At the Ambra Jovinelli theater, great actors and a wink at the cinema

Theater, with a wink at the cinema. The billboard for the new season of the Ambra Jovinelli theater in Rome, which will open on 12 October to close on 30 April with 18 shows scheduled, creates a strong alliance between stage and big screen, thanks to most of the authors and directors. , of the artists called on stage. A ‘happy union’, the one between the theatrical world and the cinematographic reality, openly blessed by one of the major protagonists of the next season, the director Ferzan Ozpetek who will re-propose his ‘Ferzaneide’, an inner journey between memory and emotions: “I come from world of cinema and sets, but the sensation you get on stage is incomparable – he assures – it is a very special drug, an incredible pleasure. And then – he adds, with a good dose of self-irony – I recommend to all actors to do theater, because you earn a lot more than the cinema … “. To open the curtain on the new season will be Emilio Solfrizzi, actor and director together with Antonio Stornaiolo of ‘Il cotto e il raw’, where Puglia is the background, the region most present for the register of actors and directors of this billboard, “passed in a short time from Cinderella to Princess of Italy”, observes Solfrizzi with Apulian pride. We continue, among the various proposals, with Serena Dandini – who of Ambra Jovinelli was the artistic director at the time of the reopening after a long period of closure, when “everything was devastated here” – and her ‘Come forward, stupid! ‘. Then, it is the turn of the duo formed by Carolina Rosi and Gianfelice Impastato for ‘Ditegli always yes’ by Eduardo De Filippo.After the spectacular ‘Nude’ by Daniel Finzi Pasca between theater, music, dance, circus art, Lino Guanciale and Francesco Montanari will propose ‘The cruelest man in the world’, preceding Sabina Guzzanti in her ‘The green hills of Africa’. Then, Sergio Rubini in the theatrical reworking of the film ‘The De Filippo brothers’ and the ‘revised, corrected and extended’ re-presentation of ‘Cetra una volta’ with Emanuela and Stefano Fresi and Toni Fornari. Giuliana De Sio will be the interpreter of ‘The lady of Tuesday’ an author noir written by Massimo Carlotto. Giuseppe Battiston is instead the protagonist of ‘The suitcase’. For lovers of the classic author, as well as an actor, Michele Placido arrives with ‘La bottega del caffè’ by Carlo Goldoni, which he also directs: “Before I always made dramas, now I like to make comedies”, he explains. A duo that recalls the successful TV series of ‘Delitti del BarLume’, composed by Filippo Timi and Lucia Mascino, is proposed for the ‘Walk of health’ by Nicolas Bedos. The direct reference to the world of cinema is back for the theatrical transposition of ‘Perfect strangers’, the show by Paolo Genovese with a cast still being defined. “It was a long-term choice – confesses the director – after refusing to make the films ‘Perfect Strangers’ 2, 3, 4, the series and … the set of dishes. But I believe that, through the stage, this story still has something to say. ” The closing of the season is entrusted to Fabio Troiani in ‘The child god’, with lyrics and music by Sandro Luporini and Giorgio Gaber. ‘Make love and theater!’, Or ‘make love and make theater’ is the slogan chosen for the new season by the artistic director Fabrizia Pompilio. “It is intended to be an invitation to face the challenges of the present, without losing hope and courage and choosing the path of doing, of common action – he explains during the presentation of the bill – We cannot forget that the theater is historically the place of action and of sharing and it is this awareness that has always guided us in the search for direction “. As for the response from the public, “it was immediate and surprising”, she points out with satisfaction, “demonstrating the urgency of finding oneself and returning to experience the magic of theater”. (Di Enzo Bonaiuto)