The
Trieste-born comedian proudly recalls the Bergamo dates of his tour, each and
everyone a sell-out. He was surrounded on stage by some great little co-stars: Clay
Paky Sharpys.
The show
featured Pintus\’s simple, natural humour, his musical skills and his talent as
an impersonator, which delight the audience. He mixes childhood memories, true
stories, reflections on television and TV personalities, and great cabaret
clichés, like women behind the wheel, the generation gap and the battle of the
sexes.
Last year\’s
show at the Mediolanum Forum, which was a special event by size in comparison
with the tour, marked the beginning of a period of technical cooperation
between Leader Sound and Angelo Pintus\’s production team.
Basing
himself on ideas and designs already in the pipeline, lighting designer
Gianluca Brunelli put together a lighting rig for the over sixty tour dates in
various theatres and for the show at the Forum.
Brunelli
decided to put a few Sharpy units on the stage floor and this choice was agreed
upon: “They were placed on the set as side-lighting in fixed positions for much
of the show, and remained motionless until the scenes where Pintus describes
changes in the situation. These are usually comical situations.”
Since this
is a cabaret comedy show, the lighting is mostly devoid of effects and
continuous movements. However, it is useful to create contrasts, along with the
musical breaks, and changes in tempo, characters, content and intentions, which
occur during the show.
The outdoor
tour dates, in public squares, meant it was necessary to use reliable, powerful
lights to safeguard and create changes in the lighting and effects even in
unfavourable conditions, and ensure fast, safe installation.
The Sharpys
on the stage and on a front batten formed the basic lighting rig. A
back-lighting batten was only added in the most critical situations, and at the
sell-out event at the Mediolanum Forum, which required a much greater number of
lights: there were 38 Sharpys, 26 of which were arranged either on the stage or
the back-lighting batten (3 on the left and 3 on the right above the LED wall),
and another 6 on the first front batten for the classic brush stokes in the sky
and over the audience in the auditorium.
A further
twelve Alpha Spot HPE 1500s were arranged on the back-lighting batten together
with the Sharpys.
