Frankenstein (a love story)

Theatre

My hideous progeny!

Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus is the connective tissue of this "new creature.” A monstrous project composed by stitching together different episodes and the desire to breathe life back into the inanimate, galvanizing it by breaking it down and reassembling literary pieces. The theme of the "hideous progeny" that Shelley first devised, taking a leap from the Gothic novel to the foundation of science fiction, is later reimagined by many scholars as a depiction of the possible – the representation and tale of a nonreproductive world – with vibrant contemporary ramifications in posthuman philosophy. Touching the nonhuman, the monstrous, the artificial, feeling its flesh. The dangerous boundary between the living and the nonliving. Nature is in turmoil. In extreme, frozen, painful landscapes, two figures chase each other, seeking shelter. Anger, love, uneasiness, horror, and more love, love, an excess of unrequited love. "I neither saw nor heard of anyone like me" – like the human, one of a kind, the creature is also unique. The radical loneliness of an unheard, untouchable creature who finds no one else to talk to, no one who can speak its name. It is on the borders that monsters proliferate. Between worlds.
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from 26/10/2023 to 28/10/2023 hour 19.30
idea and direction by Daniela Nicolò & Enrico Casagrande
with Silvia Calderoni, Alexia Sarantopoulou, and Enrico Casagrande
dramaturgy by Ilenia Caleo
text editing and subtitles Daniela Nicolò
translation Ilaria Patano
assistant director Eduard Popescu
light design Theo Longuemare
soundscapes Enrico Casagrande
sound Martina Ciavatta
graphics Federico Magli
video Vladimir Bertozzi

production Francesca Raimondi
organization and logistics Shaila Chenet and Matilde Morri
promotion Ilaria Depari
communication Dea Vodopi
international distribution Lisa Gilardino
press office comunicattive.it
a Motus production with Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale, TPE - Festival delle Colline Torinesi, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER (BE) and Kampnagel (DE)
artistic residencies hosted by AMAT & Comune di Fabriano, Santarcangelo Festival, Teatro Galli-Rimini, Centro di Residenza dell’Emilia-Romagna “L’arboreto-Teatro Dimora | La Corte Ospitale”, Rimi-Imir (NO) and Berner Fachhochschule (CH)
with the support of MiC, Regione Emilia-Romagna
Mary Shelley's dress was designed and worn by Fiorenza Menni in the play “L’Idealista Magico”.
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