Ravenna Festival
Teatro Dubrovka di Mosca, 26 ottobre 2002
"Cardo rosso"
testo e drammaturgia di Maddalena Mazzocut-Mis
regia e interpretazione Chiara Muti
musiche di Giovanni Sollima
violoncelli Giovanni Sollima, Monika Leskovar
luci Valentina Venturi, Alessandro Ricci
assistente alla regia Maddalena Maggi
apparizioni Messalina Fratti, Elisa Masotti, Giulio Petrucci
voci off Chiara Muti, Marco Sgrosso, Giovanni Sollima
produzione di Ravenna Festival
prima nazionale
The red thistle, growing on dry, arid soil, becomes the symbol of a modern tragedy, the Dubrovka theatre crisis in Moscow, 23-26 October 2002. Playwright Maddalena Mazzocut-Mis evokes those tragic days in a choral script where every line oozes with pain. The voices of Chechen widows mingle with the voices of the actresses and audience who were taken hostages, and with those of the mothers of the soldiers sent to fight in Chechnya. It is a woman’s apologue against all kinds of war, violence and abuse. The play will be staged on the lawn of the 1895 shooting range overlooking the Corsini canal, under the big dark eagle that witnessed the training of several Olympic champions – a new restored space is returned to the city.
