Nocturne

Nocturne

A midnight-blue fortieth birthday in a Marais hôtel particulier, lit almost entirely by fire.

Occasion
Birthday
Location
Paris, France
Venue
Hôtel particulier, Le Marais
Guests
150 guests
Budget
€ 140,000
Timeline
5 months of preparation, 2 days on site

The brief

No dinner, no speeches — a moving party across four rooms, each one a degree darker than the last.

Our approach

We treated the enfilade as a single choreography: bar in the pale first salon, dancing in the near-black last one, with 400 candles replaced twice during the night.

Scope of work

  • Concept & art direction
  • Lighting design
  • Bar & lounge design
  • Sound & staging
Guests raising glasses at a candlelit night celebration
Lanterns and candles glowing at dusk