Théâtre De L'orangerie

What Théâtre De L'orangerie does

Théâtre De L'orangerie is a seasonal performing arts and cultural venue located in a historic 1856 neoclassical orangery building within Parc La Grange on the Lake Geneva waterfront in Geneva, Switzerland. The venue operates an outdoor stage, an indoor theater hall, two attached greenhouses (one converted to exhibition space, the 'Grande Serre'), a covered esplanade, and an on-site refreshment bar ('Buvetto!'). The theater is currently directed by co-directors Céline Nidegger and Bastien Semenzato and runs a four-month summer season (mid-June through early September), with the 2026 season 'ÉTÉ 26 SAISON BURN' running June 17 to September 5.

The core offering comprises live theater productions (including participatory children's shows under the 'Jeune public' label), contemporary dance performances, outdoor music concerts spanning genres from ethio-jazz to psychedelic cumbia, art exhibitions in the Grande Serre, and participatory workshops. The 2026 lineup includes productions coproduced with Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, La Bâtie Festival de Genève, Belluard Bollwerk, Collectif Foulles, Compagnie Les Minuscules, Superprod, and Bonsoir la Compagnie. Side projects include 'La Bibliothèque Volante' satellite children's library with Éditions 7/7 (Geneva-based inclusive children's publisher) and 'Beyond Sight', a silk-scarr art exhibition by Seline Burn.

Revenue derives from three streams: ticketed performances (with solidarity pricing tiers ranging from 5 CHF for children's shows to 30 CHF 'Tout roule' for adult theater, plus free and prix libre concerts), the on-site Buvetto! refreshment bar serving local seasonal food Wednesday through Sunday plus weekend brunch, and merchandise including exhibition artwork and prints. The organization has a core team of approximately 7 staff plus seasonal workers, is privately structured as a cultural association, and holds a core distribution partnership with Pour-cent culturel Migros Genève (ticketing across Migros Change Rive, Migros Change Mparc la Praille, and Stand Info Balexert) and a technology partnership with Infomaniak Events for online ticketing.

Name

Théâtre De L'orangerie

Legal name

Théâtre de l'Orangerie

Website

https://theatreorangerie.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1856

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Théâtre De L'orangerie is a seasonal summer performing arts venue in Geneva's Parc La Grange, housed in a historic 1856 orangery building. It serves Geneva families and adult arts audiences with theater, dance, concerts, exhibitions, workshops, and an on-site café during a four-month summer season.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Theater & Performing Arts

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG), Classical Ballet (Full-Length & Repertoire) (MPAGADAA), Concerts & Music Festivals (THAJAFAA)

Keywords

• Summer theater venue
• Live performing arts
• Outdoor cultural programming
• Contemporary dance performances
• Children's theater productions

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales: Paid admission to theater performances, dance shows, concerts, and workshops. Revenue from individual show tickets and season passes.
2. Buvette (bar/café): On-site refreshment bar serving local seasonal food and beverages. Open Wednesday through Sunday during summer season. Brunch service on weekends.
3. Merchandise: Sale of art prints, postcards, and artist merchandise. Silk scarves and artworks from exhibitions available at box office.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Théâtre de l'Orangerie produces and presents a seasonal summer program (June–September) of live performing arts in Geneva's Parc La Grange, including contemporary theater productions, dance shows, outdoor music concerts (rocksteady, reggae, psychedelic cumbia, ethio-jazz, world music), children's/young-audience productions, art exhibitions in the Grande Serre greenhouse, and participatory workshops. Revenue is generated primarily through ticketed performances, an on-site Buvetto! café/bar, and occasional art merchandise sales.

Product overview

Théâtre de l'Orangerie is a summer outdoor theater and cultural venue located in Geneva's Parc La Grange, housed in a historic orangery building from 1856. The venue operates a mixed-use space featuring an outdoor stage for concerts and performances, an indoor theater hall, a greenhouse exhibition space, and a garden setting. The theater's core offerings include live theater performances, dance shows, outdoor music concerts, children's programming including a flying library (La Bibliothèque Volante), art exhibitions in the Grande Serre, and a café-bar (Buvetto!). The venue runs a seasonal summer program (typically June to September) with ticketed performances, free outdoor concerts, participatory art projects, and culinary workshops. Recent seasons have featured site-specific creations, contemporary dance by collectives like Collectif Foulles, musical programming spanning genres from ethio-jazz to psychedelic cumbia, and community engagement projects involving local children and artists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Summer Theater Performances Ticketed live contemporary theater productions presented at the venue's indoor and outdoor spaces during the June–September season, targeted at adult audiences (examples include "Les Voüéces" by Louis Bonard and "Les mondes qui nous manquent" by Bastien Semenzato, Karine Guignard and Léo Besso).
• Contemporary Dance Performances Ticketed contemporary dance shows performed by professional dance companies and collectives (e.g., Collectif Foulles' "Medieval crack" and "Le cerveau mou de l'existence"), with reduced youth pricing tiers for students and Carte 20ans20francs holders.
• Outdoor Live Music Concerts Outdoor evening music concerts on the TO! stage spanning rocksteady, retro reggae, psychedelic cumbia, ethio-jazz and other world-music genres (e.g., Skankin' Society sound system, Chicha Libre), many offered at pay-what-you-want (prix libre) or free entry.
• Children's (Jeune public) Programming Dedicated family-friendly theater productions for children, including participatory works such as "Fortune!" by Charlotte Dumartheray and "La Cantine de Nasreddine", with a fixed ticket price of 5 CHF per child for under-12s.
• Buvetto! On-site Café-Bar On-site refreshment bar/café serving local seasonal food, focaccia, salads, weekend brunch (10h–14h), wine, lemonade and sandwiches, open Wednesday through Sunday during the summer season and available to both theater-goers and Parc La Grange visitors.
• Beyond Sight Visual Arts Exhibition Season visual-art exhibition of silk-square artworks by Seline Burn displayed in the Grande Serre greenhouse, accessible free of charge during theater opening hours from July 3 to August 30.
• Garden Harvest & Cooking Workshop (Récolte et cuisine au potager) Two-hour participatory cooking workshop in which attendees harvest vegetables from the on-site garden with gardener Renaud Boder (La Libellule) and prepare them into a shared meal; priced 20 CHF regular and 10 CHF under-20.
• Workshops and Encounters Program Program of educational encounters and participatory workshops across the season, including cooking workshops (e.g., tamales), scenography introductions, the participatory 2030 Glorieuses workshop, and film workshops.
• L'Art¿ Participatory Creation Project Site-specific in-situ project by Marie-Aude Guignard (Bonsoir la Compagnie) in which 213 Geneva children aged 7–12 collectively defined "art" through a poetic manifesto installed as official citywide advertising posters.
• La Bibliothèque Volante Free satellite children's library located in a hut on the outdoor stage, offering around 150 inclusive children's books curated by Geneva publisher Éditions 7/7 and open during TO! opening hours from June 27 to August 30.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multi-disciplinary programming: theater, dance, music, visual arts, workshops

