedie-geneve-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T20:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:53:45","slug":"serment-europe-comedie-geneve-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/en\/2026\/11\/14\/serment-europe-comedie-geneve-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Serment d'Europe (Europa's Pledge) at the Com\u00e9die de Gen\u00e8ve, 4\u201311 Dec."},"content":{"rendered":"

Le Serment d'Europe (Europa's Pledge), a tragedy written and directed by Wajdi Mouawad, comes to the Com\u00e9die de Gen\u00e8ve. Seven performances run from Friday 4 to Friday 11 December 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The play premiered on 1 August 2025 at the ancient theatre of Epidaurus, in Greece. It was part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project began with an invitation from Katerina Evangelatos, the festival's director. For several years she has commissioned texts inspired by Greek tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wajdi Mouawad revived an earlier monologue project intended for Andr\u00e9e Lachapelle, his former teacher. The text, first titled L'Amour (Love), became Le Serment d'Europe (Europa's Pledge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author wrote the play during rehearsals. He drew on conversations with Anne-Claire Legendre, Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge and Delphine Meillet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the premiere, the cast included Juliette Binoche, Violette Chauveau, Danai Epithymiadi, Daria Pisareva, Leora Rivlin and Emmanuel Schwartz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wajdi Mouawad was born in Lebanon in 1968. He lived in France, then in Quebec until the early 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wrote Incendies (Scorched), Littoral (Tideline) and For\u00eats (Forests). He has run La Colline \u2013 th\u00e9\u00e2tre national in Paris since April 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He received the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise Grand Prix for theatre in 2009. He held the annual chair at the Coll\u00e8ge de France in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The Com\u00e9die de Gen\u00e8ve hosts the show. It is produced by the Athens Epidaurus Festival, with La Colline \u2013 th\u00e9\u00e2tre national as executive producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The play follows Europa, an eight-year-old girl who witnesses a massacre committed by her own people and takes part in it. Seventy-five years later, an inquiry compels her to testify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text draws on Greek mythology, notably Medea and Europa. It explores the memory of a crime, silence and the passing of trauma between generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An international cast performs in French, Greek, English and Russian, on an almost bare stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The creative team includes Emmanuel Clolus on set design, Charlotte Farcet on dramaturgy and Laurent Schneegans on lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practical information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n