“The eyes are the mirror of the soul.” Who knows how many times we have heard this phrase. Millions of times.
So much so that we no longer pay attention to it, we have trivialized it, we no longer think that the eyes play a central role in human relationships. Especially today when - too often - communication occurs by looking at a screen. And yet, it is still the eyes that allow us to express emotions, intentions and connections. The eyes are still the only window to the soul. So let's open these blessed eyes and witness that great collective pact that is the theater.
Where to look helps us see the world around us better. It's up to you to decide whether to keep them closed and miss out on life or open them and enjoy the emotions of shared and reciprocal glances. It's up to you to open the right window to the soul.
Make your choice, but do so with your eyes wide open.
This year too we will have a season preview where Nest Napoli Est Teatro in collaboration with Argot productions and Fertili Terreni, will present the semi-final of the fourth edition of OVER / Theatrical Emergencies in the Neapolitan room on 7 and 8 October 2023, in a rich two-day of shows and reflections on the new Italian theater panorama. OVER / Theatrical Emergencies was designed to enhance the experience of artists who are trying to establish themselves professionally in the world of live entertainment and performing arts. We start on October 7th at 21pm with Ridicola by and with Annamaria Troisi, a monologue freely inspired by “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” by Dostoevsky. We continue on October 8th at 19pm with You are the end of the world (literally)! by Annachiara Vispi, a multidisciplinary show that combines word, body and video to tell the ecofeminist thought, according to which there is a correlation between the degradation of nature and the subordination of women.
Second preview of the season, at the same time as over 100 Italian theatres, on 9 October the restitution by Giuseppe Miale di Mauro of Marco Paolini's text “VajontS for a choral civil oration” will be staged, an action by Teatro Civile that addresses the challenge of the climate crisis.
The season will officially start on 21 and 22 October where we will attend the show Con la Carabine (Ubu Award for best direction and best new foreign dramaturgical text) by Pauline Peyrade directed by Licia Lanera which tells the story of a little girl from An 11-year-old French court recognized that she consented to the rape she suffered at the hands of a friend of her older brother. Now that she has become a woman, she decides to take justice into her own hands. On 4 and 5 November we continue with Umanità Nova – Chronicles of a revolution directed by Cristiana Minasi, with Giuseppe Carullo: The show intends to convey the importance of knowing and transmitting a bad page of our history, the one concerning the Reggio Riots, in this case the Reggio Riots, to prevent the events from repeating without being known. On Friday 10 November Paolo Ruffini will inaugurate the format An Evening at the Nest: Through stories, anecdotes, stories and questions from the #GiovaniO'Nest, the artist will put aside the role of the actor, to reveal many aspects of his career and his life in an intimate and intense conversation.
On November 18th and 19th Peppe Lanzetta arrives at the Nest with Lenny, a comic and corrosive monologue by the poet from the Bronx about our times. The month of December at the Nest opens with Malaluna Nova, by and with Vincenzo Pirrotta, on stage on 2 and 3 December: a journey inside the city of Palermo and its province, trying to tell its story in a "concert for solo voice". Being born in a neighborhood like Forcella can be difficult and, in some cases, it can be a path towards a life that can only lead to pain: this and much more in The Invisible Child with Daniele Vigorito, on stage at the Nest on the 16th and December 17th. The third and final show of December will be a special non-subscription event: Tombolata Show, an irreverent traditional numerical cabala hosted by Emilio Massa, on stage on December 27th.
On February 3 and 4 at the Nest Lampedusa Beach with Valentina Elia directed by Marcello Manzella: the clear and terrible monologue of a young North African, illegal immigrant, named Shauba who drowns in the sea right in front of the coast of Lampedusa. February at the Nest will end on February 17 and 18 with Duccio Camerini who will bring to the Nest Una vita nel teatro by David Mamet: a show that compares two generations of actors, a young man at the beginning of a journey, who knows if bright or dark, and a mature actor, who for better or worse has already done and given everything he could.
