A theatrical debut that promises to shock minds and mix fragility with madness: "CRICK – a one-act play in six accounts" makes its national premiere at the Sala Assoli-Moscato from May 8th to 11th, staging a dystopian story in which an ordinary man undergoes brain experiments to become "normal" in a world that turns weaknesses into dangerous weapons.
Show Details
The show, produced by Casa del Contemporaneo, is based on the text "Il topolino Crick" by Francesco Silvestri and Melina Formicola, and directed by Rosario Sparno.
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The Shocking Plot
In this bold reinterpretation, Silvestri transforms the story of Charlie Gordon and Algernon the mouse into that of Antonio Cafiero, a cognitively impaired worker in a shoe factory who bonds with Crick the mouse in a clinical experiment. Antonio undergoes a procedure that promises to triple his intelligence, chasing the mirage of resembling "others," but the result is a dystopian and heartbreaking narrative, where humanity sacrifices fragility, fallibility, and a touch of wonder for blind progress. Silvestri's theater teems with marginal antiheroes, small yet powerful individuals, thanks to an unexpected superpower: fragility as a strength, diversity as a resource, emotion as resistance, and the capacity for wonder.
Words from the Director
Rosario Sparno, the director, doesn't mince words: Francesco loved comics and superheroes. His favorite was Antman. I would define his dramaturgy as “Antman's dramaturgy, or that of Superheroes.” This Superhero increases his strength by becoming very small, like an ant. He can make others small too, if he wants, and then return to “normal” at will. Here they are, the characters in Francesco Silvestri's theater: beings on the margins, invisible, small as ants, but extremely strong thanks to their superpower: fragility and the ability to be amazed. But every superpower, as we know, is a gift that brings with it its burden. Superheroes struggle to adapt to the reality that surrounds them. Finding a place among the “normal” is difficult, even though it is often what they desire most, so as not to be alone. Antonio Cafiero is one of these superheroes. Perhaps the closest to them in Francesco's dramaturgy. A stark warning to those left on the margins of a society that doesn't know how to manage its "little heroes."
Comments (1)
The article describes a show that seems interesting but there are many things that I do not understand well. The plot is complicated and I do not know if I will like it. I wait to hear other opinions before deciding whether to go.