MEN IN THE CITIES
di Chris Goode | con Giulio Forges Davanzati | regia Silvio Peroni | traduzione Noemi Abe | coproduzione Festival Quartieri dell’arte (Viterbo), Ludwig – officina di linguaggi contemporanei (Milano), Fortresse (Belgio), Odyssea (Crotone)
Contornato da due morti violente – il suicidio apparentemente inspiegabile di un ragazzo gay e l’omicidio di Drummer Lee Rigby fuori dalla caserma della Royal Artillery a Woolwich nel maggio 2013 – Men in the Cities è uno spettacolo coinvolgente sul male, sulla complicità e sulle forze che regolano le nostre relazioni.
Attraverso istantanee di vite apparentemente scollegate, vengono mostrati diversi personaggi, ognuno alle prese con una crisi. Unendo realtà e finzione, il testo presenta un ritratto impegnativo, ma molto umano, delle nostre relazioni in un ambiente frammentario e alienante come le città del XXI secolo.
Questo è un pezzo magistrale, che nasce da una grande capacità di osservazione – Financial Times
Chris Goode, drammaturgo, poeta, regista e attore, critico letterario, musicista e artista sonoro, è stato definito dal giornale The Guardian come “un artista di teatro di infinito talento e infinita compassione”.
Ha realizzato numerosi lavori, esplorando una grande varietà di stili: da progetti teatrali su larga scala come The Consolations (1999) e Speed Death of the Radiant Child (2007) a monologhi intimi come Kiss of Life (2002) e We Must Perform A Quirkafleeg! (2006), una serie di performance realizzate appositamente per le case del pubblico; da pezzi con una forte componente drammaturgica, come King Pelican (2009) a lavori più sperimentali, come Hey Mathew (2008) e Glass House (2009), un’installazione performativa per Deloitte Ignite alla Royal Opera House.
Tra i suoi lavori più recenti si ricordano Monkey Bars (2012), Infinite Lives (2014), Mad Man (2014), e Men in Cities (2014).
Performer regolare dell’Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ha vinto quattro Fringe First Awards per Men in the Cities, Monkey Bars, Neutrino (2001) e Kiss of Life. Lo spettacolo …Sisters (2008, Gate Theatre, Londra) riscrittura radicale di Tre sorelle di Chechov, ha vinto il Headlong/Gate New Directions Award.
È stato direttore artistico del Camden People’s Theatre (Londra) dal 2001 al 2004, e nel 2011 ha fondato la compagnia Chris Goode and Company.
I suoi testi sono pubblicati da Oberon Books.
MEN IN THE CITIES
by Chris Goode
with Giulio Forges Davanzati
directed by Silvio Peroni
co-production Festival Quartieri dell’arte (Viterbo), Ludwig – Officina di Linguaggi Contemporanei (Milano), Fortresse (Belgio), Odyssea (Crotone)
Framed by two violent deaths – the apparently inexplicable suicide of a young gay man, and the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in May 2013 – Men in the Cities is a compelling piece about harm and complicity, and about the forces that shape our relationships.
Through fractured snapshots of seemingly disconnected lives, the play presents a challenging but radically humane portrait of how we live now.
Has moments of such staggering potency that it feels like the air is on fire – Time Out
A fierce, poetic and troubled dramatic monologue which conjures up a range of characters adrift in 21st century city… destined to become a quiet classic of post-social theatre – The Scotsman
Goode’s writing is excellent, frequently funny and often unexpected… it offers something raw and honest that is exactly what theatre should be – The List
A fractious, mesmerising tale… the piece builds, like a symphony, to a shattering emotional climax – The Telegraph
This is a masterly piece, beautifully observed – Financial Times
Chris Goode is a British writer, director, performer and musician, hailed by The Guardian as “a theatre maker of infinite talent and infinite compassion”. He has amassed a significant body of unpredictable work in diverse formats: from large-scale theatre-based projects such as The Consolations (1999) and Speed Death of the Radiant Child (2007), to intimate solo storytelling pieces like Kiss of Life (2002) and We Must Perform A Quirkafleeg! (2006), one of a series of performances made specifically for audiences’ own homes; and from script-based pieces like King Pelican (2009, nominated for a TMA Award for Best New Play) to more obviously experimental works such as Hey Mathew (2008), and Glass House (2009), a performance installation for Deloitte Ignite at the Royal Opera House. Recent projects include Monkey Bars (2012), Infinite Lives (2014), Mad Man (2014), e Men in Cities (2014).
A regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he has won four Fringe First awards for Men in the Cities, Monkey Bars, Neutrino and Kiss of Life. He also won the Headlong/Gate New Directions Award for his radical version of Chekhov, …SISTERS, at the Gate Theatre.
He was the Artistic Director of Camden People’s Theatre from 2001 to 2004 and currently leads the ensemble Chris Goode and Company.
His plays are published by Oberon Books.