Also this year, great attention will be paid to the little ones: on March 2nd and 3rd, Greta La Matta will be on stage, a collective creation by Massimiliano Burini, Matteo Svolacchia and Giulia Zeetti, designed for the whole family, which tells the story of the growth of a little girl, who in a transformation of nicknames is labelled and excluded by everyone and the world.
We continue on March 16 and 17 with Tie-Break, written and directed by Paolo Zuccari, a show about the end. Of a tennis match, of a marriage, of a friendship, and of a life. On April 7, the third appointment with Una serata al Nest con, starring Peppe Servillo & Solis String Quartet who will bring San Giovanni a Teduccio Carosonamente, a new concert entirely dedicated to Renato Carosone. A 34-year-long correspondence between a lifer and the judge who sentenced him, this is the story written by Elvio Fassone and staged by Simone Schinocca: Fine pena ora on stage at the Nest on April 20 and 21. On May 5, Geppi Cucciari will be the fourth protagonist of our format Una serata al Nest con. On May 9th and 10th at the Nest we will have Niu Wave, a two-day event of new generation shows curated by Niu Teatro: starting with I was born ready directed by Renato Bisogni: the story of three friends since childhood, who cultivate big dreams in the suburbs of Naples.
The two-day event will end with Much Ado About Nothing, the Neapolitan adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the same name, curated and directed by Giuseppe Miale di Mauro with traditional Neapolitan music curated by Mariano Bellopede. Last but not least, our last appointment with Una Serata al Nest with Lillo Petrolo as the protagonist (Date to be defined).
The Nest season, also this year, finds ample space for workshops, evidence of a training proposal carried forward with great strength and conviction, totally free, which this year sees the partnership with Q8, whose aim is not to create new actresses or new actors but new culturally aware citizens, who wish to inhabit a theater and a cultural place, who love it, nourish it, live it. Among the teachers who this year participate with immense dedication to our project are Cristina Donadio, Maurizio Capone, Mariano Tufano, Anna Redi. "At Q8 we have always believed in people and their talents. This is why we decided
to give our contribution, supporting the laboratories of the project of approach to the theatre
#GiovaniO'Nest, dedicated to young people who want to try their hand at the seventh art. – comments Fortunato Costantino Director of Human Resources, Legal & Corporate Affairs of Q8. We are convinced that companies can and must increasingly play a social role: investing in culture and quality projects therefore represents not only a concrete commitment to the realization of dreams, but also a valid support for the territory in terms of valorization of human heritage, as well as the creation of energy, synergies and constant stimuli” – he concludes.
Another important new development this season will see a partnership between Nest and Kineton that will give life to a training project for new technical and administrative personalities to maximize the transmission and specific professionalization in the sectors of theatrical technical-cognitive development. The courses will train new theatrical electricians and new theatrical stagehands. On the one hand – explains Kineton – a company that, in the panorama of young entrepreneurship, has carved out a space for itself of visibility and productivity, as demonstrated by the awards and many certificates obtained, not only on a national level. On the other hand, a theater that is born from the courageous and audacious choice not to be a "spectacle factory", but to graft itself onto a social fabric in which marginalization and violation of the law have constituted for many years the recognizability and definition of an entire territory".
The Nest acting courses for cinema and theater will finally start in October. The courses will be reserved for children aged 9 to 19 and will aim to provide the fundamental notions and the right practice for working as an actor/actress through the study of acting techniques, stage movement, voice modulation and expressiveness. Siag Cafè will accompany us in this new adventure, donating eight scholarships for course students.
From 1 September until 31 December we will have the "Polibus Shuttle" service made available by the municipality of Naples. The shuttle will leave, on the occasion of the shows, from Piazza Giovanni Bovio and the University Metro station and will allow you to reach the NEST- Napoli Est Teatro without any intermediate stops. The routes are clearly understood to include the outward and return journey.
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