Geneva English Drama Society

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.

GEDS next Stage production:
Fallen Angels
by Noël Coward
9-13 March 2010

News & Forthcoming Events

8 Dec. Tues. 20h	Playreading: Snake in the Grass by Alan Ayckbourn. more	English Church Hall map
5 Jan. Tues. 20h	Playreading: 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. more	English Church Hall map
13 Jan. Wed. 19:30h	Auditions: Shakers. GEDS entry into the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies.	Collège de Coudriers
15 Jan. thru Feb.	Stage production: La Vie Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach Performed by Vivre et Chanter, with the participation of several GEDS members. more	Performances in St. Julien, Gex, Meyrin, Geneva and St. Genis.
19 Jan. Tues. 20h	Playreading: No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre. more	English Church Hall map
28-30 Jan. Thurs. Fri. Sat.	Stage production: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Professional theatre brought to Geneva by Howard Productions. more	Cité Bleue, Geneva
2 Feb. Tues. 20h	Playreading: The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh. more	English Church Hall map
16 Feb. Tues. 20h	Playreading: Something to Hide by Leslie Sands. more	English Church Hall map

	Photos: It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney more	November 2009
	Photos: The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard more	June 2009
	Photos: Gas Light, by Patrick Hamilton more	March 2009
	Photos: GamePlan by Alan Ayckbourn more	November 2008
	GEDS members energetically promoted the society at the 2008 version of Expat-Expo in October. Hundreds of new-comers to Geneva, as well as long-time residents stopped-by to ask about GEDS....and our next-door neighbour the Geneva Amateur Operatic Society. photos	October 2008
Photos:	GEDS Summer Outing: cruise and dinner in Yvoire, July 2008. Photo gallery	September 2008 (posted)
Photos:	THE EDGE: 2008 Reunion of A Flea in Her Ear. more	August 2008
Photos:	The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish GEDS entry in the Swiss Festival of English Speaking Theatre. more	June 2008
Photos:	Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams. more	May 2008
Photos:	The Constant Wife more	March 2008
Photos:	75th Anniversary Gala Reception - 26 February 2008 more	February 2008
Photos:	Run for your Wife more	December 2007

Our 2009 - 2010 Season

10-14 November 2009	It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney more	Diane Simmance	Théâtre de Terre Sainte, Coppet
9-13 March 2010	Fallen Angels by Noël Coward	Charles Slovenski	Théâtre du Centre de l’Espérance, Geneva
29-30 April 2010	Preview: Shakers by John Godber. GEDS entry into the 2010 Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies.	Malcolm Grant	Théâtre Les Salons, Geneva
1-5 June 2010	The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold	Jenny Buffle	Théâtre Pitoëff, Geneva

updated 7 December 2009

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