Thursday 11 June, 20:30

Miss Nightmare – Final Exam

Performed by Miss Nightmare, this magic show stages an uncanny “Final Exam” where the audience becomes the class. Through forbidden experiments, unsettling illusions and inexplicable phenomena, the performance probes fear, vulnerability and the limits of perception. Miss Nightmare manipulates the impossible with elegance and dry menace, supported by a spare set, moody lighting and a taut soundscape that sculpts tension. The experience is immersive and intimate, oscillating between wonder and disquiet as each trial exposes concealed uncertainties.

In French.

Avenue Louis-Casaï 54,
Switzerland
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Photo Credit: Genève Magie

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