Special effects · Illusions · Engineering
The missing link between your ideas and the stage
Weezar designs and builds the effects, illusions and automation of your shows, exhibitions and events. From the first idea through to the structural calculations and the commissioning on stage.
Three crafts, one team
What we do
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Mechatronics
Automation and motorised elements
Control logic, motors, sensors and actuators: we put movement into artistic ideas, safely and in a way that repeats itself night after night.
- Motorised stage elements
- Cued special effects
- Interactive games and installations
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Effect creation
Illusions and visual acts
Engineer and illusionist: we create images that hold up on stage, from the magic principle through to the final adjustment on opening night.
- Bespoke illusions
- Levitation of performers or objects
- Holograms
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Engineering
Design and structural calculations
Fixed scenography or moving effects: mechanical design, 3D modelling, fabrication drawings and the calculation notes your inspection body will ask for.
- Mechanical design
- Fabrication drawings
- Structural calculation notes
They have trusted us
Our ground
More than 70 sets, and effects that last the season
Vincent Wüthrich, who founded Weezar, is an engineer and an illusionist. He ran the scenery workshops of the Comédie-Française before going independent. Weezar brings those two cultures together: the standards of a national theatre workshop and the freedom of an effects designer.
- Magic design for La Reine des neiges, l'histoire oubliée de Kay et Gerda, directed by Johanna Boyé, Molière Award for best young audience show 2024
- Magic design for Cartoon, directed by Odile Grosset-Grange
- Mechanical design of the flying system for La Mouche, directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
- More than 70 sets at the Comédie-Française and elsewhere
Get started
An idea, an effect, a set to bring to life?
Tell us where you stand. You will get a straight answer on feasibility, and a way of working together that matches how far along your project is.