Description
Tonight We Play "A Soggetto" was written in 1928 by Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Luigi Pirandello. The third part of his "Theatre within Theatre" trilogy, this play takes an incredible and extreme situation as the starting point to question the meaning of theatre: a director/scientist asks a group of actors to improvise an entire show in front of the public.
He questions: What is essential in order for a show to be presented to a given public? Where does "the Truth" in theatre live? What is the boundary that separates life from fiction?
Tonight We Play "A Soggetto" is a critical reflection on theatrical communication. Pirandello explores the vertiginous space that separates the actor from the character, playing both comically and dramatically on the similarities and differences between the two. The play also examines the relationship between the director and actors, and between the author and the public. In a continuous equilibrium between fiction and realism, Pirandello puts us in front of an obvious fact: in the world of art, it is not always easy to distinguish what each person's competencies are and it's not easy to ensure that everyone stays "in their place".
Concordia's version of Tonight We Play "A Soggetto" is a never ending rollercoaster ride. A true challenge for young actors, it is a pyrotechnic game and a leap into the world of theatre that draws on theatrical forms such as Commedia dell'arte, German expressionist theatre, puppetry, musical theatre and the Italian lyric opera.
