Il grande vuoto
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The third chapter in the Trilogia del vento by Fabiana Iacozzilli – following La Classe and Una cosa enorme – Il grande vuoto comes to the Piccolo with a visionary staging that combines theatrical narration with multimedia languages to tell the story of a family and its painful, relentless decline.
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Teatro Studio Melato
«The aim is to transform pain into beauty. Will we manage once again?» Fabiana Iacozzilli turns to King Lear, one of the darkest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, to transform suffering through the filter of theatre. With her latest work, the author stages the love between a mother suffering from Alzheimer’s and her children, presenting a staging that blends theatre and live video to study the final part of the journey taken by a family before it disappears into the void.
Written on the basis of improvisation and first-hand accounts, and inspired by the novels A woman’s story by Annie Ernaux, Fratelli by Carmelo Samonà and I cura cari by Marco Annicchiarico, the play portrays an ex-actress suffering from a neurodegenerative disease that has left her with only the memory of a Shakespearian monologue, while the objects from a lifetime – clothes, postcards, magnets and photographs – provide a background of tangible traces of a past existence.
Duration: 90’ without intermission
«The aim is to transform pain into beauty. Will we manage once again?» Fabiana Iacozzilli turns to King Lear, one of the darkest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, to transform suffering through the filter of theatre. With her latest work, the author stages the love between a mother suffering from Alzheimer’s and her children, presenting a staging that blends theatre and live video to study the final part of the journey taken by a family before it disappears into the void.
Written on the basis of improvisation and first-hand accounts, and inspired by the novels A woman’s story by Annie Ernaux, Fratelli by Carmelo Samonà and I cura cari by Marco Annicchiarico, the play portrays an ex-actress suffering from a neurodegenerative disease that has left her with only the memory of a Shakespearian monologue, while the objects from a lifetime – clothes, postcards, magnets and photographs – provide a background of tangible traces of a past existence.
Duration: 90’ without intermission
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
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© Laila Pozzo
Credits
Il grande vuoto
directed by Fabiana Iacozzilli
dramaturgy Linda Dalisi, Fabiana Iacozzilli
dramaturg Linda Dalisi
performers Ermanno De Biagi, Francesca Farcomeni, Piero Lanzellotti, Giusi Merli
and with Mona Abokhatwa, performing for the first time on stage
set design and creation Paola Villani
lighting Raffaella Vitiello
original music Tommy Grieco
audio by Hubert Westkemper
costumes Anna Coluccia
video Lorenzo Letizia
director’s assistant Francesco Meloni
stagecraft Mauro Rea, Paolo Iammarone, Vincenzo Fiorillo
sound Jacopo Ruben Dell’Abate, Akira Callea Scalise
technical director Francesca Zerilli
assistants Virginia Cimmino, Francesco Savino, Veronica Bassani, Enrico Vita
artistic collaboration Marta Meneghetti, Cesare Santiago Del Beato
press office Linee Relations a Cranpi, La Fabbrica dell’Attore, La Corte Ospitale, Romaeuropa Festival production
with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture and the Emilia-Romagna Region with the support of Accademia Perduta / Romagna Teatri, Carrozzerie n.o.t, Fivizzano 27, Residenza della Bassa Sabina, Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo
with thanks to Luisa Pacilio, Martina Bonati, Martina Tirone, Clara Greco, Benjamin Miller, Mirko Lorusso, Irene Paloma Jona, Marco Ferrara, Beth McCreton, Angela Di Domenico, gli spettatori e le spettatrici del Teatro Herberia Rubiera; Fondazione Casa Lyda Borelli per Artisti e Operatori dello Spettacolo di Bologna, Elderly Residential Home (CRA) of Rubiera; the centre for the elderly of the municipality of Magliano Sabina, Cecilia Alei, Agnesi Graziella
Tickets
Category of performance Hosted Shows
Stalls full price € 33 | Discounted (under 26 and over 65) € 21
Balcony full price € 26 | Discounted (under 26 and over 65) € 18
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