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Pour-cent culturel Migros GenèvecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial ticketing partner. Tickets sold at Migros retail locations including Migros Change Rive, Migros Change Mparc la Praille, and Stand Info Balexert. Also accessible via Migros Infomaniak online platform.
• InfomaniakcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline ticketing platform provider for all TO! performances and season passes. Handles online payment processing and ticket delivery.
• Éditions 7/7coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for La Bibliothèque volante project - a satellite library offering approximately 150 children's books selected for inclusive representation. Accessible June 27 to August 30 during TO! opening hours. Éditions 7/7 is a Geneva-based publisher specializing in children's literature and social justice.
• La Bâtie - Festival de GenèvemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoproduction partner for 'Les mondes qui nous manquent' performance. Annual contemporary arts festival in Geneva.
• Théâtre Vidy-LausannemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoproduction partner for 'Les Voüéces' and other productions. Major Swiss theater in Lausanne.
• Belluard BollwerkmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoproduction partner for 'Medieval crack' by Collectif Foulles. Annual arts festival in Fribourg.
• Bonsoir la CompagniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProducing company for L'Art¿ performance. Geneva-based contemporary arts company with focus on in-situ and community engaged work. Founded 2012. Member of Les Compagnies Vaudoises and Fédération des Arts de la Rue suisse.
• Association KaïrosmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction company behind 'Les Voüéces' by Louis Bonard.
• Compagnie Les MinusculesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction company behind 'Fortune!' children's theater by Charlotte Dumartheray.
• SuperprodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction company founded 2009 by Céline Nidegger and Bastien Semenzato. Creates contemporary theater and hybrid forms. Develops 'Bibliothèque des projets non achevés' and produces 'Les mondes qui nous manquent'.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Théâtre de Carouge: Geneva-area theater presenting a mix of contemporary and classical productions to regional audiences. Comparable as a Geneva-based live theater producer serving similar audiences.
• La Bâtie - Festival de Genève: Geneva's annual contemporary arts festival spanning theater, dance, music, and performance. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary live event organizer in the same city and as an active co-production partner of Théâtre de l'Orangerie.
• Comédie de Genève: Geneva's primary theater institution producing contemporary theater, dance, and performance for local audiences. Directly comparable as a Geneva-based performing arts venue competing for the same audience and co-production partners.
• POCHE /GVE: Small Geneva theater focused on contemporary text and emerging voices. Comparable as a Geneva independent contemporary theater competitor for the same performing arts enthusiast audience.
• Théâtre Saint-Gervais Genève: Independent Geneva theater presenting contemporary and experimental work, with similar audience demographics and a comparable focus on emerging artists and co-productions.
• Belluard Bollwerk International Festival: Fribourg-based annual festival presenting experimental theater, music, and performance. Comparable as a Swiss co-production partner for contemporary performance work staged at the venue.
• Festival de la Cité Lausanne: Free outdoor urban arts festival in Lausanne featuring theater, dance, music, and circus in public spaces. Comparable as a Swiss summer outdoor multi-disciplinary performing arts event.
• Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne: Major Swiss theater in Lausanne producing and touring contemporary theater and dance. Comparable as a producing-venue partner that co-produces work hosted at Théâtre de l'Orangerie.

Broad incumbents

• Festival d'Avignon: France's largest annual theater festival featuring outdoor and indoor performances across the city. Comparable as a large-scale outdoor summer theater festival model, although at a much larger scale than the Orangerie.

Regional players

• Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy: National stage in nearby Annecy (France) producing and hosting theater, dance, and music. Comparable as a French-Swiss Alpine regional performing arts venue serving overlapping cross-border audiences.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/theatreorangerie
• Instagraminstagram.com/theatreorangerie_geneve
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre-de-l'orangerie

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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