The Dimitri Academy, 50 years of stage magic

The institution created in 1975 near Locarno by the "king of the clowns", and which joined in 2005 the giron of the High Specialised School of Italian Switzerland, celebrates its jubilee. Back to its historyIn front of the black scene and the curtains of red velvet, the room is full to crack. The approximately 200 very narrow seats are all occupied, and the stairs are stormed. We are in Verscio, small part of the town of Terre di Pedemonte, near…