Firewall fire retardant coatings contribute to the restoration of San Leonardo Theatre

25 June 2014

[06.25.2014] San Leonardo Theatre in Bologna will be protected by Firewall fire retardant coatings. Renner Italia accepted enthusiastically the request of AtelierSi, the association for artistic creation and research that runs the theatre. Our waterbased fire retardant wood coatings will protect and revitalize the stage and the attic of the café of the theatre. The building, right in the center of Bologna, is named after the previous deconsecrated church and was home to the first “Teatro Testoni Ragazzi” and Alessandra Galante Garrone’s “Circo Teatro San Leonardo”. Today it hosts also the associations AtelierSi and Pierrot Lunarie.
Over the last year, the Theatre has been close do the public for the restoration and the adaptation to the standards set by the Council of Bologna. The works are 80% complete. Renner Italia contributes to the restoration by supplying free of charge fire retardants wood coating.
«We are happy to give our contribution – the CEO Lindo Aldrovandi said -. We are glad that Bologna will have again this important place for artistic and cultural creation». «The re-opening to the public of San Leonardo Theatre – Fiorenza Menni, artistic director of AtelierSi, said – is scheduled on September 26th 2014».