Palermo, Casisa stars solo on stage: “Mismatched on stage but she’s there… directing”
The serious problem is that it could be protested. As an actor. Annandrea behind the scenes and Claudio on stage: never happened before, the two Soldi Spicci had always performed together in every show, except for a directorial “digression” by Annandrea last year. But tonight at 9:15 pm at the Agricantus in Palermo (where it will remain for ten performances until October 29), Claudio Casisa will take the stage alone. And he will start a discussion with Wilson, his sock which, like him, is now… “Mismatched.”
The two comedians have managed to bring a piece of life to the stage, and they did it in their own way, a tennis game of lines and a new formula, “I tell you everything so you can’t imagine anything.” Done, after the bombshell six months ago, when Annandrea Vitrano and Claudio Casisa told their followers that their ten-year partnership had ended but that they would continue to work together, now Casisa’s solo debut is also coming.
“I’m single and I tell everyone – he laughs -. Annandrea however directs, so it’s also her show. In fact, I have to be very careful about what I say…”
Is it necessary to get used to a different stage?
“He misses a female presence too, but we’re ‘getting used to it.’ I won’t talk about a ghost but a woman that everyone knows and that our audience loves very much. In short, all comedians speak of their wives and massacre them, but I can’t do it because she’s there. I risk being replaced on the fly by Roberto Lipari…”
The style remains that of the Soldi Spicci who have continued to share their new single status on social media. So much so that few believe that you really broke up…
“No one believes us because people are not used to the truth. But the reality is that the gossip was missing, then it would have become real. The fact that we continue to be in close contact isn’t understood: why do they see each other, why do they still work together?”
And on stage?
“We tried not to betray the style, between theatrical inserts and stand-up comedy which is the world we come from, both me and Annandrea. And yes, we really broke up, and I tell it to Wilson, my friend from Cast Away, a sock that suffered the same fate as me, found himself mismatched. I need a friend and it’s not certain that when you break up after ten years, you will find one who understands you. I’m single in a new world, I try Tinder, I go out, I try everything… I discover that sexuality has the upper hand over love. In the end, with Wilson, there will be a poetic ending, one of the two could find their partner again.”
And what phase is Claudio Casisa in?
“I am moving on to the second step, adaptation. But what we like to communicate is that a story can end well. Not only from Soldi Spicci but also from Anna and Claudio. We hear about boyfriends who kill because they have been left. And no, love is a journey that has a beginning and an end, no one is to blame. Our message is beautiful, and we throw it to couples: life is meant to change.”
What will Soldi Spicci do soon?
“We are writing the third movie together. Then I will take this ‘Mismatched’ around and Anna will resume her show about women in November.”
Palermo, Casisa solo in teatro: «Spaiato sulla scena ma lei è lì… in regia»
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