Theater
Teatro Ristori
60 minutes
by Ágota Kristóf
© Seuil, 1998
translation Stefania Pico
directed and interpreted by Manuela Mandracchia and Alvia Reale
assistant director and scenic concept Fabio Cocifoglia
lighting design Carlo Pediani
sound design Alessandro Saviozzi
costume design Sandra Cardini
assistant director Claudio Biscione
set designs by Bianca Piacentini
and built by the ERT Stagecraft Workshop
stage manager Leandro Spadola
lighting and sound technician Orso Casprini
seamstress Maria Vittoria Pelizzoni
production Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale, Compagnia Umberto Orsini
Courtesy of the Danesi Tolnay Agency
World premiere
A raw and poetic portrait of loneliness and the price of dreams in the age of capitalism. Manuela Mandracchia and Alvia Reale play Ágota Kristóf and, through a blend of humour and bitterness, explore the divide between those who possess and those who desire. The friendship between two women on the fringes of a ruthless society is put to the test by a lottery ticket. Through acting that is at times clownish, Kristóf’s dry and direct writing takes shape in an intense alternation between claustrophobia and comedy.
