French Riviera · Monaco · Cannes · Nice · Antibes · Saint-Tropez
English-speaking mentalist and AI magician: close-up magic, a mentalism show and an AI keynote for galas, yacht events, villa parties and corporate entertainment, from Monaco to Saint-Tropez. One flight from Lyon, travel included.
In one paragraph
Hugo Marceau is a French mentalist and AI magician who performs on the Côte d'Azur for the companies, brands and families who entertain there: gala dinners in the palace hotels of Monaco and Cannes, receptions on board during the Yacht Show and the congress weeks, dinners in the houses of Cap-Ferrat and the Saint-Tropez peninsula. Close-up magic, a mentalism show or the AI keynote, in English and French. Based in Lyon, one flight from Nice. Fees on request.
How the coast works
From March to October the coast is one long event season. Cannes hosts MIPIM in March, the Film Festival in May, the Lions in June, the Yachting Festival in September and MIPCOM in October. Monaco has the Grand Prix in May and the Yacht Show in September, with gala dinners all year in between. Nice fills with congresses and incentive groups; Saint-Tropez and the Caps with summer house parties. Each of these weeks brings brands, agencies, charter companies and private hosts who need a performance that stands out, in a place where guests have seen every kind of entertainment.
That is the brief this act was written for. Mentalism works on an international table where a comedy routine would not: a thought read across a dinner table in Monaco lands the same way whether the guest thinks in English, Italian, Russian or Arabic. The AI act gives a brand event a talking point of its own: a working artificial intelligence taking part in the mentalism. And the whole thing travels light: no stage, no rigging, a set-up that fits in cabin luggage and works in a saloon, on an aft deck or in a garden.
Lyon to Nice is a one-hour flight with several departures a day. Travel is included in the proposal, the technical rider arrives in advance, and Hugo arrives with time to walk the room. Agencies and concierges get one contact, one invoice and no surprises.
What the luxury brief looks like
Luxury maison · boutique evening, Geneva
A watch and writing-instrument maison asked for intimacy first: an hour of close-up among their best clients inside the boutique. For the finale, Hugo levitated one of the partners in the middle of the circle, in full light, no staging. The photograph circulated for days. The same standard, intimacy then one chiselled finale, is what a Riviera gala or a night on board gets.
Clients across sectors
Hugo has performed for Montblanc, IBM, Mercedes, Bouygues, Crédit Agricole and Paul Bocuse, among others, for galas, seminars and private performances in France and Switzerland, in French and English. Riviera event names are shared during the enquiry, never published: on this coast, the guest list is often the most confidential part of the event.
What you can book on the coast
Strolling magic and mentalism in the saloon, on deck or between courses at a private dinner. No stage, no sound, no set-up. One magician covers around 250 guests at a reception and 120 at a seated dinner; for a large gala Hugo brings fellow magicians.
Corporate entertainmentThirty to forty-five minutes of mentalism in the ballroom of a palace hotel or under the stars in a garden: sealed predictions, thoughts read across the room, a levitation when the venue allows it. Placed before the speeches or as the closing moment.
The mentalism showForty-five to sixty minutes for the conventions that fill Cannes and Nice: a working artificial intelligence on stage with a mentalist. For tech, media and finance audiences who have sat through enough slides about AI and would like to see one think.
The AI keynoteMIPIM, the Lions, MIPCOM: an iPad magic act that draws a crowd to a stand and puts the brand inside the illusion, in English, for the delegates who walk past forty stands an hour.
Trade show magicianFrom the Principality to the peninsula
Gala dinners in the grand hotels, brand events during the Grand Prix and the Yacht Show, dinners on board at Port Hercule, private performances in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. The most international audience on the coast, and the one where discretion matters most.
The congress calendar: MIPIM, the Film Festival, the Lions, the Yachting Festival, MIPCOM. Studio and agency parties on the Croisette, yacht receptions in the Vieux-Port, stand activations at the Palais. The weeks that book earliest in the year.
Incentive groups and conventions, corporate entertainment in the hotels of Cap d'Antibes, private dinners in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Villefranche. The airport is the arrival point for the whole coast: one hour from Lyon, several flights a day.
Summer house parties, birthday dinners and nights on board from June to September, usually booked through property managers, personal assistants and charter companies. Small groups, high expectations, and magic that needs nothing but a table and attention.
Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and the rest of Provence are covered the same way. If the event is in the south of France, it is within reach.
Who books a mentalist on the Riviera
Tailor-made for your Riviera event
Fees on request. Every engagement is tailored to the format, the audience, the venue and the travel involved.
Prefer to talk first? +33 6 88 61 29 00, WhatsApp welcome, English and French.
Before you enquire
Yes. Every format is performed in English or French, and mixed rooms are handled without losing anyone. Riviera audiences are international by nature; mentalism works on thoughts, not on punchlines, so Italian, Russian or Arabic-speaking guests follow the act as well as everyone else.
Yes, and often. Close-up and mentalism need no stage, no power and no set-up: they are played in the saloon, on the aft deck or around the dinner table. The AI act travels in cabin luggage and needs only a screen and a 4G or 5G signal. Client names are never published.
Fees are quoted on request and tailored to the format, the duration, the number of guests, the venue and the travel from Lyon, which is included. Send the details of your event and you will receive a proposal within one business day.
Those weeks are booked earliest, often months ahead by brands, agencies and charter companies. Enquire as soon as your dates are known; a short-notice slot is always worth asking about, since the calendar moves.
One flight from Lyon to Nice, several times a day, then road to Monaco, Cannes, Antibes or Saint-Tropez. Travel and accommodation when needed are included in the proposal, so the figure you receive is the figure you pay.
Three things: the act is mentalism first, which suits adult international audiences better than visual tricks; a working artificial intelligence can take part in the performance; and the work is corporate-grade, with 178 verified Google reviews, a technical rider and invoicing that agencies can rely on.
Hugo Marceau, mentalist and AI magician · Monaco · Switzerland · Destination weddings · Performing worldwide · For event planners · Corporate magician · Gala dinner entertainment · Wedding reception entertainment
