Biennale Teatro - 42. Festival Internazionale del Teatro
Ten days of performances with some of the finest
names on the international scene: Ute Lemper,
heir to the expressionist theatre of Brecht-Weill
who will inaugurate the 42nd International
Theatre Festival of the Biennale di Venezia on
August 2nd; Angélica Liddell, one of the greatest
revelations in recent years with her personal version
of Shakespeare’s Richard III; David Espinosa and
his provocative “minimalism”, an example of theatre in
times of crisis. And more: the art-theatre of Krystian
Lupa; the biting reinterpretations of the classics by
Thomas Ostermeier; the technological “writing” of
Guy Cassiers; the oneiric world of Gabriela Carrizo
and Peeping Tom; the vitality of Argentine theatre,
the newest discovery of recent years, with Claudio
Tolcachir; the fertile synthesis between the different
arts according to Jan Lauwers; Shakespeare revisited
by Tim Crouch through the minor characters in his
plays, brought to the stage by Fabrizio Arcuri; and
finally Declan Donnellan, one of the most influential
European directors to have taken on the great classics of
dramaturgy from all over the world.
he 42nd Festival will also present 8 original creations from the Biennale College – Theatre, developed in workshops by the many young artists selected to work with the great
masters of the stage. The result is Shakespeare, an itinerary in 5 short productions about Shakespearian
characters, selected and interpreted according to the
radically diverging approaches of 5 directors - Angélica
Liddell, Claudio Tolcachir, Gabriela Carrizo, Jan Lauwers,
Krystian Lupa. It has also led to the creation of the
new site-specific versions, developed for the spaces
and with the participants in the Venetian workshops,
of the performances by Motus, Nella Tempesta, and La Veronal, Los pájaros muertos. And to the creation of Natura e origine della mente, elaborated by Romeo Castellucci with the 20 actors and performers of his Venetian workshop.