Performing English language theatre in Geneva, Switzerland since 1933

The Geneva English Drama Society provides a diverse theatre programme with a wide variety of styles and periods. A typical season includes 3-4 full stage productions and 20 fortnightly staged playreadings, plus workshops and social events. The play readings normally attract 50-100 people, and provide onstage roles for both experienced and aspiring actors.
 

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GEDS next Stage production:
QUARTET
a comedy by Ronald Harwood
2-6 November 2010

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News & Forthcoming Events
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Tues. 7 Sept. 19:30 Opening Event. Food and drink provided by the committee, followed by a playreading arranged and acted by members of the committee. The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang. more English Church Hall. map
Tues. 21 Sept. 20:00 Playreading: Flare Path by Terence Rattigan more English Church Hall. map

Our 2010 - 2011 Season

2-6 November 2010 QUARTET
a comedy by Ronald Harwood 		Tim Hancox
download audition notes		 Théâtre de Terre-Sainte, Coppet
15-19 March 2011 EQUUS
by Peter Shaffer
Théâtre du Centre de l’Espérance, Geneva
10-13 June 2011 FEATS 2011 - Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies. more
  Forum Meyrin

GEDS in pictures

Summer Event: the Famous Sheep Roast.
August 2010
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After years of hard searching, GEDS found a new storage facility for its props and sets.
June 2010
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The Chalk Garden
by Enid Bagnold
June 2010
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Shakers
by John Godber and Jane Thornton
April 2010
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Fallen Angels
by Noël Coward
March 2010
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It Runs in the Family
by Ray Cooney
November 2009
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The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard
June 2009
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Summer Event: cruise and dinner in Yvoire.
July 2008.
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The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish
GEDS entry in the Swiss Festival of English Speaking Theatre.
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Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams.
May 2008
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The Constant Wife
March 2008
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75th Anniversary Gala Reception
February 2008
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updated 2 September2010
 
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