Oedipus.
A Magic Fable
conception Chiara Guidi in collaboration with Vito Matera
with Francesco Dell’Accio, Francesca Di Serio,
Chiara Guidi, Vito Matera, Filippo Zimmermann/Alessandro Bandini
and with the voices of Eva Castellucci, Anna Laura Penna,
Gianni Plazzi, Sergio Scarlatella, Pier Paolo Zimmermann
music Francesco Guerri, Scott Gibbons
scenes, lights and costumes Vito Matera
prosthesis Istvan Zimmermann and Giovanna Amoroso - Plastikart studio
set creation Laboratorio Scenografia Pesaro - Trecento Lidia
sound technician Andrea Scardovi
technicians Francesca Di Serio, Asia Pirini, Eugenio Resta
production Benedetta Briglia
assistant producer Caterina Soranzo
curating Elena de Pascale
administration Simona Barducci, Elisa Bruno, Michela Medri
administrative consulting Massimiliano Coli
a Societas production
a co-production with Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione
particular thanks to Roberta Ioli and Sabrina Raggini
photo Eva Castellucci
The story of Oedipus is a typical magic fable.
It is linked to the fertility cults in ancient civilisations tied to rivers: old mother earth takes a young seed into her womb, and it penetrates inside her so as to hide, sleep and generate its fruit.
But what happens down there, while the seed is macerating and dying in the earth, during the winter? What kind of story lives in the earth? How might we go inside, and see it?
The Sphinx knows, but she draws the curtain aside for those who can decipher her enigmas. Only when the children have found a solution to her puzzling questions can they go inside the cave in the ground where a seed, safeguarded there, has opened up and become a man: Oedipus.
Performance for adults and children from 7 years old.
Duration 60 minutes.