ARTURO BRACHETTI
the greatest quick change performer in the world
Arturo appeared in Italy, magic city par excellence, in 1957, but his career started in Paris, where, as the only quick-change performer in the world, he re-invented and brought back to life the lost art of Fregoli, thus becoming the main attraction of Paradis Latin. From that point forward his career has been relentless, in an unstoppable crescendo that defined him as an international level artist. He performed at the four corners of the World, in several languages and in hundreds of theaters. Brachetti is the creator of modern quick change performances and the greatest quick change artist in the world, with a portfolio of over 350 characters, over 100 performed within a single show.
In 2000, in France, he was awarded the Molière prize (the French equivalent of a Tony Award) as ‘Best Theatrical Actor’; in 2010 he won the Lawrence Olivier Award, prestigious English prize; in 2011, in France again, he was nominated by the French government ‘Commander of the Order’ for merit recognition. Another award from the world of magic came in 2013, when he became part of the Inner Magic Circle, the restricted group of the 300 most important magicians of all time, living and not.
Throughout the evolution of his career he touched every aspect of the world of show making, proving himself on stage, behind the camera and recently behind the theater curtains too. Arturo, as a director, wisely mixes quick-change, comedy, illusionism, lights and shadows games, stirring everything with magic and culture.
He has a strong connection with Italian culture and brings on stage all its distinctive aspects: quality, a love for “beauty”, good taste and, more than everything, boundless fantasy.
