Eighth edition of the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, with 60 scheduled shows and an exceptional location: Castel Sant'Elmo
From the 3 28 2015 June the art of theater, in all its forms, will once again involve the city of Naples, thanks to the well-established kermesse Naples Theater Festival Italy 2015.
60 shows scheduled for this eighth edition of the festival chaired by Luigi Grispello, who succeeded Luca De Fusco who left the direction of the Festival this year.
There are many interesting news on this year's program, enriched by 30 shows of the young companies of the Fringe Festival, and that provides 30 national premieres, 10 foreign jobs and 6 dance performances. Thanks to the magic of the theater, like every year, there will be many locations in our city involved in the festival, even places that are not commonly "theatrical", transformed for the occasion into dramatic and expressive spaces.
It will be splendid Castel Sant'Elmo the privileged frame of the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia 2015, in particular three areas of this suggestive place from which you can enjoy one of the most beautiful views of the city: Piazza d'Armi, Sala Cannoni and the Auditorium. Some will be held in the castle meetings with actors and critics of the festival and special guided tours of the monumental complex to retrace the history of the Castle, from a medieval fortress to a center dedicated to contemporary art. In the Museo del Novecento, which houses works of contemporary art by Neapolitan artists or those who worked in Naples, some readings will take place, offering the possibility to personalities from the world of culture and entertainment to relate to the most vivid testimonies of Neapolitan artistic history of past decades.
Another special location town ready to host one of the Festival's shows, Afrodita and el juicio de Paris, made by a Catalan company, it will be the Mostra d'Oltremare. 6 theaters where you can attend the performances of the festival: Sala Assoli, Teatro Nuovo, Teatro Mercadante, Politeama, Galleria Toledo, Teatro Bellini.
Il Naples Theater Festival 2015 the 3nd June with the French show La douceur perméable de la rosée, curated by the Neapolitan choreographer Paco Dècina, passionate about energy research, and will end on 27 and 28 June with a double show at Castel Sant'Elmo: Sonata for Commissioner Ricciardi, from a story by Maurizio de Giovanni, interpretation and direction by Andrea Renzi, e The method, a comedy about the cruel world of work by Jordi Galceran with Giorgio Pasotti.
Program of the Naples Theater Festival 2015
3,4 and 5 June 2015 | Castel Sant'Elmo, Piazza d'Armi
La douceur perméable de la rosée
choreography by Paco Dècina
La Douceur perméable de la roséand sees as protagonist the sweetness of nature, remedy and antithesis to the violence of our society. Passionate about research on energy, frequencies and rhythms, the choreographer Paco Dècina immersed himself in this pristine garden to listen to the force of silence.
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Hall of the cannons
Cold sweats
by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, directed by Giancarlo Sepe
Giancarlo Sepe chose to be inspired by two prolific writers, Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, better known as Boileau-Narcejac, who wrote about forty novels between 1952 and 1991 including masterpieces of noir, adventures of Arsenio Lupine, a series of yellow books for children.
6, 7 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Auditorium
Butterfly Suite
by Cristina Donadio, with Cristina Donadio and Lalla Esposito
Cristina Donadio and Lalla Esposito give voice to two protagonists of the twentieth century, Marilyn Monroe and Mia Martini, two women apparently distant from each other yet united by the same tragic destiny ...
6, 7, 8, 9 June | Assoli room
chough
by Sarah Kane, directed by Pierpaolo Sepe
Pierpaolo Sepe has chosen to stage chough by the British writer Sarah Kane: "The text has four characters: A, B, C and M. According to the title implies, the work speaks of a longed-for desire and alludes to the fact that what we crave most can be the same thing that paralyzes us emotionally".
8, 9 June | Sant'Elmo Castle - Piazza d'Armi
Russia
directed by Marcos Morau, choreography Marcos Morau
Russia it is a sort of road movie through the vast lands of Siberia. In a suspended and mysterious atmosphere, the show, in which the only element of the scene is an old Volvo sedan, investigates the fear, with the same ambiguous suspense of some films by David Lynch.
8, 9, 10 June | New Theater
White on White
written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, with Helena Bittencourt and Goos Meeuwsen
White on white is the new show by Daniele Finzi Pasca, one of the most interesting choreographers on the international scene. On stage two acrobats move with lightness building tragicomic situations, stories always in balance between a sweet and nostalgic absurdity, a surreal world, fiercely serene, a theater that reflects on itself, where the illusion and the artifices are always revealed at the end , where one laughs and gets moved, where the clowns do not embody the stupidity but the fragility of the losing heroes.
9, 10 June | Mercadante Theater
The coffee shop
by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Maurizio Scaparro
Written in the 1750 The coffee shop is one of Carlo Goldoni's best known comedies. Located in the center of the square, the shop of the title is a meeting place for habitual and passing patrons, it is the idea of a microcosm in which various dynamics are created between the characters, who fight, help each other and take an interest in other people's issues .
