Somewhere between popular cabaret and corporal poetry, a dance of love and theatre of crudeness, rage and wisdom, on the same stage level of popular eclectic music and humanist words, Pippo Delbono's plays slide into the breaches of a frail humanity. Founded in 1986 with Argentinian actor Pepe Robledo, the company led by this Italian stage poet forms a brotherhood of actors, some of them from the margins of normative society who have become symbols of a theatre of truth. Pippo Delbono presented three plays at the Avignon Festival in 2002, Il Silenzio, Guerra et La Rabbia.
La Tour de Babel (The Tower of Babel)
One of Italy's great singers, Giovanna Marini has been working for years on traditional and popular Italian songs. Since 1974, she has been composing cantatas, the result of all her musical experiences. They include research on songs used in story-telling, teaching, or music in instrumental and vocal composition, individual and collective writing. The Tower of Babel tells the tale of a hero who is unwell, in complementary song and spoken-words outlining a world without borders, a world in which we feel lighter, closer to each other. The story is sung with humour and love, music and verbal gymnastics.
Distribution
a new cantate by : Giovanna Marini
written for the voices of : Patrizia Bovi, Francesca Breschi, Giovanna Marini, Patrizia Nasini
Production
production : Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne E.T.E.
