Magic Wip Season #4

For its fourth edition, La Villette’s magic factory invites us to discover a few gems from the French and international scenes. Magicians, enthusiasts or simply curious, come enjoy the shows, discover the library and the magic cabins, and get initiated to magic with DIY kits!

• MAGIC FAMILY TIME #1 • Shadows and marvels • 4 YEARS +
  With Le clan des songes • End to end
  And Raquel Silva / Pensée visible Cie • My sister Laura and Misstep
  Animated objects, shadow theatre… an awakening to magic for young spectators and their parents.
  Sat 30 jan 6pm & Sun 31 jan 3pm • Duration: 1 hour 
  
  
• RODE BOOM / KURT DEMEY ET MAUD VANHAUWAERT • 12 YEARS +
  We are possible(s)
  Can poetry become reality? This unique encounter between a poet and a magician will show us that anything is possible…
  Fri 12 & Sat 13 feb 7pm • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 
  
  
• THE SMOKING OYSTER AND OTHER WONDERS • 12 YEARS +
  With Les Anges au plafond company, Chloé Cassagnes and Thierry Collet
  A night of in-betweens where magic and puppets join forces to question the body and its possibilities.
  Fri 12 & Sat 13 feb + Fri 19 & Sat 20 march 8:30pm • Duration: 1 hour 
  
  
• MAGIC FAMILY TIME #2 • The magician and his double • 6 YEARS +
  With Étienne Saglio / Monstres Cie • Goupila and Kosmao
  And Rémy Berthier & Matthieu Villatelle • Discovery of magic
  Two duos of poetic and fantasist magicians give a humorous twist to the classics of cabaret magic.
  Sat 6 march 6pm + Sun 7 march 3pm • Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 
  
  
• RÉMY BERTHIER • Hallucination • 8 YEARS +
  Through an interactive and playful experience, come question your relation to hypnosis as well as the beliefs and fantasies related to this practice.
  Fri 19 & Sat 20 mars 7pm • Duration: 1 hour 
  
  
• MAGIC NIGHT #6 • The Virtuosos of Magic ALL AGES
  A selection of numbers lauded in important international competitions, magic at its highest technical level.
  Tue 23 & wed 24 march 8pm • Duration: 2 hours
  

• MAGIC NIGHT #7 • Special up-and-coming night • ALL AGES
  Spotlight on the young generation: short sketches that renew the codes and styles of prestidigitation.
  Fri 26 & Sat 27 mars 8pm • Duration: 2 hours