VOLTERRATEATRO 2014 – 21st/27th JULY – 28th EDITION

Based on the dramatic collapse of the Volterran medieval walls, the Festival intends to reflect on the idea of the ”Wound” (in Italian: “Ferita“).
Beyond the visible wound of the earth, it proposes an approach to the invisibile, human, private wound of the artist, together with a city which wants to heal that wound and courageously tries to strengthen the human relationship among its inhabitants.

In a wounded city, this festival reveals an even deeper wound, under the surface, under what can be seen, to open our eyes on an earth which silently collapses under our feet. A painful yet luminous wound, which should be regarded as an occasion to expose the breaking point, to get an intense beauty ooze from the pian, to turn weakness into an intense strength.

Thus, the Prison and the City will become an unique big stage . They will be the places where the impossible will be played, becoming reality by means of art: the pain will turn into immense beauty.

Have a look at our programme booklet (Italian only – You need Adobe Flash Player or Acrobat Reader)

PRISON STAGE

Compagnia della Fortezza
SANTO GENET
playwright and director Armando Punzo
national premiere
Prison of Volterra
21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th July – 3:00 PM

Teatro delle Ariette
TEATRO NATURALE?
by Paola Berselli and Stefano Pasquini
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Kafka
21st July – 5:00 PM

I Sacchi di Sabbia
PICCOLI SUICIDI IN OTTAVA RIMA – VOL. I E VOL. II
ideated by Giovanni Guerrieri and Giulia Gallo
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Leopardi
22nd July – 6:30 PM

Wooshing Machine
HAPPY HOUR
by Alessandro Bernardeschi, Mauro Paccagnella
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Genet
22nd July – 6:30 PM

Compagnia Rodisio
MA MÈRE L’OYE
by Manuela Capece and Davide Doro
Prison of Volterra
22nd July – 6:30 PM

Balletto Civile
IN-COLUME / VOLTERRA
ideated by Michela Lucenti and Alessandro Berti
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Leopardi
23rd July  - 6:30 PM

Mario Perrotta/Teatro dell’Argine
PITÚR / Progetto Ligabue, Secondo Movimento
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Leopardi
24th July – 8:00 PM

ARTISTA, COMUNITÀ E MEMORIA
Dialoghi sulla ferita
meeting
with Bianca Tosatti
Prison of Volterra
24th July – 5:00 PM

ANCT (DRAMA CRITICS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) AWARD
award ceremony
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Dalì
23rd July – 5:00 PM

#RETECRITICA PER #VOLTERRATEATRO
meeting
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Dalì
25th July – 9:30 PM

book launch
L’ARIA È OTTIMA (QUANDO RIESCE A PASSARE)
Prison of Volterra – Spazio Dalì
23rd July – 5:oo PM

GENET
exhibition
by Mario Francesconi
Prison of Volterra
from 21st to 25th July – at the same time of the Prison shows

WUNDERKAMMER
exhibition / art installation
by Francesco Borrello
and MAImuseo
Prison of Volterra
from 21st to 25th July - at the same time of the Prison shows

CITY STAGE

Teatro dei Venti
SIMURGH
Street show
Pomarance, Piazza de Larderel, 21st July – 9:30 PM
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Piazza Matteotti, 22nd July – 9:30 PM
Montecatini Val di Cecina , Piazza della Repubblica, 23rd July – 9:30 PM
Volterra, Piazza dei Priori, 27th July – 9:30 PM

Teatro delle Ariette
SUL TETTO DEL MONDO
nozze d’argento con le Ariette
Volterra, ITCG courtyard
from 22nd to 26th July – 9:30 PM

P.I.P.A. PUNTO D’INCONTRO POPOLARE AUTOGESTITO
Volterra, ITCG courtyard
from 22nd to 26th July – 10:30 PM

Teatri 35
IL PANNO ACOTONATO DELLO INFERNO
Tableaux vivants inspired by Pontormo’s and Rosso Fiorentino’s paintings
Volterra - Turret of the Pinacoteca Civica
24th July – 9:30 PM

