Lyons. The magician William Arribart reveals the backstage of his future show –
Text Eva Bourgin. At only 24 years old, the magician Guillaume Arribart connects artistic shows throughout France. Producer of shows, he reveals some of his creative performances, from the decor to the magic tricks.
The older ones know it, magic is not enough to pull off a trick. The secret of his success lies in a sequence of perfectly precise gestures. A masterstroke well known Guillaume Arribart. “I don’t have anyone in the arts. From a very young age, I wanted to fly and I achieved this dream by becoming a magician”, he confides to us. With more than 15 shows produced, the latter will reveal the island of dreams on December 3 and 4, 2022 at the Bourse du Travail in Lyon. An encounter cradled between comedy, dance and magic.
To live from his passion, patience and obliging rigor
If this young Lyonnais managed to fly on his own, the journey was long, similar to other children. “I did a BAC S, then 5 years in business school at ESDES. My parents wanted me to study,” he continues. Passionate about magic since he was 6 years old, William Arribart organizes his first show at the MJC Montplaisir performance hall. “I was 13, I still remember when I gave the flyer to my parents. They were excited then they came. They never pushed me, but it was better. It was up to me to prove my vocation to them,” he recalls.
Souvenir of the snow spell.
On stage, he makes one of his class friends fly in front of 150 people. “I had to manage everything, today I am surrounded by professionals, it’s easier,” he admits. At the time, William Arribart created an association, then developed his own company in 2019. “I kept this structure with 20 volunteers to intervene in hospitals, but I am above all a producer of shows. I have a director, an actor, a choreographer and a commercial, “says the winner of the 2017 international stage talent festival.
His rehearsal studio, a 250 m set2 identical to that of the Labor Exchange
Each member of his team has a specific talent. And if his passion for magic was born from a childhood dream, that for comedy comes straight from London. ” In 2and school year, I went 6 months there. I fell in love with Broadway-style comedies. This is where I mounted the Magic show. I had to translate my shows into English”, specifies the master. Intimate show like Unrealthrough private performances and his tour the island of dreams, the illusionist does not intend to stop there. “It’s several seasons of a series. They all have things in common,” he adds.
A magical world that attracts the curiosity of all fans of the genre, delighted to discover its well-crafted techniques. “7 years ago, I opened a school of magic in Lyon. We learn card tricks to begin with. I also learn from them,” he says. Through these shows, the multidisciplinary artist highlights costumes, sets and narration. Thus, each performance on stage brings him back to the child he was. Dreamy and passionate, William Arribart never came down from this enchanted cloud.
> More info on William Arribart’s program: https://www.williamribart.fr
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