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* written and directed by Lorenzo Ponte
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* with Tobia Dal Corso Polzot, Paola Galassi and Luca Oldani
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* set design Davide Signorini
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* costumes Giulia Rossena
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* lights Emanuele Agliati
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* sound design Gaetano Pappalardo and Simone Sigurani
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* assistant director Filippo Capobianco,
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* radio newspaper voice Pietro Adami
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* with the artistic supervision of Giuliana Musso
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* Pictures by Foto di Luca Del Pia
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* production Teatro Franco Parenti
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with the support of PRAXIS - Olinda/TeatroLaCucina - Winner of the Fantastic Theatrical Animals 2021 ZONA K tender as part of the IntercettAzioni project - Lombardy Artistic Residency Centre; Claudia
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Lombardi Foundation for the theatre
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Observe and stay on the margins to understand what is at the center of our society.
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Guided by this idea, for 3 years we have undertaken a journey of understanding
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and approaching people's lives homeless in the city of Milan. Between 2019 and
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2021, the company joined psychologists, educators and volunteers who work with
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people experiencing this phenomenon of expulsion.
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The research method was
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divided into three different moments. A first part of participatory observation, in
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which the whole company accompanied the road units for a long period on night
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outings in the downtown streets. This work has allowed us to build relationships of
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trust. The second part of the research consisted of going into the street to talk to
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people without being framed voluntary associations, to try to distance themselves
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from a volunteer-assisted relationship. Finally, where possible, we conducted
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interviews with homeless people, workers and volunteers and experts to try to build
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a broader framework that would allow us to read homelessness as a social
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phenomenon and not as individual problem. Our prejudices were shattered and,
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seen up close, we found many points of contact with people who we tend to hide
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and chase from the streets of our cities. The poor today are invisibilized and
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stigmatized because they force us to deal with the distortions and limitations of
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increasingly exclusive and repelling cities.
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From the research described above, a narrative show emerged in which voices,
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silences, bodies and the emotions experienced on the field. We are at the stop of a bus that we don't know if it will ever pass. We wait for him together with three
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characters whose intertwining events tell like a prism the internal and social
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marginality of Milan. A young Bocconi student, struggling with the last exams before
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graduation. A 30-year-old precarious journalist, tired by the city's rhythms, she
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decided to volunteer with homeless people. And finally a weirdo prophet, who
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curses the madness that dominates the city and offers everyone a way of salvation.
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With the show we want to bring the life of those on the margins back to the center
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by trying to question the pietistic and superior look that we reserve for deviants. The
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voice and experiences of the last challenge us: how do we do we face the pain of
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the other? And how are we, the healthy ones? And now, what can we do? |