20 July 2020, 05:30 am
A Festival of Plays
Programme Type
Film Club
Organised in collaboration with Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, four plays of Pippo Delbono, well-known Italian theatre actor and director will be streamed through Vimeo links. Presented by the Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, Italy, each of the plays feature leading actors from theatres in Modena, Cesena, Vignola and Castelfranco Emilia.

The four plays will be presented over the next four weeks and can be accessed through the Vimeo link pasted below. The plays are in Italian with English subtitles

This Fierce darkness (Questo buio feroce; 110 min)
Written and Directed by Pippo Delbono

Composed of text (Italian and English), music, dance and a remarkable display of visuals, the non-linear show explores the relationship between life and death and the impressions, conscious and unconscious, that fly through our thoughts.

Set in a large white box designed by Claude Santerre and strikingly lit by Robert John Resteghini, the 14 actors, stepping into the production on opening day to replace an ailing company member – play out Delbono’s carnival-like vision. The cast includes a number of non-professional actors, among them street people and others who, for various reasons, some would consider social outsiders
 
https://vimeo.com/407985900