Nobody could ever accuse Samuel Beckett of looking at life through rose-tinted spectacles, fascinated as he was by ‘the tranquillity of decomposition.’ That’s a phrase I picked up from Conor Lovett’s marvellous incarnation of Beckett’s anti-hero Molloy on the Geneva stage last night before a capacity crowd in the Lutheran Evangelical Church. The drama in…
Waiting for Beckett? The Gare St. Lazare theatre company is described by the New York Times as “the unparalleled Beckett champions.” They have been touring and producing new and innovative performances of Samuel Beckett’s work for 30 years. As part of our 20th anniversary programme, we are delighted to bring back Conor Lovett’s performance of…
Joy and good humour were unconfined last night as GLAS marked its 20th anniversary with a double bill before a capacity crowd in Geneva, raising CHF 9,100 for the Gaza School of Music, which GLAS has supported since 2016. The evening kicked off with a delightful one-act black comedy ‘Friends help You Move’ about two…
Help GLAS celebrate its 20th anniversary with a very special evening of theatre. We launched in the middle of a snow and ice storm in January 2005, with a show about James Joyce. If you were at that first event, get in touch and be our guest at the Aula, College Sismondi, on 29 January…
There was an audible gasp of disbelief from the GLAS audience last night when they realised that the formidable Kitsy Rainey had shuffled off this mortal coil since we last saw her alive and well and about to marry the mute cobbler, Pat Farnon. Such was the hold she had taken on the affections of…
NOTE: Change of venue – see below! The wait will have been worth it. Mikel Murfi is returning to the Geneva stage following his spellbinding performance earlier this year in ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes.’ It won him a standing ovation and GLAS received many emails from audience members looking forward to the next…
It is not too much of a stretch to say that a day in the life of Pat Farnon, a mute cobbler and Sligo bachelor, is as significant in its own way as a day in the life of Leopold Bloom or Ivan Denisovich. Just ask anyone in the capacity audience last night in Geneva…
“You’re entitled to go to the theatre and see something which is utterly uplifting and joyful.” So says the Irish writer and actor, Mikel Murfi, and GLAS is delighted to bring his acclaimed solo show ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes’ to Geneva. Murfi trained at the prestigious Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris and has had…
Cillian Murphy and Colin Farrell shot to movie stardom after they featured in the cult hit, Intermission, written by Mark O’Rowe. O’Rowe’s masterpiece for the stage, Howie the Rookie, has been revived and is now on tour from Glass Mask Theatre in Dublin. It stars Stephen Jones and Rex Ryan, two of Ireland’s most outstanding…
In the 14 years of GLAS, most people seem to recall one production more than others and that is Donal O’Kelly’s masterpiece Catalpa; so good we staged it twice. GLAS has also hosted his Fionnuala, Joyced (performed by his daughter Katie O’Kelly), and Little Thing, Big Thing. Donal’s return to the Geneva stage was long…
Many GLAS supporters will remember the tour-de-force that was Catalpa, performed by Donal O’Kelly, and so popular that we have staged it twice. Donal is coming back to Geneva next month with another celebrated work, The Cambria. The Cambria was a trans-Atlantic paddle-steamer. In August 1845 among the passengers on board out of Boston was…
Charolais lived up to its billing as a fast paced, witty, emotional and universal story of loss, despair and the power of love on the Geneva stage last night. It garnered a standing ovation and several curtain calls for the star of the evening Noni Stapleton who also wrote the show which is a Bigger…
Following a sell-out month at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this award-winning show has been touring constantly on both sides of the Atlantic but we have finally managed to get Bigger Picture Projects to bring Charolais to Geneva for one night only starring the amazingly talented Noni Stapleton who wrote the script and also stars in…
Another great night – and a standing ovation – in the annals of GLAS. Among the many newcomers, the renowned opera singer, musician, polyglot, polymath, Kirsti Griffiths, attended her first GLAS event last night, Fishamble’s Little Thing, Big Thing which was a sell-out and raised CHF4,500 for the Edith Wilkins Foundation for Street Children. Kirsti…
Fishamble return to Geneva on Saturday, May 2, with an original and engaging piece of theatre which will take top billing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. The writer and star of “Little Thing, Big Thing,” Donal O’Kelly has already won the top prize twice at the Edinburgh Festival and is a strong contender…
