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PERFORMANCE IN ITALIAN
Dario Fo, "who imitates the jesters of the Middle Ages in castigating power and defending the dignity of the oppressed," reads the citation for the Nobel Prize awarded to him in 1997. Mistero Buffo is considered his masterpiece.
This unique work draws on the deepest layers of popular tradition, reviving it and bringing it to the fore by integrating references to contemporary life; sacred performances thus become opportunities to safeguard the cultural heritage of the oppressed, the working classes, who can only respond through laughter and comedy.
Eugenio Allegri directs Matthias Martelli, a talented young actor from the Teatro della Caduta, in this popular jester show that has inspired narrative theater of the last twenty years.
"In Mistero Buffo, the actor is alone on stage, without artifice, and seeks to involve the audience in the theatrical action. Our work is inspired by a form of theater that, through the body language of sound, onomatopoeia, sudden changes in rhythm, mime, and the actor's marked gestures, moves from storytelling to interpretation, to the simple evocation of characters, transforming them from time to time, as needed, from servant to master, from poor to rich, from saint to trickster, to illustrate the feelings, reactions, and relationships of this simultaneously sacred and profane performance that is the Commedia dell'Arte.
Eugenio Allegri
With over 250 performances in Italy and around the world, from Rome to London, from Milan to Brussels, with stops in Zurich, Nice, Monaco, and Los Angeles.
