| Year and length: | 2023, 60’ |
|---|---|
| Concept, dramaturgy, direction, set design, lighting: | Davide Iodice |
| Company: | Scuola elementare del teatro APS |
| Partners: | Campania Teatro Festival, Teatro Trianon Viviani, Forgat ODV |
| With: | Giorgio Albero, Gaetano Balzano, Danilo Blaquier, Federico Caccese, Stefano Cocifoglia, Veronica D’Elia, Giuseppe De Cesare, Simona De Cesare, Patrizia De Rosa, Gianluca De Stefano, Paola Delli Paoli, Chiara Alina Di Sarno, Aliù Fofana, Cynthia Fiumanò, Vincenzo Iaquinangelo, Marino Mazzei, Serena Mazzei, Giuseppina Oliva, Ariele Pone, Tommaso Renzuto Iodice, Antonio Senese, Giovanna Silvestri, Jurij Tognaccini, Renato Tognaccini |
| Movement training and study: | Chiara Alborino, Lia Gusein-Zadé |
| Teaching support and creative associates: | Monica Palomby, Eleonora Ricciardi, tutors: Danilo Blaquier, Veronica D’Elia, Mara Merullo |
| Poems: | Giovanna Silvestri |
| Scenes: | Ivan Gordiano Borelli |
| Costume design: | Daniela Salernitano, Federica Ferreri |
| Production: | Interno 5, Teatro di Napoli - Teatro Nazionale |
Theatre
Davide Iodice - Pinocchio. What is a person?
Description
The puppet Pinocchio has provided a kind of symbolic kinship with the children in our varied group, many of whom suffer from a range of conditions such as Asperger’s syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Williams’ syndrome, and different forms of autism. And he belongs to the same family as those children who have miraculously escaped from crime, or are in the process of redefining their lives after being released from prison, which they either couldn’t (?) or didn’t know how to (?) avoid.
Along with the other symbolic characters that feature in his tale, Pinocchio seems to personify all the incomprehensible or misunderstood features of teenage life, whose torments – at times steeped in joyful fury, at others appearing dark and irredeemable – are the reflection of an adult society that is either a caricature of itself or in ruin. Pinocchio embodies difference, and all those who are different, with their anarchic and disruptive energy.
In an earlier draft, Pinocchio’s story ended with the puppet hanging itself, as if to suggest there was no way out. It was then revised by Carlo Collodi with a final, conciliatory, benevolent transformation into a child, into a person.
Fine. But what is a person?