In the early 60’s, because of air and water pollution, fireflies began to disappear in the countryside.
This phenomenon was terrible. After few years, the fireflies were no longer there. P. Paolo Pasolini, one of the best voices of poetry we had, called this “the disappearance of the fireflies.”
The dramaturgical research of this trilogy started as a large spiral of languages from the southern Italy regions. The staging was not the main purpose: these shows were born from a strong will to tell about a folkloric world, in order to recuperate, through theatre, ancient wisdoms and magic beliefs…
AMMALIATA (2010)
Popular orchestra for a choir of six voices and three chairs
written and directed by Giuseppe L. Bonifati
with Luigi Tabita, Fabio Pappacena, Maurizio Semeraro,
Roberta De Stefano, Adele Tirante, N. Dos Santos
percussions Antonio Merola
production DOO / Federgat / “Antonio Manes” Fund
National Award by ETI (Italian Theatre Institute) “I Teatri del Sacro” 2009
TOUR
Lucca | Festival “I Teatri del Sacro”
Reggio Emilia | Teatro Re Giò
Milano | CRT – Teatro dell’Arte
Bergamo | Festival de-Sidera
Castrovillari | Primavera dei Teatri
Roma | Festival Internazionale D’Africa – Teatro Palladium
Roma | Festival Autogestito – Teatro Quirino
Fara Sabina | FLIPT – Teatro Potlach
Roma | Festival Popolare del Pigneto
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CALA ‘A SAUDAGE (2011)
written and directeby Giuseppe L. Bonifati
with Giuseppe L. Bonifati, Luigi Tabita
musician Francesca Palombo
production: DOO / Garofano Verde Festival
Finalist at “Tadeusz Kantor Award” – Teatro CRT – Milan
TOUR
Festival Kantoriana 2010 – CRT Teatro dell’Arte (Milano)
Liberi Amori Possibili – Teatro Libero (Milano)
Festival Garofano Verde – Teatro Belli (Roma)
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PEPE’ EL BASTARDO IMPAZIENTE E INNAMORATO (2012)
written, directed and starred by Giuseppe L. Bonifati
musician Francesca Palombo
production: DOO / Zoom Festival
National Dramaturgy Award “Alessandro Fersen” 2012
TOUR
Teatro Sybaris – Castrovillari (Cosenza)
Festival Popolare Di Voci e Di Suoni – Caprarola (Viterbo)
Zoom Festival Scandicci (Firenze)
Auditorium Morano Calabro (Cosenza)
Festival Marestate Trebisacce (Cosenza)
Teatro Potlach (Fara Sabina)
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