Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” is a work full of philosophical, scientific, religious and sociological commentary about the world and current affairs.
Our show investigates specific themes and settings contained in the novel: the mirage of unknown lands; migration – the journey; crossing the threshold of the unknown to reach the desires coast; the fear of the other – the stranger that we fear. By different disciplines: theatre, circus arts, dance, music. Full performance available from June 2018.
First director’s notes
The square will appear completely empty and with no signs of staging. Suddenly actors and musicians will enter the square while drumming on massive wooden barrels and carrying big props (a cart, ladders, trolleys, beams, sails). The audience, positioned in a circle around the stage will feel part of a proper shipyard, it will be witness of the construction of the White Whale. The rhythm of the narration and the development of the action is phased by the sound of 6 “Bottari”, traditional drummers of Campania, the region of Naples, who giving the beat on huge wooden barrel, bring the public into the events of the narration.
At the core of our theatrical work is the research of an expressive language that can offer to the spectator the possibility to become the immobile object of an enchantment, witness of a unique and unrepeatable event, of a simple and sincere act. Our daily artistic work leads us to a research between rhythm and physical action, which generates the latest productions. Some of which are: Quotidiano scadere (Winner of the Prize Linea D’Ombra 2010), Senso Comune (finalist to the Premio Scenario 2011) and InCertiCorpi (winner of prize Premio Presente Futuro 2013, Premio Crash Test 2014, Premio del Pubblico CrashTest 2014). Alongside those productions we paid attention to Street Theatre with the shows Malaparata, Il Draago and Simurgh (2014 production) with many tours outside the national borders (Poland, France, UK, Serbia, Switzerland, Belgium and Taiwan). Music, stilts, giant masks, flaming sticks, theatrical machines and mobile sets. All techniques belonging to Street Theatre find space in our shows which are capable of gifting the audience with the enchantment of magic.
In 2016 we produced 3 new shows, Pentesilea (street theatre show with stilts actors), Il Gatto e la Volpe (kids show based on Le avventure di Pinocchio – Pinocchio’s adventures) and Angeli e Demoni (with inmates, students and actors of the Teatro dei Venti). We are currently underway with the production of a new street theatre show based on the Hermann Melville’s novel “Moby Dick”.
