domingo, abril 19, 2009

Blue Man Group in Lisbon

The Blue Man Group it’s an organization created, in 1988, by Phil Stanton, Chris Wink and Matt Goldman. The show consists in three men dressed in blue with latex suits playing music and during the all show they never speak.
The group plays mostly rock music with innovative instruments such as; a PVC pipe and a fishing rod. They mix all those sounds together with a real band which creates an amazing effect. They also use some light effects synchronized with the music which makes the show much more visual attractive for the audience.
One main feature of the group it’s the interaction with the public, they often get off the stage and mix with the audience making jokes and teaching some moves.
Because they never talk the whole show marks the difference between other shows. They have to show what they feel, or what they want to say with gestures and the help of a main screen.
When I went to the show, the whole show had a theme “How to become a Megastar”.
So they were a band starting from zero, and they had bought a DVD that teaches how to become a Megastar, it was really funny. In the main screen there were some pictures and words describing what they intended to show, and teaching the audience some moves from rock concerts. And the whole show was about that theme, with musical parts and funny parts.
Even though they came out off stage it’s much more fun if you sit on the front, because sometimes they throw paint water etc. So if you are on the front they give you a special vest to protect yourself from the liquids or whatever. And it’s more likely they choose you to go to the stage with them.
One funny thing they did was: in the beginning they tell everybody who was there that when during the show a signal (the signal was a ?) appear on the screen everybody should turn on their cell phones and wave them, that way the people that came after that, didn’t have a clue on what was going on.
It’s a different experience and I think that everybody should see it to relax and have some real fun.
Prepare yourself to become a Megastar.

David Nunes