Europa in sette tempi
As part of the Piccolo Smart project, the chapter dedicated to the “calendario civile” and the tribute that the Piccolo intends to pay continues and grows, motivated by the institutes roots as a public service and its identity as “An Art Theatre for All”. 9 May is Europe Day. This date commemorates the day in 1950 on which Schuman presented the programme for economic cooperation that marked the beginning of European integration and laid the foundations for a future federal union. For this occasion, the programme of the Piccolo Teatro’s Abbecedario Civile, a project created as a spin-off of the Abbecedario per un mondo nuovo, encounters a new date and therefore a new letter and a new language. Europa in sette tempi is the audio podcast created by the playwrights involved in the project to express the E for Europe.
Europa in sette tempi
9 May
The seven playwrights Francesco Bianchi, Maria Teresa Berardelli, Greta Cappelletti, Stefano Fortin, Valeria Patota, Martina Ruggeri/Industria Indipendente and Michele Ruol present their Europe in seven parts: In the distant future, time capsules are uncovered. Each capsule is a message. Each message is an expression of what we feel Europe is. The Europe of our present, our past and our future...