Arturo Brachetti enchants the Sistina with his “Solo”
More than 60 characters played by Brachetti for the first time
(SPETTACOLO.EU – 09/02/2018 – IVAN ZINGARIELLO)
After the success of his “Man of a Thousand Faces”, seen by over 2 million spectators, the undisputed master of transformism Arturo Brachetti has returned to the Teatro Sistina enchanting the audience with a new one-man show, “Solo”. For the few who do not know Brachetti, his art is that of quick-change, that is to say the change of dress repeatedly within a couple seconds, even coming to impersonate 100 characters in a single show. This led him to become famous all over the world and to establish a Guinness World Records as the most prolific and fast quick-change artist in the world.
In “Solo”, Arturo Brachetti appears on stage accompanied by a miniature house, representing his childhood home. Through the use of a handycam we discover the various environments, each of which is linked to an anecdote of young Arturo’s life and his innate desire for magic. A new story is hidden behind every door of the miniature house. From the bedroom to the kitchen, even the bathroom, Brachetti accompanies the viewer in a magical world of memories and illusions, materializing characters and telling life stories and dreams, those inside each of us. Here are so many heroes from our shared childhood, from Red Riding Hood to Aladdin, from a politically incorrect Snow White to the princesses of Frozen, up to Shrek the Orc and Peter Pan with his rebel shadow: and it will be Brachetti’s own shadow, materialized on stage in a quest for independence, which will end up being his nemesis in an epic final clash. 60 new characters brought on stage by Brachetti for the first time: from big screen legends such as Marvel and DC superheroes, to the Ghostbusters, to music icons like Pavarotti, Celine Dion, Madonna, Michael Jackson or all fourBeatles, up to TV serie, from Happy Days to Star Trek, to Breaking Bad.
However, his characters are transversal and mostly comedic, as confirmed by the sort of amusing “Neapolitan drama” set in the kitchen, or the phases of life told sitting on the toilet. An integral part of the success of the show is undoubtedly the extensive use of special effects and the large led wall that allows the use of an engaging and highly sought after videomapping, with which Brachetti blends perfectly. But there’s more: “Italy’s most famous hair tuft” wanted to do things big, combining his lightning fast changes of clothes to more poetic and introspective moments, using other forms of entertainment such as the classic shadow puppetry or one of his flagship numbers, the chapeaugraphie (with the morphing “gaping hat”), to which he added new acts such as the dance of lasers or sand painting.
n incredible and pyrotechnic show that for 90 minutes will enchant spectators of all ages, because the Arturo Brachetti seen live is even more amazing than what we have had the opportunity to appreciate over the years on TV. So do not put limits on your imagination and let yourself be transported!
