Within the frame of the Italian Language Week in the World
Come un granello di sabbia
Giuseppe Gulotta, storia di un innocente
Written and directed by
salvatore arena and massimo barilla
with
salvatore arena
adaptation to English
simon bartolo
surtitles
kenneth scicluna
At the age of 18, Giuseppe Gulotta is forced to confess the murder of two policemen in a small barracks in Alcamo. The crime hides an unspeakable mystery: statesmen who deal with neo-fascist groups, arms trafficking and drugs. In order to cover up the silence, any scapegoat would do.
Through the “human” story of Giuseppe (but also those of Salvatore and Carmine – the other designated scapegoats) the play attempts to give justice to its personal dimension, that of a life nearly entirely taken away for dreadful reasons.
Giuseppe’s voice attracts us in this vortex telling us the story of his interrupted youth, his arrest, torture, the guilty silences, the prejudices but also the unshakeable resolute hope in a final restitution of his own humble and high identity.
The performance is the last chapter of the quadrilogy A Sud della Memoria that Mana Chuma has devoted to the contemporary history of Southern Italy.
To buy tickets: https://www.kultura.mt/en/events/like-a-grain-of-sand-NDUx
Mana Chuma Teatro
Contemporary theatre company, managed by Massimo Barilla and Salvatore Arena rooted in Strait of Messina, mainly engaged in social theatre and new dramaturgy. Its latest performance
“Come un granello di sabbia” was among the winners of the prestigious Premio Selezione In-box 2016. Mana Chuma represented the Italian narration theatre at the Fête du livre et des cultures italiennes in Paris. Three of its original works were translated into French as part of the promotion of Italian dramaturgy by the Maison Antoine Vitez and presented in various forms in Paris and in Brussels. Other works have been finalists for the Ustica Theatre Award and the Riccione Award. Mana Chuma has collaborated with nationally renowned artists including: Marco Baliani, Maria Maglietta, Marcello Chiarenza, Lucia Sardo, Mimmo Cuticchio, Luciano Nattino and coproduced with important organisations or festivals such as the Teatro delle Briciole (Teatro Stabile di Innovazione – Parma), the Casa degli Alfieri (Teatro Stabile di Innovazione – Asti) and the AstiTeatro Festival. Mana Chuma is one of the promoters of the Parco Horcynus Orca in the framework of which it is responsible for theatrical production and artistic programming. It also maintains collaborative relations with the Parco Nazionale dell’Aspromonte and has obtained the patronage of the Ente Teatrale Italiana on its overall activity.