L'AMORE DEL CUORE (HEART'S DESIRE) Digital Programme

L’AMORE DEL CUORE (HEART’S DESIRE)

BY CARYL CHURCHILL

LACASADARGILLA

L’AMORE DEL CUORE (HEART’S DESIRE)

BY CARYL CHURCHILL

“It is both one of the funniest short plays ever written and a reminder of the savagery that often lies beneath the surface of family life ” - Michael Billington

Thu 13 - Sat 15 Jun 2024, 7:30pm

Running Time: Approx 1 hour

Age Guidance: 14+

Language: Italian with English surtitles

We will be hosting a post-show talk with professor Paola Bono, Italy’s leading expert curator of Caryl Churchill’s works and Alessandro Iachino, theatre critic, on the 15th of June.

A hilarious and touching Italian adaptation of one of Caryl Churchill’s most revolutionary plays.

As a family anxiously awaits their daughter’s return from Australia, Churchill’s play races through a series of scenarios, repetitions and experiments, illuminating the curious and complex ways in which families communicate.

Caryl Churchill has influenced generations of writers. One of Europe’s greatest playwrights, she puts experimentation with verbal communication at the heart of her work. From Top Girls to Serious Money and Escaped Alone, her works have continuously inspired theatre companies across the globe.

This adaptation, from acclaimed Italian theatre maker Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and company lacasadargilla, employs movement, the Italian tradition of Commedia del’Arte, and Churchill’s text to push the limits of language. “Amazing. A work of infinite and fascinating restarts, rewinds and still images” – Rodolfo Di Giammarco

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

Text

Caryl Churchill

Italian Translation

Laura Caretti, Margaret Rose

Director

Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli

Cast

Tania Garribba, Fortunato Leccese, Alice Palazzi, Francesco Villano and Tessa Battaiotto

Sound Design & Set Design

Alessandro Ferroni

Lighting Design

Omar Scala

Costume Design

Camilla Carè

Images / Video

Maddalena Parise

Production Photography

Sveva Bellucci

Assistant Director

Flavio Murialdi

Co-produced by

Teatro Vascello, La Fabbrica dell’Attore & lacasadargilla

Supported by Theatron Produzioni, Bluemotion & Italian Cultural Institute

CARYL CHURCHILL

Caryl Churchill is one of the UK’s most influential playwrights, known for her breaking of theatrical tradition. Many of her plays are now considered modern classics, including Top Girls, Cloud Nine and A Number. Churchill’s work is enjoying unprecedented success in Italy. After many decades when her work was rarely performed, over the last year there have been several significant productions.

LACASADARGILLA

lacasadargilla is well known in Italy for its productions of original texts, literary adaptations and contemporary plays. The ensemble builds its projects on the concepts of time and mythographies, as well as on the linguistic, psychic and personal legacies that bind us to our past and to our future. All performances have an architectural approach, with a focus on linguistic and cinematic devices as well as on physical precision.

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