The new playwriting season opens with Saudade e kebab (21.01), by the company La Petite Mort Theatre.

Davi, a Brazilian delivery driver far from his family, and Lea, who suffers from an eating disorder, each live their own loneliness. An overnight delivery will cause their destinies to cross, resulting in an encounter capable of relieving, if only for a moment, that inner emptiness.

Manicaretti (11.02), is a show by and with Marco Trotta and with Letizia Pia Cartolaro: a family noir in which reality and fiction mix, pushing a couple to the brink of the abyss. After their daughter is kidnapped, two parents find themselves overwhelmed by the media, suspicion and morbid curiosity: from talk shows to bookstores, their story becomes a public spectacle.

The duo Spaletta/Vicardi brings to our stage R3: le regole dell’ipnocrazia (04.03), a play that weaves together different artistic languages to talk about the fragility of the present. Theatre, stand-up, rap and video tell the story of Richard- a transposition of Shakespeare’s Richard III in the age of the algorithm – an ordinary 30-year-old trying to exist in a society hypnotized by power and digital illusions.

The company Colombo/Pace debuts with Lele (25.03): Gabriele, alle prese con la depressione, si affida a Daphne, figura misteriosa che gli restituisce la gioia di vivere. Leggerezza e poesia incontrano il tema dei disturbi mentali, dando voce a chi fatica a trovare il proprio spazio in una società che corre troppo veloce.

It’s then the turn of Il cantico dei burattini (15.04), a show in which the company Teatro la Fuffa rilegge e rivoluziona la celebre fiaba di Pinocchio per raccontare una storia che parla al presente e ai tempi moderni. Pinocchio diviene così un trentenne che si ritrova immerso in un paese dei balocchi usurato, erede di un boom economico ormai incapace di garantire lo stesso orizzonte di possibilità.

The new playwriting program draws to a close with Il nostro grido (06.05) by Ariele Celeste Soresina, a show that itells the journey of women who question imposed social roles, to awaken consciences and deconstruct prejudices, toward a more equitable and inclusive society.

All performances are followed by an open conversation with the artists and a risotto.