FUORI DAI TEATRI

by Rä di Martino

In the early 1970s, a group of young people founded the Centro per la Sperimentazione e la Ricerca Teatrale in the Tuscan town of Pontedera. Inspired by the experiences of Odin Teatret, they give life to a real community that reflects on theater as a place where change occurs and where people interact with the public in different ways. The stories of the protagonists and founders of this experience are reinterpreted by the actors Lino Musel- la and Anna Bellato using the verbatim technique, which con- sists in reciting the interviews live while listening to them with earphones. The vibrant voices of the actors are combined with historical images, photos and video materials to create a mul- tifaceted collage of an experience lived and transmitted in per- son. An artist’s vision on the energy of the origins and a critical reflection of the works and activities that have characterized Centro Pontedera. Fuori dai Teatri is an investigation of an ar- tistic vision that turned a provincial town into an international capital of theater which has hosted seminars, shows, authors and world-famous actors.

The project is made possible with the collaboration of Artissima, the Archivio Nazionale Cinema Impresa CSC - Ivrea and the commission of Paola Nicolin for the classroom.

The project is made possible by the Fellows’ Project Fund of the American Academy in Rome.

2023 Biografilm Festival, Bologna, Italy

2021 FilmMaker Festival, Milano, Italy

2021 Lo Schermo dell'Arte Film Festival, Firenze, Italy