Francis the Holy Jester by Dario Fo, performed by Mario Pirovano
This is a rare opportunity to see Dario Fo’s monologue, performed in English by his close friend, former apprentice and leading interpreter of his work. Mario Pirovano performs with unique zest, playing cardinals, soldiers, farmers, traders, and the saint himself, in a show without props, without scenery and with the simplest of costume. Francis The […]
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Dancing with Colours, Whipping with Words: Exhibition
Dario Fo’s work as a visual artist is little known outside Italy, but it was art not theatre that he studied in his youth. His first paintings date from the 1940s, and he has worked in many styles, producing portraits, landscapes, fantasy works, politically committed works for today and others inspired by Italy’s great masters […]
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“Premio Ingegno Italiano in Scozia” Settore: Information Tecnology
Maeci L’Istituto incoraggia i giovani professionisti italiani operanti in Scozia (iscritti AIRE e dotati di insurance number) nel settore del web design a sottoporre un progetto di piattaforma web per la promozione e vendita di prodotti agroalimentari.Il miglior progetto verra’ realizzato con fondi dell’Istituto. Il progetto si lega alla settimana della cucina italiana in Scozia […]
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European Day of Languages
Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe’s 47 member states are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. Being convinced that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent, the […]
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Thirty Years of the Workcenter: A Retrospective
Events (historical, film) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 We encounter the Workcenter’s deepening of an exploration of the human being in action, as Mr Richards guides us through the phases of the Workcenter’s performing arts research, interweaving analysis, screenings of film fragments and discussion. The event carries us from the Workcenter’s earliest works to their […]
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The Underground: A Response to Dostoevsky
Theatre The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Is it possible to rid ourselves of that force which engulfs us daily and constitutes a redirection of our destiny? Can we alter a plan nature has etched within us and deviate from the habitual to uncover that which exists within, as if already defined, yet which remains until […]
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L’Heure Fugitive
Theatre (devised, physical theatre) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 A woman comes face to face with her overwhelming need for revolution. Does she long for a rendezvous? Her fantasies become action as she is carried through a series of metamorphoses, incarnating the voices of French poetesses anchored in history. Her soul drunk, she travels through […]
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Presentation of the Film Documentation of Jerzy Grotowski’s The Constant Prince
Events (film, historical) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Carla Pollastrelli will carry the public through an outline of Jerzy Grotowski’s creative biography with a specific focus on the theatrical phase he carried out between 1959 and 1969 with the Laboratory Theatre Company, first in Opole and then in Wroclaw (Poland). During this event Ms Pollastrelli […]
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Presentation of the Film Documentation of Jerzy Grotowski’s Akropolis
Events (film, historical) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 In this encounter, Carla Pollastrelli, co-director of Fondazione Pontedera Teatro from 1993 to 2012, will introduce and present the video documentation of Akropolis, an outstanding realisation of Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre which has its premiere in Opole (Poland) in 1962 and was also performed at the Edinburgh Festival […]
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I Love Ursula Hamdress
Theatre (physical theatre, political) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Theatre and physical theatre about the contemporary condition of women and farmed animals, created following Carol Adams’ lecture The sexual Politics of Meat. On the stage an aspiring showgirl talks about herself. Step by step the life of an ordinary ditsy girl merges into that of […]
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