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Introducing Living Smile Vidya - Living Smile Vidya

Introducing Living Smile Vidya - Living Smile Vidya

Introducing Living Smile Vidya - Living Smile Vidya

Living Smile Vidya at the Maison Saint-Gervais from 30 august to first of septembre 2025, during La Bâtie-Festival de Genève

"Theatrical calling card," Introducing Living Smile Vidya bears witness to the life trajectory of a woman with extraordinary courage. Trans activist and actress Living Smile Vidya, aka Smiley, was born in India. Coming from a Dalit family - considered true outcasts - and trapped in a man's body within an ultra-patriarchal society, her gender identity earned her a genuine barrage of rejection. With all her strength, she held on and fought until she managed to change her reality as well as that of thousands of others affected. In her hometown, she would be the first trans woman to have her name and sex modified on her passport. In perfect complicity with the audience that she floods with her warmth, Smiley relates her experience, her insurrection, her scars and her pride without pathos.

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Dates
Saturday, August 30, 2025 - Monday, September 1, 2025

Contact

Address
Saint-Gervais Genève
Rue du Temple 5, 1201 Genève - Genève