IDEAZIONE E REGIA/CREATED AND DIRECTED BY BRETT BAILEY
MUSICHE/MUSIC FABRIZIO CASSOL
DAL/FROM MACBETH DI/BY GIUSEPPE VERDI
DIREZIONE MUSICALE/DIRECTOR PREMIL PETROVIC
CON DIECI/WITH TEN CANTANTI D’OPERA SUDAFRICANI
E LA/AND THE NO BORDERS ORCHESTRA
COREOGRAFIE/CHOREOGRAPHY NATHALIE FISHER
LUCI/LIGHT DESIGN FELICE ROSS
PRODUZIONE/PRODUCTION THIRD WORLD BUNFIGHT
IN COPRODUZIONE CON/IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS, KVS, THEATERFORMEN (BRAUNSCHWEIG), THE BARBICAN (LONDON), WIENER FESTWOCHEN, LA FERME DU BUISSON/FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE À PARIS
CON IL SOSTEGNO DI/WITH THE SUPPORT OF PROGRAMMA “CULTURE” DELL’UNIONE EUROPEA [EU CULTURAL FUND]
date/dates 24 giugno/june h 21.00
25 giugno/june h 19.00
luogo/venue teatro politeama
durata/running time 1h 40min
lingua/language inglese con sottotitoli in italiano/english with subtitles in italian
paese/country sudafrica/south africa
What if Shakespeare had gone to Africa and had written Macbeth there? Yes, it would still be a sombre yet colourful and a truly contemporary work.
In the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a group of refugees find a chest full of costumes and props abandoned by a theatrical troupe who had staged Verdi’s version of Macbeth in the colonial period. They also decide to put on a performance which in some way recalls their situation, in that country ravaged by civil war, and torn apart by a thirst for power. The director, playwright and South African artiste Brett Bailey together with the composer Fabrizio Cassol has put together an explosive, highly-coloured and contemporary version of Macbeth. The stories, cultures and the different eras are mixed together in an evocation of the violence of war and the folly of mankind.
