NAPLES – Great success for ” The storm of the Theater” the project conceived and directed by Marta Bifano for Loups Garoux Productions shared with Francesca Pedrazza Gorlerowhich saw its implementation within the walls of the “Pasquale Mandato” prison in Secondigliano. (Naples).
The event is part of the third edition “Storytelling. Expressions of polycentric Naples”, the event organized and promoted by Municipality of Naples and financed by the National Entertainment Fund of the Directorate General for Entertainment Ministry of Culture In laboratories it is not pièce theaters saw the participation not only of professional actors but above all of a group of prisoners, gradually increasing in number, from 34 to 54 units, starting from the month of July until 12 October, bringing Chekhov on stage first “The question of Marriage and other stories..” and subsequently “The Tempest” by Shakespeare. The previews of the two shows were dedicated to the families of the prisoners, who at the end of each performance enjoyed with their loved ones the gastronomic delights offered by Angelo Ranieri Of Totò Flavor.
To be mentioned, in the team behind the project “The storm of the theatre” Max di Graziafor the scenography, con Enzo Sorrentino and Thomas Ferrigno and the Active Teaching of the Confraternity of Neapolitan Tailors, president Tiziana Aiello and vice president Lello Antonelli with costume supervision by Giusy Marfella, Antonio Smaldone e Francesca Nappo, who created the stage clothes for the performances, discovering the talent of the group of tailors from the Polo delle Arti e Meskeep inside of the prison. Activates the collaboration of the treatment area by the Deputy Director Bruno Boccuni, Gabriella di Stefano, Gaia del Giudice e of the prison guards Vincenzo Piccirillo and Antonio Postiglione. “The ship used scenographically in “the Tempest” revealed the Director Giulia Russo” And a migrant boat that arrived from Lampedusa in Secondigliano, which added meaning to the Mediterranean sung by Shakespeare, a symbol of contemporaneity” The masks and creations of Make u are very suggestivep artist Antonio Quattromani, come the soundtrack by Nicola Esposito. The professional actors, active parts of “The Tempest of the theatre” were particularly excited Ettore Nigro, Anna Bocchino, Salvo Lupo, Joyce Conte, Arianna Bonardi and of the same Marta Bifano who verbatim reported:
“Dfter so many days shared with imprisoned people, it is necessary to respect the promise of continuity that this type of human interaction activity must fulfill; not surprisingly, the project will fly on February 20th at Trianon Theater thanks to the will of Marisa Laurito and the President Gianni Pinto who will welcome the extraordinary theatrical team in the version of “The Tempest” reinvented by the inmates; certainly it will take a lot of work to allow the inmates to leave prison but I am very confident in the closeness of the Supervisory Judiciary who participated in the shows, of the Dap and of the Ministry of Justice. We were inspired in the drafting and implementation of this project to the proposed law Provisions for the promotion and support of theatrical activities in penitentiary institutions aimed at supporting artistic activity with prisoners for its tangible effects on the individual, on the community he lives in and on society as a whole to which, once his sentence has been served, he will be returned in a new light.
Furthermore,” Bifano continued, “ours activities of these months, sealed in notes, letters, photos, feedback, will become a literary work, as an evidentiary document of a welfare itinerary actually followed”.
For his part Sergio Locorotolocoordinator of cultural policies of the Municipality of Naples expressed himself as follows: “With the project ‘La Tempesta del Teatro’, curated by Loups Garoux productions and with the active involvement of the inmates of the Secondigliano prison, the reviewStorytelling’ has opened a new path towards an inclusive society, focusing on the Theater to put the Naples of ‘outside’ in contact with the Naples of ‘inside’. This confirms the commitment of the Manfredi Administration to overcome, through culture, every form of marginality, both geographical and social”. Finally, a special thank you goes out to all the staff of the Secondigliano CP for collaborating in the success of the event