Archivio Zeta
LA FERITA
LOGOS – Rapsodia per Volterra
directed by Gianluca Guidotti and Enrica Sangiovanni
Volterra – Old Town Centre

in range of the event:
Urban Experience
WALK SHOW
with Carlo Infante
25th July – from 6:00 PM – meeting point Piazza dei Priori

ManuTenere (maintenance)
video installation project
Volterra – Old town center
25th July – from 10:00 PM

Officinae Efesti
#CROWDESIRE
Mille luci, un desiderio per Volterra
Volterra – Old town centre
from 12:00 AM distribution of lanterns and crowdfunding adhesion, Piazza dei Priori
from 10:00 PM throwing the Khom Loy, Piazzetta dei Fornelli

LA FERITA – IL VOLO
Maratona poetica per Volterra
Volterra, 26th July
Piazzetta dei Fornelli and the surrounding areas – from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Porta all’Arco – from 10:30 PM

national premiere
Compagnia della Fortezza
SANTO GENET
playwright and director Armando Punzo
Volterra – Teatro Persio Flacco
26th July 9:30 PM

GENET 2013
Nei Salotti di Irma
photo exhibition by Stefano Vaja
Volterra – Logge di Palazzo Pretorio
from 21st to 27th July – Working hours of Infopoint “La Ferita”

L’atterraggio dello Skillinger
exhibition / art installation by Michele Munno
Volterra – Saletta del Giudice Conciliatore (Piazza dei Priori)
from 21st to 27th  July – from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM

KONFLITTO
Anche se m’impegno, non digerisco il cetriolo
exhibition by Enrico Pantani
Volterra – Exhibition space in Via Turazza
from 21st to 27th July – from 10:30 AM

LA CITTÀ IN SCENA
exhibition by Giuseppangela Campus
Volterra – Spazio Vol’Arte
from 21st to 27th July

Metaphors
exhibition / art installation by Valdo Frasconi
Volterra – Spazio “Il cappello di feltro”
from 21st to 27th July –  from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM

HIGHLIGHTINGS

AWAY FROM THE CRAZY CROWD
The agora in a bookshop
Every day, all day long, just two minutes on foot from Piazza dei Priori, the Cathedral and the Baptistery, there will be a magic place where people can take shelter from the chaos of a theatre-assaulted city: it is the Libreria de L’Araldo, in Via Ricciarelli. There it will be possible to speak in tranquility, drinking a coffee or sipping a glass of wine, among precious vintage objects and wooden shelves. There people can access a very special selection of volumes about Jean Genet, contemporary poetry, Leonardo da Vinci, Giordano Bruno and all the other topics and authors found in the VolterraTeatro Festival.
Volterra – Libreria De L’Araldo in Via Ricciarelli, 30
from 21st to 27th July – bookshop working hours

VOL’ARTE APERITIF OPEN GALLERY
Every night the exhibition space in via Giusto Turazza will become an open gallery for an original aperitif that will mix art, conviviality and elegance.
Volterra – Exhibition space in Via Turazza
from 21st to 27th July – from 6:30 PM on

#COMUNICATEATRO SPECIAL EDITION
interactive and itinerant laboratory 2.0
by Simone Pacini / fattiditeatro
in collaboration with Rossella Menna
media partner Urban Experience
The festival is being publicised by means of Twitter, Foursquare, Instagram and Vine, by a social media team directed by Simone Pacini/fattiditeatro. He leads an interactive and itinerant laboratory which crosses all the city and connects, thanks to Social Media Storytelling, the experience of the Festival and the architectural, artistic and gastronomic excellences.
Volterra – from 23rd to 27th July

VT BANNER BAG
cultural recycling creative project
This year the Festival presents a creative project about cultural recycling. Every year many great artists have signed the Festival banners, and now they have been recycled to create a collection of exclusive bags (all of them unique and handmade) available to the public, who can participate and support this cultural project by simply wearing a fragment of theatre history.
Bag designer Valentina Cioni