conceived by Fabrizio Gifuni
from Ragazzi di vita ("Hustlers"), Poesia in forma di rosa, Alongside Pasolini, Seconda forma de La meglio gioventù by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rome, 1st performance at Teatro Argentina - 10 September 2022
Nearly twenty years after "Something Like a Very Long Cadaver" a cult show, conceived and performed by the actor, directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci - Gifuni returns to the pages of Pasolini with a new dramaturgy.
This rereading of Ragazzi di vita ("Hustlers") - Pasolini’s debut novel – interpolated and contextualized with other materials by the author (poems, political writings, letters, interviews) – gives life to a very personal story that the actor-author transfers into theatre, in a play of unique perspectives and dizzying doublings.
As the actor sets about taking us ‘inside’ the days of these young men, he shows us their generosity and their egotism - the comic, tragic, grotesque, and violent aspects of this human swarm that moves from suburban buildings towards the center - in a journey that is also a rite of passage from childhood to early adolescence. But at the same time, Gifuni's body/voice force us to deal with a poetic phantom that is still terribly uncomfortable and stinging today.
Firenze, Teatro della Pergola – from 28 to 30 November 2023
Milan, Teatro Franco Parenti – from 9 to 11 January 2024
Milan, Teatro Franco Parenti – from 27 to 29 May 2024