Daria Deflorian
La Vegetariana
novembernov 8 – 16
© Andrea Pizzalis ©
© Andrea Pizzalis ©
© Andrea Pizzalis ©
Friday november 8
20h
Saturday november 9
20h
Sunday november 10
15h
Tuesday november 12
20h
Wednesday november 13
20h
Thursday november 14
20h
Friday november 15
20h
Saturday november 16
15h
Based on the novel La Végétarienne by Han Kang, Nobel prize of litterature 2024.
Adapted by Daria Deflorian, Francesca Marciano. Translation and surtitles by Federica Martucci. Co-created by Daria Deflorian, Paolo Musio, Monica Piseddu, Gabriele Portoghese. Direction Daria Deflorian. Assistant director Andrea Pizzalis. Space Daniele Spanò. Lighting design Giulia Pastore. Sound design Emanuele Pontecorvo. Costumes Metella Raboni. Collaboration on the set design Lisetta Buccellato. Project collaboration Attilio Scarpellini. Technical direction Lorenzo Martinelli, Micol Giovanelli. Trainee director Blu Silla.
INDEX Valentina Bertolino, Elena de Pascale, Francesco Di Stefano, Silvia Parlani
Production INDEX
Coproduction Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione ; La Fabbrica dell’Attore – Teatro Vascello avec Romaeuropa Festival ; TPE – Teatro Piemonte Europa ; Triennale Milano ; Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe ; Théâtre Garonne – Scène européenne ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the collaboration of ATCL / Spazio Rossellini and the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris
With the support of MiC – Ministero della Cultura
The Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe and the Festival d’Automne à Paris are co-producers of this show and present it as a co-realisation.
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Conference Writings. Between literature, cinema and theatre
On Monday 11 November at 6.30pm at the Italian Cultural Institute, Daria Deflorian, Francesca Marciano and Attilio Scarpellini will discuss the interweaving of writing for the stage, between theatre, cinema and literature.
Free on reservation
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By means of a family portrait, The Vegetarian, a masterpiece of South Korean literature by author Han Kang – Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 – charts a dizzying map of violence, be it physical, psychological, or political. Tapping into the the power of the text itself, Daria Deflorian and her onstage companions tease from out of it the stuff of a theatrical elixir.
Yonghye, a housewife with little passion for anything besides keeping the house in meticulous order, and her husband, a pallid employee wholly lacking in ambition, carry on living their uneventful lives until the day when Yonghye frantically throws away all the meat from the freezer. This act signifies beginning the story of a form of normality which breaks down, in an inexorable manner, from within. It then goes off-rail, sending out seismic, almost supernatural shockwaves. In contrast to the title of the play, the plot retraces, in an offset way, via several narrators, a wide-reaching history of the human flesh. By means of language which is both sensual and provocative, at the frontier between the rawness of reality and the wonders of the imagination, Daria Deflorian transforms this disturbing universe into living art. She uses light and sound to create spaces that are by turns real, abstract or mental. Within these different spaces, a masterful quartet of performers brings to the stage complex beings at odds with their own exaltation and disappointment, and who seek to live a different life than the human one.
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