Twenty sailors, twenty men, twenty souls beat large wooden barrels, rumbling greedily, waiting for the whale blubber. The air rips and vibrates. The rhythm marks the work of the crew in a feverish shipyard. Board after board, lines, ropes and poles, the sailors begin to build the ship. Skeletal, unreal. It is our Pequod. Throughout the show there are battles, sudden storms, joyful raids; characters emerge, stories come to surface. The shadow of Ahab and his obscure desire for revenge, the sailors' nightmare, weighs down on everyone. With a meticulous work of theatrical machinery, the unexpected will happen. The ship becomes a whale. From guardian to monster. What once was welcoming now appears terrifying: the skeleton of the hull overturns and takes the form of the fearsome Leviathan. At last, the two enemies come face to face for the final confrontation: Achab and the white whale. Man against nature, the prodigy, the unknown, the lost God, the fear that screams from the abyss: Moby Dick.
video concept and direction Stefano Tè
literary adaptation for the stage Giulio Sonno
direction consultancy Mario Barzaghi
direction assistance Danilo Faiulo
music composed by Luca Cacciatore, Igino L. Caselgrandi, Domenico Pizzulo
and live performanced by Matteo Pontegavelli (trumpet), Domenico Pizzulo (guitar, synth), Igino L. Caselgrandi (drums, percussions)
costumes by Teatro dei Venti
lighting design Alessandro Pasqualini
light technician Stefano Cane
sound technician Luigi Pascale
additional technician Diego Capitani
stage design Dino Serra
project and construction Dino Serra and Massimo Zanelli
on stage Oksana Casolari, Marco Cupellari, Federico Faggioni, Davide Filippi, Giulia Sarah Gibbon, Adrian Iselin, Mara Lambriola, Hannes Langanky, Giovanni Maia, Iona Petmezakis, Irene Raccanelli, Cesare Trebeschi, Amalia Ruocco, Antonio Santangelo, Davide Tubertini, Elisa Vignolo
a production by Teatro dei Venti
in co-production with Klaipeda Sea Festival (Lithuania)
with the support of Emilia-Romagna Region, Municipality of Modena, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena
with the contribution of Municipality of Dolo (VE) in partnership with Associazione Echidna