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Rendez-Vouz 2200
A free event as part of the LIFE WOLFALPS project, which aims to implement coordinated measures for the long-term conservation of the Alpine wolf population.
Sunday 28 May 2017, 9.00 pm to 10.30 pm, Teatro il Maggiore, Verbania
Monday 29 May 2017, 9.00 pm to 10.30 pm, Teatro Civico Galletti – Domodossola
Plot:
Three people are walking through a wood at dusk. A biologist, a photographer and a tourist. The wolf has returned to the Alps and they find themselves, each in their own way, having to come to terms with this new coexistence. The three of them scan the natural world; their ears pick up sounds and sense presences. A strange rendezvous at high altitude. And they talk – about themselves, about the wolf. As if, through their lives, they could encounter the wolf; as if, through the wolf, they could come to know themselves. It is night, and they stop at a spot that might be a good place to spot the wolf. The three have different feelings; they are an echo of their lives, sensations shaped by the experiences that have moulded them. Whether these are real, concrete experiences, or the product of an imagination fuelled by superstition and unconscious fear. Fear. Of the dark forest. Fear of a sound, a rustle. Fear of what I cannot see, of what I do not know. Fear of that stranger, of that which is different from me. Be it wolf or man. As the night deepens, the place grows oppressive; the forest dominates, seeping into our souls. We speak, we fall silent, we observe. And we feel, like a divine hand, the forest’s gaze upon us. A thought creeps in: they are close, terribly close. The suggestion takes shape, materialises. The forest becomes a dramatic, carnivorous theatre. Violent and cruel. To kill desire, the savage, the other, in order to dominate ourselves. But nothing is real; what happens is nothing but fiction, theatre within theatre. What remains in the end is a question: what future awaits us?
Vouchers can be collected from:
- Alberti Bookshop – 74 Corso Garibaldi, Intra (performance at the Maggiore only)
- Spalavera Bookshop – Via Ruga 16, Pallanza (performance at the Maggiore only)
- Tourist Office – Via Ruga 44, Pallanza (performance at the Maggiore only)
- Grossi Bookshop – Piazza Mercato, Domodossola (performance at the Galletti only)
A performance featuring Stefano Pietro Detassis, Maura Pettorruso and Sara Rosa Losilla
- playwright: Maura Pettorruso
- Organised by: Daniele Filosi
- directed by: Lorenzo Maragoni
- A production by TrentoSpettacoli and MUSE – Science Museum
Based on an idea by MUSE – Science Museum – Audience Development section, in collaboration with the Santa Chiara Cultural Services Centre. Produced with the support of LIFE, a financial instrument of the European Commission.
