Characterized by the charm of the divas of the past, from Marlene Dietrich to Lotte Lenya, Ute Lemper presents a very articulated repertoire, with the Kabarett of the years between the two wars as a reference point, up to the French author song of Brel, Ferrè, Vian , to the legendary musicals (Cats, Cabaret, Chicago), to the tango of Astor Piazzolla, up to Jazz. But another protagonist, to whom she will be awarded the Silver Lion on the occasion is Angelica Liddell, among the true revelations of recent seasons with a personal version of Shakespeare's Richard III; David Espinosa and the provocative “minimalism” of Mi gran obra, an example of theater at the time of the crisis (8 August at the Teatro alle Tese, 21,00 pm). It's still: the art director of Kristian Magnifying Glass with Ritter Dene Voss by Botho Strauss (7 August at the Goldoni Theater at 21,00).
The biting reinterpretations of the classics of Thomas Ostermeier, this time with Ibsen's Un enemy of the people at the Teatro Goldoni on 10 August (21,30 pm); while the technological "writing" of Guy Cassiers for Sunken Red's Jeroen Brouwers with the extraordinary interpreter Dirk Roofthooft (August 3 at the Teatro alle Tese). And still other dives this time dreamlike with the world of Gabriela Carizo and Peeping Tom as it appears in their last show, 32 rue Vandenbranden (August 10 Teatro alle Tese).
And what about the vitality of Argentine theater, a novelty on the scene in recent years, which will see its architect in Claudio Tolcachir, director and author of El viento en un violín (August 5 at 21,00 at the Teatro Goldoni). The synthesis between different arts is really happy Jan Lauwers which signs Marketplace 76 (August 6, Teatro alle Tese); while of a Shakespeare rewritten by Tim Crouch we assist in the minor characters of his comedies in the staging of Fabrizio Arcuri: Banquo from Macbeth, Pea flower from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cinna by Julius Caesar, Caliban from the Storm. In the end: Declan Donnellan, fra the most influential European directors to have faced the great classics of drama from around the world, with Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi; and the celebrated Lebanese playwright, actor and director Wajdi Mowawad with the monologue Seuls (August 3, Teatro Piccolo Arsenale)
But the Festival will also see the director's debut in Venice Àlex Rigola. Author of incisive rewritings of great classics that made him known beyond the borders of Spain and also in Italy, Àlex Rigola has frequented a lot of modern and contemporary dramaturgy, also staging texts by famous writers, such as the unfinished novel by Roberto Bolaño, 2666. And to Bolaño, cult author, Rigola returns with the adaptation for the scenes of the story El policia del las ratas (Teatro alle Tese on the opening day and in repeat on 3, 6, 7 August).
But in the 42nd Festival the original creations born from the Biennale College – Theatre, the result of the laboratory work of the many young artists selected alongside masters of the scene. Thus it was born Shakespeare, an itinerary in 5 short shows on Shakespearean characters, chosen and seen according to the radically different approaches of as many directors – Angélica Liddell, Claudio Tolcachir, Gabriela Carrizo, Jan Lauwers, Krystian Lupa. This is how the site specific versions are also born, i.e. modulated on the places and with the participants in the Venetian workshops, of the shows of Motus, In the Tempest, and The Veronal, Picasso – Pajaros muertos. And thus also Nature and the origin of the mind was born, elaborated by Romeo Castellucci with the 20 actors and performers of his Venetian workshop, for a program that includes numerous meetings – from 4 to 11 August – with the various protagonists of the theater scene to create moments of knowledge and insight into the work of the actor and director.
“In short, a real dive into the theatrical dimension to experience it at 360 degrees!” (Henry Gusella)