10, 11 June | Politeama Theater
Malacqua
by Nicola Pugliese, adapted by Armando Pugliese
"This is a book that has a sense and a strength and a communicative". With these words Italo Calvino expressed himself to comment on the text to the Einaudi publishing house which then published it. Malacqua, whose subtitle is "Four days of rain in the city of Naples waiting for an extraordinary event to occur ", it will be staged by the author's brother, Armando Pugliese.
11 June | Mostra d'Oltremare
Afrodita and el juicio de Paris
ideation and direction Pera Tantiñá (La Fura dels Baus)
The Catalan company La Fura dels Baus brings to Naples an outdoor performance that will involve the entire city. Video projections, acrobats, giant puppets, wheels of fire: a scenographic apparatus of great impact to tell a story of divinity, power and beauty.
12 and 13 June | New Theater
Diary of oneself
text Luca Cedrola, directed by Bruno Garofalo
Bruno Garofalo dedicates his show ad Anaïs Nin, writer of erotic literature but also dancer, poet, model, psychoanalyst. But it was, above all, a great observer of the human soul, of sentimental dynamics, of relationships between the sexes.
12, 13, 14 June | Mercadante Theater
Hello
concept, direction, sets, choreography, interpretation Martin Zimmermann, dramaturgy Sabine Geistlich
Zimmermann & de Perrot, one of the most interesting theater-circus companies on the international scene. Inside tilting structures that constantly undermine balance, their performances raise questions about identity and about small and large daily tragedies.
12, 13, 14, 15 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Piazza d'Armi
it bugiardo
by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Alfredo Arias
it bugiardo is a text of the mid-eighteenth century written by Carlo Goldoni and inspired by the Suspicious Verdad of the Spaniard Juan Ruiz de Alarcón. With this comedy the author tries to transmit a teaching that is traceable in everyday life: lies are a tool that always turns against liars.
13, 14, 15, 16 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Hall of the cannons
The reunification of the two Koreas, Variety of suffered love
by Joël Pommerat, directed by Alfonso Postiglione
In the 2013 the Festival had hosted La Réunification des deux Corées by Joël Pommerat. One of the most interesting authors on the international scene had brought to Naples a show that, to the detriment of the enigmatic title, simply spoke of love: the political division of the two Koreas, in fact, was nothing more than a metaphor to question the difficulties of union of two soul mates.
15, 16 June | New Theater
Rituccia
text and direction Fortunato Calvino
The text Rituccia by Fortunato Calvino is inspired by Napoli Milionaria by Eduardo De Filippo. In fact, Rituccia is the youngest daughter of the Jovine family, the sick child for whom "Adda passes" to a nuttata ".
15, 16, 17 June | Toledo Gallery
Cassandra, Wedding party - Variation on myth n.2
directed by Laura Angiulli
The myth of Cassandra relives on the stage in this new show by Laura Angiulli. In mythology Apollo falls in love with Cassandra and to obtain her love he gives her the gift of prophecy. However, when she refuses to indulge, Apollo spits on her lips condemning her to remain forever unheard. In this show three actresses give voice to the poetic materials dedicated to this myth.
17, 18 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Piazza d'Armi
Ballet Black
The second coming, choreography Mark Bruce
A dream within a midsummer night's dream, choreography Arthur Pita
Ballet Black is a modern dance company supported by the Royal Opera House which aims to diversify classical ballet. The company is made up of six international dancers of African and Asian descent. The repertoire covers a wide range of dance types, from the most classical to contemporary works created by great choreographers including Liam Scarlett, Shobana Jeyasingh, Martin Lawrance, Will Tuckett and Richard Alston.
18, 19 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Hall of the cannons
Millesimi, an intrigue in a building
text and direction Marco Mario de Notaris
On a sultry summer evening, in a prestigious condominium in the center of a big city, all the owners of the penthouses in the building meet for a very secret meeting. They debate on very serious news: a surveyor of the municipality will have to carry out an assessment on one of the condominium terraces. The impartial eye of the surveyor could become the prying eye of a troublemaker.
18, 19 June | Mercadante Theater
Extremalism - The body in revolt
ideation and choreography Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten
Extreme and Minimal. Two international dance companies, Ballet National de Marseille and IICKamsterdam, together. Thirty dancers, 24 from Marseille and 6 from Amsterdam celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the collaboration of choreographers Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten in Extremalism. Minimal and Extreme. What is humanity's response to the crisis of our day? How does the body behave in extreme circumstances?
