PLAYGROUND - Italian Play Readings

The Italian Cultural Institute London, PAV and Fabulamundi have the pleasure to invite you to a reading of 6 play extracts by Italian authors on Friday 28th October from 3.00 to 5.00 pm at the Royal Court, Sloane Square, London.

The reading is part of PLAYGROUND, a programme of encounters between Italian playwrights and UK-based creatives.

Over the past two years, R&D workshops and rehearsed readings were held online, facilitating meaningful exchanges across computer screens. However, after two years of remote work, we were finally able to invite the 7 Italian playwrights, who took part in PLAYGROUND workshops, to travel to London for a week. During this time together, director Omar Elerian and scholar-translator Margherita Laera (University of Kent) will facilitate networking opportunities between the Italian contingent and local theatre-makers. The week will culminate in a public sharing of selected extracts from the plays in translation, directed by 3 London-based directors and featuring a local cast of 6 actors.

PLAYGROUND is a project produced by the Italian Cultural Institute in London and PAV/Fabulamundi.

SCENES SELECTION:

BIDIBIBODIBIBOO by Francesco Alberici, translated by Flora Pitrolo

GENTLEMAN ANNE by Magdalena Barile, translated by Margherita Laera

TIPPING POINT written by Valeria Belardelli and Francesca Caprioli, translated by Belardelli, Caprioli and Margherita Laera

GRANDE SPAVENTO by Valentina Diana, translated by Margherita Laera

BLEACH ME by Nalini Vidoolah Mootoosamy, translated by Margherita Laera

CARBONIO by Pier Lorenzo Pisano, translated by Atri Banerjee