Abbecedario per il mondo nuovo – Marinai
Marinai by Carlo Guasconi, with Lorenzo Frediani, Marco Mavaracchio and Petra Valentini
Podcast on Spreaker from Friday 14th May 2021
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“Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors”. I read this proverb a few years ago, when I came across it briefly while reading the words of a friend; ever since then, it has remained with me, tattooed onto my brain, and I repeat it to myself in times of trouble.
It is realistic, watertight.
I think that it is one of the few proverbs to actually reflect reality. So many others that fall apart when faced by the unpredictable nature of life.
This one doesn’t
It holds its own.
It stays true to its course.
The storm that faces us creates huge waves that may carry us who knows where, dashing us against the rocks or leading us to new horizons, so if I have to choose a word that has a future in this new world, that word has to go well with the concept of destiny: So marinai (sailors) it is.
Their eyes battered by the Mistral, waiting to cry out: “Land ahoy!”. (Carlo Guasconi)
Synopsis
Two improvised sailors, Milza and Fiore di Loto, find themselves on a strange boat captained by the strange Charon, who they have never seen but who they have always trusted. However, now that their voyage is beginning to seem endless, that the fog surrounding them shows no signs of abating, and time appears to have lost all natural rhythm, their trust begins to wane.
Biography
Carlo Guasconi was born in Codogno (LO) in 1989. The began his theatrical studies with Francesca Mazza at the Società Filodrammatica Piacentina and then at the Scuola Proxima.
After completing his studies, he joined the cast of Geppetto and Geppetto, written and directed by Tindaro Granata, a play that in 2016 won a number of awards including the Ubu Award for Best New Playwriting, the Hystrio Twister Award and the Enriquez Award.
In 2015, as a playwright, Guasconi won the 11th Riccione - Pier Vittorio Tondelli Award with the text Essere Bugiardo, which was produced as part of the 2017/2018 season by Corte Ospitale, Proxima Res and the Riccione Award, directed by Emiliano Masala and performed by Guascioni, Mariangela Granelli and Massimiliano Speziani.
He then collaborated as a dramaturg with the Atir company in the writing of Aldilà di tutto by Chiara Stoppa and Valentina Picello.
In 2019, together with Tindaro Granata and Ugo Fiore, he founded “Situazione Drammatica”, a cultural association for the promotion and development of contemporary drama.
(photo Alessandra Riccioli)
Abbecedario per il mondo nuovo
a Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa production
in collaboration with the Hystrio – Playwriting Award and the Riccione “Pier Vittorio Tondelli” Award
directed by Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Alessandro Ferroni