Les choses graves

RTS, Top 2025: ten shows you shouldn't have missed in French-speaking Switzerland by Thierry Sartoretti
“Theater and dance specialist for RTS, journalist Thierry Sartoretti shares his best of the shows he saw this year in Switzerland. Several will still be running in 2026, so now is a good time to hurry up and go see them.”
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RTS, la 1ère, Vertigo & CCC, December 5, 2025, by Thierry Sartoretti
"This show, suitable for ages 8 and up but highly recommended for all ages, deals with topics such as pee and poop, parents who lose their temper, an abusive music teacher, and unhappiness at school. There are lots of laughs, even if they are sometimes quite bitter, as these fragments of childhood are brought back to the present through Sam and Theo's games. How can difficult subjects be discussed with ease and kindness? This show successfully meets that challenge, where shared words are a precious gift."
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Coups d'oeil, December 5, 2025 by Peter Avondo
“As with each painting, the artist creates a latent dramaturgy by approaching his two characters with great tenderness. It is in their relationship—both with themselves and with each other—that their portraits gradually take shape.”
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All of the childhood memories told in the play are true stories, collected among adults during the writing phase of the show. Relying on true stories allowed us to avoid clichés and stereotypical emotions.

Les choses graves is a play to be seen together, adults and children alike, for audiences aged 8 and up.

Les choses graves invites adult and child viewers to be attentive to each other's perspectives.

Les choses graves exacerbates negative human emotions, while creating a gentle and marvellous space in which to think about them calmly.

Les choses graves invites us to reflect on the place we agree to give to intense emotions, whether positive or negative.

Les choses graves addresses, both in movement and in text, issues related to sadness, bad memories, and the strategies we find to overcome them and learn from them.

Les choses graves is also a comforting and constructive dialogue that refuses to deny the existence of these negative emotions.

Les choses graves is also a dialogue that affirms the desire to feel emotions by accepting the fact that joy and happiness are often accompanied by darker moments.