Protagonists, female creativity at the Miela Theatre

Between stand ups, meetings, solos, monologues and performances, all in the name of current events treated with irony and comedy, the Teatro Miela in Trieste hosts until March 28th the second edition of the review Protagonists, which celebrates female creativity by combining a diverse chorus of female artists’ voices on stage. Gazes of women, expressed in different styles and languages, to accompany us in an acute and amused analysis of human current affairs in its many nuances and from angles so different as to go well beyond gender issues.

A review signed by artistic director of the Miela Theater Massimo Navone which was created to counter the trend of female presence in the main Italian theatres: here are just some data (mapping source Ass. Amleta): 6 female directors in the National Theaters against 12 male ones; 32.4% female presence among directors, playwrights, curators, adaptation and actresses compared to 67.6% male; 17.1% female directors for the main rooms and 82.9% male directors.

There are many proposals on the billboard starting from Saturday 2 March with the first ever of ‘Exaggerate!’ Of Cinzia Spanò (8.30 pm), founding member and president of Amleta, an association for the fight against disparities and violence in the world of entertainment: a Stand Up Comedy – but also a bit of Tragedy – a course for everyone aimed at achieving important goals in terms of gender equality and overcoming stereotypes.

Of note then, ‘The Bambolo’ with Linda Caridinew face of Italian cinema, the explosive and ironic ‘A free woman Of Roberta De Stefano‘I cry in the original language’debut of the very young girl Carla Vucmirovicup to the Istro-Venetian version of Franca Rame’s theater proposed by Petra Blašek?the show of Gianna Coletti “At menopause” o That would have been interesting con Matilde Facheris and the direction of Marcel Serli. And more meetings, performances and debates like the meeting Euromediterranea (8 March at 6.00 pm) with the Belarusian journalist Olga Karatch, Langer Prize 2023, political scientist and activist for peace and for human and civil rights, political dissident imprisoned several times who today lives in exile in Vilnius in Lithuania, from where she continues her tireless activity of denouncing human rights violations in Belarus. Again, Wednesday 27 March, at 8.30pm Clandestine geography, he performing-reportage of and with the photographer, journalist and travel writer Monika Bulaj, a work in progress with people fleeing from the madness of man. All the info on the site