
MAX PEZZALIQUESTO FORUM NON È UN ALBERGO 2024-2025
A Constantly Shifting Set: Our Lighting Design for a Live Show Like No Other
Between December 2024 and January 2025, Milan’s Unipol Forum became the beating heart of Italian pop music, hosting a string of sold-out shows by Max Pezzali. The concert series, titled “Questo Forum non è un albergo”, turned the venue into Max’s temporary “home” and a celebration of decades of music and shared memories.
We treated the entire show as a giant, evolving set
A Living Set That Never Stood Still
The design brief was clear: no static stage, no repetition. The show unfolded like a cinematic timeline of Max’s career and cultural impact, moving from teenage bedrooms to wild west saloons, college gyms, and even animated storybooks on giant LED walls.
Our lighting followed suit, each scene was a world of its own:
• Shifts in colour temperature and atmosphere to evoke specific moods and eras
• Moving heads and motorised spots that sculpted the space and framed the action
• Sharp contrast work and architectural backlighting to shape depth in real-time
• Strobes, beams, and gobos that amplified crowd energy when the tempo called for it
The challenge was to maintain visual coherence across wildly diverse scenes while making each moment feel fresh and alive.
Massive thanks to Vivo Concerti, to the entire production team from Lemon and Pepper, and to Max himself for letting us be part of such an unforgettable journey.
Blearred Team
- Lighting Designer
- Jordan Babev, Davide Pedrotti, Ivan Russo
- Lighting Programmers
- Gianni Porcaro, Francesco Mingoia, Nicolò Maffeis
- Lighting Director
- Gianni Porcaro, Francesco Mingoia
- Lighting Assistant
- Nicolò Maffeis
- Lighting Operator
- Gianni Porcaro
- Lighting Tech Drawings
- Matteo Masini, Olek Mar'yanov, Marzio Del Sole
FULL CREDITS (10)
Creative Team
- Show Design
- SERGIO PAPPALETTERA
- Set Design
- SERGIO PAPPALETTERA, LEMON AND PEPPER
- Lighting Design
- BLEARRED MILANO SRL
- Video Content
- SUGO DESIGN
- Camera Direction
- STS COMMUNICATION
Production Team
- Production Company
- vivo concerti
- Production Management
- lemon and pepper
Suppliers
- Lighting Equipment
- AGORÀ
- Audio Equipment
- AGORÀ
- Video Equipment
- STS COMMUNICATION







