Adriano Ferraiolo: «The magic of puppets by no means fades»

Eighty years within the artwork of puppetry. Andriano Ferraiolo celebrates, within the fifth era of his artwork, this vital milestone with a mission: to proceed the household custom with out fearing the dematerialization of the occupation attributable to the violent digital revolution.

Maestro, regardless of the technological revolution, are youngsters nonetheless drawn to puppets?

Youngsters, once they witness a pure spectacle, like we do, are extra attracted as a result of there’s nothing mechanical or digital. We’re within the magic of custom.

The sq. remains to be the principle assembly place in your exhibits…

The sq., as my father stated, brings collectively everybody: huge and small, wealthy and poor. Ours, being a preferred present, the one place to appreciate it and to benefit from the six secrets and techniques that compose it’s and stays the sq..

What’s your finest reminiscence associated to the world of puppets?

Positively once I began my profession on the age of 13

And the ugliest?

All the time on the day of my debut as a result of I blended totally different feelings particularly once I entered the theater to placed on the primary present. My father had no voice, neither he nor my brother, I alone needed to provoke. I nonetheless bear in mind the nice terror.

Among the many many characters and invented tales, what’s the widespread thread that unites the assorted plots that you simply ship to viewers?

Some exhibits carry with them an distinctive ethical, an ethical that youngsters specifically perceive. In a single present specifically, for instance, we now have a foul man from a false background who will get arrested within the finale as a result of he harm different individuals.

Which character isn’t responsible of brutality?

Pulcinella. Typically he hits however provided that pressured, then on the finish of the present he all the time finds a method to ask forgiveness from others and even perhaps from the general public.

You have got crossed and visited many cities and through which you might have carried out. Is there one which has remained in your coronary heart probably the most?

The cities through which I’ve and have had probably the most satisfaction are Crotone, Campobasso, Camaiore and Alassio. In these locations, as in lots of others, we now have an attentive and constant viewers.

How does the enjoyment of exhibits change between Northern and Southern Italy?

The use doesn’t change even when within the North the dialect is much less fashionable, preferring Italian. Moreover, within the North, puppetry is taken into account a cultural exercise and there’s all the time an grownup accompanying the kid to the present. Within the South, sadly, there’s nonetheless a prejudice that the puppet present is a present completely geared toward youngsters.

Maestro, what would be the way forward for this occupation, between custom and innovation?

There’s a nice future as a result of my youngsters have continued and proceed this occupation with a whole lot of ardour and I additionally see my nephews and nieces very passionate. They already inform me that they lengthy to proceed the household custom. I can subsequently assure that at the very least for the following fifty years there would be the Ferraiolo Theatre. That is for certain.