“Viaggio, naufragio e nozze di Ferdinando, Principe di Napoli” from Shakespeare by Carlo Presotto (Italy)
By Stefano • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Agenda| June 21, 2008 9:00 pm | a | June 22, 2008 9:00 pm |
| June 24, 2008 9:00 pm | a | June 29, 2008 9:00 pm |
VIAGGIO, NAUFRAGIO E NOZZE DI FERDINANDO, PRINCIPE DI NAPOLI
from The Tempest by William Shakespeare
directed by Carlo Presotto
production Napoli Teatro Festival Italia
in cooproduction with La Piccionaia – I Carrara
in cooperation with I Teatrini, Accademia Perduta Romagna Teatri, Viva Opera Circus, Teatro del Piccione, Ca’ Luogo d’Arte, Fondazione TRG Onlus – Allievi Piccola Accademia del Teatro Ragazzi, La Baracca – Testoni ragazzi, Teatro degli Accettella
21st, 22nd, from 24th to 29th June 9.00 pm
First night
language Italian
duration 90′
location: Real Albergo dei Poveri
withZeno Bercini, Francesca Bizzarri, Massimiliano Caretta, Claudio Casadio, Adele Amato De Serpis, Claudio Dughera, Gianni Franceschini, Simona Gambaro, Mauro Maggioni, Marco Montesano, Arianna Moro, Carlo Presotto
project consultant Titino Carrara
music by Michele Moi
wreck environment byMauro Zocchetta
tempest environment byMarcello Chiarenza
costumes collaboratorsLuciana De Nichilo, Romilda Zaccaria
dramaturgy consultant Valeria Frabetti
video consultantGiacomo Verde
direttore di scena Marco Artusi
sound technician Marco Pasquato
light director Graziano Pretto
technician Donatello Galloni
help-direction Carlos Alsina, Maurizio Bercini, Giovanna Facciolo, Antonio Tancredi
direction assistant Giorgia Antonelli
organization Pierluigi Cecchin and Giampaolo Fioretti
un particolare ringraziamento a David Rossetto e agli allievi della Scuola di Teatro Ossidiana di Vicenza
The performance unfolds according to an unedited collective creative formula, in which some artists and theatre groups of different origins turn their collective attention to the world of children and provide a series of images and tales from Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
The Shakespearean drama tells of the Duke of Milan and his daughter, Miranda. Usurped by his brother, Antonio, Prospero and his daughter manage to settle on a deserted island following a shipwreck, where the entire drama takes place. It is here, in fact, that Prospero, who practises the dark arts, gains control over the spirits of air and land. A tempest leads the other characters to the island, who face different trials, until they are all drawn together at the conclusion and see Prospero reconciled with his brother and regain his title, and Miranda is joined with the son of the King of Naples, sealing a new and more stable alliance between the two kingdoms.
On top of Shakespeare’s text, there are broken tales, directed at an audience which are used in navigating the courses of various stories simultaneously. In this way, a kind of enchanted garden is created, where the audience, young and old, can become players in exploring an “island that isn’t there”, where the difficult passage from infancy to adulthood takes place. «In a reality – explains Presotto – where the disappearance of rites of passage often leaves people alone, confronting fundamental moments in their existence, the role of theatre can help recover those great stories which help us to grow.»
Carlo Presotto was born in 1961 in Venice. An actor, director and writer, since 1982 he has collaborated with Teatro Stabile, Innovazione La Piccionaia-I Carrara di Vicenza,
where he is the artistic director. Since 1999, he has been qualified in experimental psychology: Animazione and Teatro Ragazzi at the University of Cà Foscari in Venice. Throughout the years, he has conducted research into the traditional narrative instances of contemporary playwrights, from traditional folklore to the interaction with new languages, from contemporary legends to TV drama. He is broadly active in training and collaborating with public and private companies. As well as being the artistic director of Teatro Villa dei Leoni di Mira, he is also involved in the drama school Ossidiana di Vicenza and Piccionaia-I Carrara. He dedicates much of his own work to the delicate relationship between the world of children and that of adults, through projects and intense training. Among his performances: La regina della neve (1988), Il gatto con gli stivali (1990), I tre porcellini (1992), Hansel e Gretel (1993), E fu così che la guerra finì (1996), Storia di una gabbianella e del gatto che le insegnò a volare (1997), Le stagioni di Giacomo (1999), Il principe granchio (2000), Cian Bolpin e gli stivali magici (2001), L’Orco (2007).
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