What is behind the curtains? The magic world of theatre and presence; the real world of obstinate daily training, so as to be able to say “I’m here and now” on the stage; the actress on her feet, wearing the shoes of her characters.

"Behind the Curtains"
with Ana Woolf (Argentina)
director Julia Varley (Odin Teatret, Denmark)
December, 18th 2011
h. 18.00
c/o Teatro Nobelperlapace, San Demetrio (AQ)
within the programme rassegna Strade curated by Giancarco Gentilucci - Arti e Spettacolo
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
the rest of the world calls a butterfly."
(Lao Tzu, The Book of the Way and Virtue)

"Doña Musica's Butterflies"
with: Julia Varley
directed by: Eugenio Barba
production: Odin Teatret (Denmark)
Wednesday, January 4th 2012
h. 21.30
Magfest Pescara Corpo-Parola-Potere
c/o Tosti di Ortona Theatre
tickets 8 euros (full price),
5 euros (concession)
Young girls burnt at the stake, rape and torture, giving in, impossible loves that do not even stop at necrophilia, authoritarian and pious fathers: mediaeval miniatures that emerge from a remote past and are perpetuated just the same (if we only know how to read them) in the daily news of the planet.

“Rosvita” - concert reading
by Ermanna Montanari
Thursday, January 5th 2012
h. 21.30
Magfest Pescara Corpo-Parola-Potere
c/o Marrucino theatre, Chieti
tickets 10 euros (full price),
8 euros (concession)
“When I was growing up and something important got sucked up the hoover, my mum could be persuaded to get a piece of newspaper, unfold it on the floor and empty the cloth bag to try and find the missing thing. I don’t do that."

"Make-shift" cyberformance
with Paula Crutchlow and
Helen Varley Jamieson
Friday, January 6th 2012
h. 22.30
Magfest Pescara Corpo-Parola-Potere
c/o Mente Locale, Pescara
and live here
"Do it now. Do it now!"

"Dream through your singing mouth"
with Helen Chadwick
Saturday, January 7th 2012
h. 21.30
Magfest Pescara Corpo-Parola-Potere
c/o Matta, Pescara
tickets 10 euros (full price),
8 euros (concession)