by Mario Moretti
freely inspired by the homonymous short story by Nikolaj Vasìlevic Gogol
with Nando Paone
directed by Alessandro Maggi
Scenes Sabrina Cuccu
Lights Loïc François Hamelin
Original Music Alessandro Olla
produced by Sardegna Teatro
Galleria Toledo
July 1, H 21.00
July 2, H 19.00
timing 1 H 20 min
«The protagonist of Gogol’s Diary of a Madman is Aksentij Ivanovic Popriščin, a small business executive with great ambitions, engaged in repetitive, frustrating tasks and with a crush for the manager’s daughter, with whom he doesn’t stand a chance. When Gogol’s hero finally goes mad he asks for the lady’s hand in marriage and proclaims himself King of Spain… although being strapped up and held in a mental institute. In the show, Gogol’s mad character displays a multi-shaped comic sense with the melancholy contribution offered by the actor Nando Paone. He therefore becomes a symbol of a bureaucratic world, in this case at target for it’s petty frailty».
