
Theater
Teatro Ristori
90 minutes
by Ivan Vyrypaev
Italian translation Theodore Bonci del Bene
director Vinicio Marchioni
with Ivna Bruck, Serena Ferraiuolo, Mirko Soldano, Andrea Tich
sets and costumes Ivan Botički
lighting design Ivan Bauk
assistant director Giuseppe Nicodemo
stage director Andrea Slama
production HNK Ivan Zajc – Dramma Italiano di Fiume and Mittelfest2025
Photo Vinicio Marchioni© Giulia Lucarini
Four actors, two couples, their lives intertwined: loves, betrayals, friendships, desires. The Illusions of four lives that seem to last without end, but which dissolve in an instant. Vyrypaev’s text, Marchioni says, “is a wonderful puzzle, in which truths are constructed poetically and eternally, only to be dismantled with cynical irony and disenchantment, without even time to leave a bad taste in your mouth”. And yet, the deceptions that give meaning to our lives remain. And above all, they give shape to the theatre: the audience, together with the actors, will wonder whether they have ever truly loved or had the illusion of loving. If they have lived in friendship or if it was nothing more than yet another deception. Where is the truth?
World premiere
performance in Italian with English surtitles