19, 20 June | New Theater
Villa Rhabani
comedy in 3 acts and open ending by Thornton Wilder
“The thing you need to know about me now is that I'm writing a beautiful and moving play about an American widow in Capri and Dario Stavelli, an adventurer. It has never been easier for me to write. Day by day, I sit up and this touching dialogue flows from my pen. It is called Villa Rhabani. I transcribed the entire Bay of Naples into a well-constructed and intimate play ”.
20, 21, 22 June | Toledo Gallery
Miss Julia
from Miss Julie by August Strindberg, directed by Lorenzo Montanini
Written in the 1888, Miss Giulia It is certainly one of the most famous and scandalous texts of Strindberg: the cruelty of the conflict between the sexes and the ruthless struggle between the old aristocracy and the rising bourgeoisie upset the Scandinavian society of the time.
22, 23, 24 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Hall of the cannons
Pre Hamlet, the day of the Lord
by Michele Santeramo, directed by Veronica Cruciani
It happens, reading a book or going to the theater, to get so excited about a story, about characters that want to know who they were and what they did before they were printed on the page or set foot on the stage. This is what Michele Santeramo did that, starting from Shakespeare's Hamlet, tells us what happens before the death of King Hamlet.
22, 23 June | Mercadante Theater
Radioscopy, Court-métrage scénique
subject, direction and choreography Michèle Noiret
The Belgian choreographer Michèle Noiret obtained, in the last two years, a huge international success with Hors-champ, a research work in which she merged the specificity of two languages, that of cinema and that of live entertainment.
23, 24 June | Bellini Theater
Eurydice and Orpheus
by Valeria Parrella, adapted by Valeria Parrella, Davide Iodice
Valeria Parrella reworks the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice proposing a reading in a contemporary key that will be directed by Davide Iodice.
24, 25 June | New Theater
Close your eyes
by Patrizia Zappa Mulas, directed by Giorgio Marini
Tehran, November 2004. Ameneh Bahrami is twenty-six and is studying electronic engineering. Majid Mohavedi falls in love with her and asks her as a wife. She refuses her, he throws a bottle of sulfuric acid at her face, disfiguring her and making her blind ...
24, 25 June | Toledo Gallery
PIA (the Uncertainty Principle of a Soul)
with Francesca Bergamo, Ivan Improta, Bruno Barone, Amanda Sanni, dramaturgy and direction Bruno Barone
The PIA show by Bruno Barone takes its cue from the "Heisenberg uncertainty principle" enunciated by the German physicist in the 1927. In this postulate he stated that there are limits to human knowledge and that there are some pairs of quantities, defined as incompatible, for which a precise measurement of one makes the other one inaccurate and vice versa.
25 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Auditorium
LI | Lingua Imperii, violent the force of the bite that silenced her
dramaturgy Simone Derai, Patrizia Vercesi, directed by Simone Derai
Caucasus, 1942. Language and power: at the foot of the "mountain of languages", fifty and more idioms that resist any attempt at normalization, in an ethnical-cultural crossroads, two Nazi army officers, an SS and a linguist lent to the insignia of the Third Reich, they disagree with races and the possibility of isolating "scientifically" the strains of Jewish ancestry to be exterminated.
26 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Auditorium
Virgil burns
dramaturgy Simone Derai, Patrizia Vercesi, directed by Simone Derai
Rome, 22.aC Poetry and power, beauty and violence, memory and consensus: with Virgilio burning the company Anagoor addresses these issues in an unsettling perspective, entering the laboratory of the intellectual who sang the advent of imperial Rome.
26, 27, 28 June | Mercadante Theater
Dynamo
text and direction Claudio Tolcachir, Lautaro Perotti and Melisa Hermida
Claudio Tolcachir returns to Naples with a new work co-produced by the Festival. What is striking about Tolcachir's performances is the extreme lightness with which he manages to deal with even dramatic subjects, succeeding in making the viewer always feel part of the situation told. In Dinamo, the Argentine author investigates the theme of loneliness through the story of three women who live together without knowing it.
27, 28 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Hall of the cannons
Sonata for Commissioner Ricciardi
from a story by Maurizio de Giovanni, interpreted and directed by Andrea Renzi
Born from the pen of the Neapolitan writer Maurizio de Giovanni, the Commissioner Ricciardi is today, one of the most loved characters among fans of yellow literature. Set in Naples in the 1930s, the adventures of the shrewd and shady Ricciardi arrive in the theater thanks to this Sonata performed by Andrea Renzi on the music of Marco Cappelli and his Acoustic Trio.
27, 28 June | Castel Sant'Elmo - Piazza d'Armi
The method
a comedy by Jordi Galceran, translation and adaptation by Pino Tierno, with Giorgio Pasotti
The comedy by the Catalan author Jordi Galceran tells the cruelty that often manifests itself in the world of work. The last four candidates for a managerial position of a major multinational are brought together to be submitted to the final tests of the selection process. The four characters are immediately cynical, each with its own functional mask to what it needs to get: the only place available.
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