The Visit

THE VISIT (IL COLLOQUIO)

Written and directed by Edoardo Di Pietro, With Renato Bisogni, Alessandro Errico, Marco Montecatino, Assistant director Cecilia Lupoli, Costume design Federica Del Gaudio, Organization Martina Di Leva, Production Collettivo lunAzione.

In Italian with English Supertitles - Running Time: 60 min

The visit is inspired by the admission system for weekly meetings with inmates at the Poggioreale prison in Naples. The tragicomic show presents situations experienced by women queuing to enter prison: a perpetual wait in daring and tense conditions, which outlines a symbolic humanity, crushed by the apparent impossibility of change. The actors were an integral part of the creative phase through a stage writing process and by participating in a series of interviews with women who have experienced or are experiencing deep ties with the penal institution.