Dpcm: show workers in the square, we want an income

Entertainment workers in the streets from North to South in Italy against the Dpcm.

A silent concert

to witness the crisis facing the entertainment world after the closures decided by the government to contain Coronavirus infections.

It was directed by the pianist and conductor Enrico Intra as part of the protest promoted by workers in the entertainment world and by the confederal unions.

The musicians just made the gesture of playing their instruments, the singers opened their mouths to be voiceless on this occasion and so the silence accompanied the performance that was broken at the end only by the rhythm of the applause of the demonstrators.

"We are producers of sounds, images and representations but today we will simulate the silence that is an integral part of music, a moment of waiting where the audience thinks 'now what will happen'? - Intra said before conducting the silent concert -. silence today is important not only for music, but also for relations with people and for this square that protests music in a civil and lively way ".

The protest in the square was also attended by the singers of La bohème which was supposed to have been staged at La Scala from 4 November but which was suspended due to the epidemic.

"We are in order not to close the theater which is a safe place - said Simone Piazzola, baritone - whoever got sick did it outside the theater. We had to do the Boheme but it was skipped, a job for eight months was skipped. work and, if the situation does not allow it, as artists we ask to be protected in an appropriate way, not as they are doing now. Everyone must have financial support and the government since the virus has been with us has been zero ".

"If you close theaters, cinemas, circuses, you have to pay us. We need a guaranteed income for show business who no longer work due to the pandemic and the Docm".

It is the cry of pain that comes

, where a thousand people gathered for the regional unitary trade union demonstration Cgil-Cisl-Uil Spettacolo.

"We have the right to respect our contracts - they say - a definition of working hours and compliance with safety standards".

Many workers in funfairs and circuses.

"The Luna Park is a business, we ask for help", say the representatives of the National Association of Traveling Show Operators.

"The Luna Park must not die, we are stopped without help".

"We would like to go back to doing our job - says Caterina Pignasco, representative of the works of the Teatro Regio - we ask for nothing more. We respect all the rules and yet we are stopped again".

There are those who brought the tutu to the square, others the dance shoes.

Flash mob in

where the entertainment workers, about a hundred, adhering to the coordination "Emergenza Spettacolo Liguria", together with the representatives of Assodanza Italia, gave life to a "walk" around the fountain to report the difficult situation who are living after the last Dpcm that closes the theaters.

The whole world of entertainment, from actors to musicians, from teachers to technicians, is practically paralyzed.

"Even in normal times we are abandoned - explains Massimo Olcese, who was on tour when the show was blocked - but now the situation is more complex because we don't have any financial help. Money is needed to help people who don't work, also because few reservations we had had already ended with the first closure ".

A very strong discomfort for theaters.

"We are companies and if we close for the common good - explains the director of Teatri Possibili, Sergio Maifredi - then we need compensation proportionate to the turnover of our companies".

Show in front of

.

Because the square and the demonstrations are the only possible stage in times of Covid emergency.

Sardinia also joined "Absence spectacular", the national initiative promoted by Cgil, Cisl and Uil to turn the spotlight on the world of artists blocked at home by the last Government Dpcm.

About five hundred people showed up for the appointment representing theaters, cinemas, dance schools, circuses, entertainers and much more.

"We are needed, we are not a burden," they shouted into the microphone.

Then off to the performance with drums, waders and dance moves, all in white jumpsuits.

A thought also to Genoa, the only city of the ten involved that was unable to take to the streets due to an ordinance.

Paraphrasing Paolo Conte, many showed a sign with the words "Genoa with us".

In Sardinia the people of the show exceeds five thousand units.

"We are tired of giving alms - this is the complaint - of working for free, tired of being the weakest link. We ask for certain resources".

Even in Bari, workers from the world of culture and entertainment take to the streets to demonstrate against the crisis in the sector further brought to its knees by the government's latest anti-Covid measures.

A peaceful sit-in in

, which was joined by several hundred demonstrators, actors, dancers, musicians, workers in the traveling entertainment sector and amusement parks, was organized by Slc CGIL, Fistel Cisl and Uilcom.

"Emergency without end": this is the banner that opens the

protest

asking for support for the sector.

In Piazza del Gesù, the historic center of the city, the workers of the show are given an appointment to celebrate "the death of our work": they are actors of cinema and theater, circus artists, costume designers.

A man with a megaphone passes among the demonstrators inviting them to keep their distance to avoid crowds.

"Before the roses we want bread", says another banner brought to the square.

On the faces, many have painted Pierrot's tear, a group of actresses is disguised as the widow "of a world that is dead".

The "funeral procession", with the band playing a sad march, goes around the obelisk of the square.