Stefano Sarcinelli
About Stefano Sarcinelli
Stefano Sarcinelli is an Italian comedian, actor and playwright born on January 13, 1960 in Bari, Apulia. A veteran of the Italian comedy scene since the late 1970s, he is best known for his long-running comic duo with Francesco Paolantoni at Zelig in Milan and as a co-author of the Rai 2 prime-time show Stasera tutto e possibile.
Sarcinelli started at seventeen as an actor and assistant director with major figures of Italian theatre such as Nello Mascia, Mariano Rigillo and Annibale Ruccello in Naples and Franco Parenti at Teatro dell'Elfo in Milan, where he performed in A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1985 he made his TV debut at Zelig in a comedy duo with Francesco Paolantoni, a partnership he revisited in the theatrical comedies Due botte a settimana, O tello o io and Ancora?! touring Italian theatres from 2022. Since 2016 he has been a co-author on the Rai 2 variety show Stasera tutto e possibile hosted by Amadeus and later Stefano De Martino, and he wrote for the theatre show P-Factor with Marco Marzocca and Andrew Faber. His work blends absurdist character comedy, improvisation and surreal duo dynamics rather than classic club stand-up.
Sarcinelli currently tours Italian theatres alongside Francesco Paolantoni in the comedies O tello o io and Ancora?!, with confirmed dates at venues such as Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari and the Orfeo Summer Festival. His Zelig duo sketches and Stasera tutto e possibile segments are available on the Rai and Mediaset platforms and on YouTube.
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Who is Stefano Sarcinelli?
Stefano Sarcinelli is an Italian comedian, actor and playwright born in 1960 in Bari. He is known for his comedy duo with Francesco Paolantoni at Zelig, for his theatre comedies O tello o io and Ancora?! and as a co-author of the Rai 2 show Stasera tutto e possibile.
What is Stefano Sarcinelli best known for?
He is best known for his decades-long comic partnership with Francesco Paolantoni, especially their Zelig sketches from 1985 and the touring stage comedies O tello o io and Ancora?!, and as the long-time co-author of Stasera tutto e possibile on Rai 2.
What style of comedy does Stefano Sarcinelli do?
Sarcinelli works in absurdist Italian character and duo comedy with strong theatrical and improvisational roots, closer to classic teatro comico and Zelig sketch traditions than to club-style English-language stand-up.
Where is Stefano Sarcinelli from?
He was born and grew up in Bari, Apulia, in southern Italy, and trained as an actor between Naples and the Teatro dell'Elfo in Milan before settling into the Italian theatre and TV comedy circuit.
Where can I watch Stefano Sarcinelli?
His Zelig sketches and Stasera tutto e possibile segments are available on YouTube and on the Rai and Mediaset platforms, and his current theatre tour with Francesco Paolantoni in O tello o io and Ancora?!
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