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"Nothing exists, we are only dreaming."
Antonio Tabucchi
The lady of Porto Pim was a magical, sensuous and enigmatic creature who stole the soul of a whaler and made a musician of him; until his assassin instinct, to redeem the foreseen betrayal, the foretold defeat, demanded a tribute of blood which led to her death. An ultimate wreckage, of a whaler and a whale who mocked whoever dreamt of imprisoning her.
As for love, it is for art.
It is the author himself, in the guise of the actor - manipulator, who accompanies us in this story of love and death, of dream and reality, in this brief journey into the mystery of the human soul. He is the singer of this epic of the soul who presents his own testimony of events through words and actions creating shadows, real and imaginary, metaphors of shipwrecks and castaways, who commit unsuccessful acts and failed lives. A very stark stage, a table, a chair and a wall that doubles as a screen, will host an array of shadows manipulated in front and behind the screen, brought to life by the actor’s hands. Clay, sand, wood and water are some of the materials with which we will strive to give form to the carnal and at the same time impalpable characters of this story. With this pièce, Teatro Gioco Vita is trying to develop its search for a modern dalang, a “would be” actor - manipulator of contemporary shadow theatre true to our theatrical and cultural tradition.
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