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October 14 “SPACE INSIDE. STORY OF A COURTYARD”

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The second free and public performance of Festivabìlia 2024 will take place on Thursday, November 14, starting at 8:30 PM, at Teatro Camploy (Via Cantarane 32, VR), with the title:

SPAZIO DENTRO. STORIA DI UN CORTILE (SPACE INSIDE. STORY OF A COURTYARD)
Curated by Marta Marchetti and Arianna Punzi
Directed by Simonetta De Nichilo
Performed by students from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Sapienza University, Rome

In Rome, in the Rebibbia district, there is a courtyard known as “the walking space.” It lies between two tall red-brick buildings where women deprived of personal freedom live. Counting the steps to get there, crossing both real and metaphorical thresholds, sparks a surprising journey where the story to be told is never just one.

The performance originated from a theater workshop conducted inside Rebibbia prison with a group of female inmates. It was created as part of the Third Mission projects “Promoting the Well-being of Women in Prison. The Space of Punishment, the Punishment of Space” and “For a Necessary Theater. University, Prison, and School: An Inclusive Model for Public Engagement and Integrated Education Through Theater.”

All Festivabìlia events, available at this link, are free of charge and fully accessible, featuring LIS (Italian Sign Language) translation and audio description.

Festivabìlia opens with La Difficilissima storia di Ciccio Speranza

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The second edition of Festivabìlia – The Theater of Potential Abilities kicked off on Friday, November 8, and will run until December 4 at Teatro Camploy and within the spaces of the University of Verona. Opening the event with a moving and timely performance was the Bergamo-based company Les Moustaches with “La Difficilissima Storia di Ciccio Speranza” (The Extremely Difficult Life Story of Ciccio Speranza).

Ciccio Speranza is a young farmer who lives in the countryside with his father Sebastiano and his brother Denis, from whom he is very different. Adorned with a pink tutu but dreams dirtied by mud, Ciccio, due to his imposing size, is forced to take on the humblest tasks. Yet Ciccio harbors a dream: to dance. A naïve but powerful dream that makes Ciccio Speranza dance to share his story and his thirst for freedom with us. Accepting one’s life doesn’t mean giving up on dreaming!

Festivabìlia 2024 press conference

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Conferenza stampa Festivabìlia in sala Terziani

On Wednesday, 06 November,  the press conference for  Festivabìlia – Theatre of Potential Abilities 2024 was held in Palazzo Giuliari. The festival will take place at the Camploy theatre and other university spaces from November 08 to December 04 and it is organized by Teatro a Rotelle, the university theatre company, and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and is sponsored by the City of Verona and the ESU of Verona.

Festivabìlia, now in its second edition, offers shows and events that draw inspiration from stories and experiences that are apparently distant from each other, but which promote the concept of inclusion by widening its space, broadening the preconceived and limiting idea of ​​disability as a physical deficiency to a any form of deficiency, loss or variation at a psychological, physical, anatomical or social level.

Attending the press conference were: the City of Verona councilors Elisa La Paglia, Giorgio Gugole for l’ESU Verona. The initiative was presented by Roberta Facchinetti, director of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Massimo Salgaro, project manager for the Excellence Project “Inclusive Humanities”, Manuel Boschiero, inclusion and accessibility coordinator for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Nicoletta Vicentini, director, and Viviana Veronesi, vicepresident of the association Teatro a rotelle.

All Festivabìlia events, available at this link, are free of charge and fully accessible, featuring LIS (Italian Sign Language) translation and audio description.

November 8 THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT STORY OF THE LIFE OF CICCIO SPERANZA

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The first free and public performance of Festivabìlia 2024 will take place on Friday, November 8, at 9:00 PM at Teatro Camploy (Via Cantarane 32, VR), with the title:

THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT STORY OF THE LIFE OF CICCIO SPERANZA
Performed by Compagnia Les Moustaches (BG)
In collaboration with Società per Attori and Accademia Perduta Romagna Teatri
Original script by Alberto Fumagalli
Directed by Ludovica D’Auria and Alberto Fumagalli
Assistant director: Tommaso Ferrero

An inspired piece of writing, in which playwright Alberto Fumagalli explores life’s hardships (a complicated family existence on the fringes of society) with flashes of true poetry. The rigid, patriarchal daily life of a farming family unfolds in tune with the passing seasons, but also with the growing desire for emancipation of Ciccio, the second son—a dreamer despite everything. His aspiration to become a dancer (complete with a pink tutu that fuels prejudice) stands out, especially given his imposing physique.

All Festivabìlia events, available at this link, are free of charge and fully accessible, featuring LIS (Italian Sign Language) translation and audio description.