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Manuel Muerte

Illusions

A journey into bizarre realities

Manuel Muerte - Illusions // Photo: Manuel Muerte

The magician and specialist of the irrational, Manuel Muerte, presents illusions without a net and a double bottom and takes us on a journey through the history, present and future of the dazzling world of deception.

Sharp razor blades, mental thought experiments, legends of con artists, sawed-up people, tricksters and frozen playing cards guarantee an unforgettable evening of superlatives of sensory deception.

With his crazy illusions, Manuel Muerte won first place at the Magic World Championships in Japan and was honored in Las Vegas with the "Sarmoti" Award created by Siegfried and Roy. In addition to his worldwide engagements in theaters, at festivals and on TV, he has accompanied various music productions and was the opening act for Deichkind, for example. Manuel Muerte is the reigning German Magic Champion in the Salon Magic category.

Embark on a journey into bizarre realities and let your perception be manipulated.

The Close-Up Lounge at ZWO

During close-up magic, the audience sits very close to the artists and can really look them in the eye. In front of a small audience, the magicians present their tricks from various magic disciplines in full-length close-up shows.

Please note: places are limited!

Culture vouchers or culture bag tickets can be used with an additional payment of 5 euros.

Guido Schmalriede aka Manuel Muerte: Born in March 1968, the theater maker and specialist in illusion and deception uses magic as a means of dealing with reality. After studying cultural studies, he became a full-time magician, won the World Magic Championships in Japan and was honored with the Sarmoti Award from Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas. In addition to his international magic and seminar activities, he has been working for years at the interface between magic and enlightenment in various interdisciplinary projects in the theater.

In 2003, he put together his first two-hour program, "Metaphysical Cabinet". In it, he plays the role of a down-and-out magician from the late 1970s who is desperately trying to get close to Hollywood greats.

In the early 1990s, together with colleagues Bernhard Wolff and Detlef Simon - Desimo, he founded the group Die Plebsbütte, which was awarded first prize at the World Congress of Magic in Japan in 2004.

Since 2014, he has been producing magic programs together with the Hamburg Theatergemeinschaft at Kampnagel, in which he deals with magical-mystical problems of everyday life. In his first production, he dealt with the topic of the magic of sexuality. In 2015 and 2016, he tackled the subject of death and the afterlife in his programs. First with the program Der schwebende Diwan and then Talking Dead-Talkshow mit Toten, which he also performed at Kampnagel. A year later, he produced the program Das Orakel von Delphi with the support of the Hamburg Department of Culture.

Price information:

Admission 27 Euro reduced 19 Euro