GLAS is proud to welcome Gare St. Lazare back to Geneva with a provocative new work TITLE AND DEED from the pen of the American playwright, Will Eno, who was recently shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize. The production is stopping off in Geneva before it opens at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival having already enjoyed great…
GLAS raised 7,000 Swiss Francs for the Edith Wilkins Foundation for Street Children last night thanks to a spellbinding performance by Pat Kinevane in the Fishamble Theatre’s production of “Silent” directed by Jim Culleton. There were moments of great humour, grace and beauty throughout the piece during which the homeless street beggar Tino McGoldrick tells…
GLAS opens 2014 with a superb piece from the Fishamble Theatre Company in Dublin. Silent has received great reviews from the likes of Ben Brantley, the New York Times (passionate…stunning), the Guardian (dazzling), the Irish Times (a striking performance), Sydney Morning Herald (mesmerizing)… Need I go on? You can reserve through bookings@theglas.org for 19.30 on…
We had an amazing night of theatre last night from Donal O’Kelly in his award-winning drama, Fionnuala, which lays bare much that is undesirable about Shell’s operations in Ireland, in a rivetting tour de force full of humour and pathos. His daughter, Katie, performed Donal’s roller coaster tribute to Joyce and the Dublin he left…
It has been a long cold winter,hopefully you were not too lonely without a GLAS event to go to. We’re back on Friday, April 26, with a terrific performance from Conor Lovett in a revival of “Molloy” by Samuel Beckett, directed by Judy Hegarty-Lovett. It has won huge acclaim around the world for Gare St.…
Just a last reminder about this Sunday night’s (March 21) unique opportunity to see Samuel Beckett’s The End presented in the beautiful Lutheran Evangelical Chuch by the award winning Gare St. Lazare Players who are regular visitors to Geneva from their Paris base. We are also offering a concession price of CHF10 to students to…
The world woke up this morning to the startling news that the number of billionaires has dropped for the first time since 2003, down a staggering 355. Unfortunately, the numbers of children orphanned by AIDS shows no sign of dropping and currently stands at over 15 million children around the world but this rarely makes headlines.…
The Geneva Literary Aid Society is back with another first class production “More Lives Than One” which was a hit at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the English actor and writer, Leslie Clack, and is currently on a European tour. Clack brings Oscar Wilde and his great literary triumphs to life in this well-received…
Catalpa is a story in the great epic tradition of Moby Dick and Gone With The Wind with a passing glance at the Great Escape. From New Bedford, USA to Freemantle, Australia, across the high seas on the whaling ship Catalpa. Based on the true story of the daring rescue of six Irish prisoners in…
First Love is a short story by Samuel Beckett. In it a man recounts an episode early in his adult life where, having been expelled from the family home, he meets a young woman on a bench. His attempts to rid himself of his infatuation with her lead him to move in with her. A…
Proceeds of this event were donated to the Furaha Orphans Centre in Kilifi, Kenya Audience Reaction: Thank you for the opportunity to attend the play. It was excellent and quite thought-provoking. Keep up the good work. Many thanks for bringing ‘Making History’ to Geneva – fantastic play, brilliant actors – the whole thing was engrossing,…
Performed by Conor Lovett Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett Wednesday 28 November, 2007 Proceeds of this event were donated to the Furaha Orphans Centre in Kilifi, Kenya Speech given by Hilary Papo, the president of the Association for Solidarity with Children in Kenya Audience Reaction: That was a superb performance last night. Thank you so…
Written and Performed by Aidan Dooley Wednesday 17 October, 2007 Tom Crean (1877-1938) the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley. Audience Reaction: We came to Tom Crean and LOVED it, consequently I think we’ll be at every event…
The Truman Capote Talk Show:. Written & Performed by Bob Kingdom ___Edinburgh Fringe First winner__ “A terrific script, tight, funny, poignant, and bursting with celebrated one-liners. Go straight to this show.” (The Guardian) “Mr Kingdom is at once paying homage and lamenting loss – the occasion is a tour-de-force.” (New York Times)
