20 Years of Theater Reportage
23-25 November 2018
Three days full of performances, music and films. Actors, film-makers and musicians are coming directly from the territories of conflict of the middle east to tell.
Concert by
Farqin (Kurdistan)
The Catwalk
The international group
Teatro di Nascosto
Dawi ya Dawi
Amed Şehir Tiyatrosu
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New Film by
Ali Kareem
Music by
Mubin Dunen (Turkish Kurdistan)
Camp d'Arby
Tavolo per La Pace
Programm
Friday 23rd November
Official Opening Celebration
18:00
VOLTERRA COUNCIL CASTLE, SALA GIUNTA
Ceremony marrying Italians, Iraqis, Kurds, Palestinians, Dutch, Germans, English
with 20 years of Theatre Reportage
Featuring Marco Buselli (Mayor of Volterra), Antonio Pasquino (Italian Ambassador to Baghdad), Luisa Morgantini (Former Vice-President of European Parliament), Farazdaq Qasum (Professor of the Arts at the University of Basrah), Annet Henneman and Gianni Calastri (founders of Teatro di Nascosto), International Actors from Teatro di Nascosto
Saturday 24th November
Short Films – Curated by Ali Kareem
10:00 - 12:00
CENTRAL CINEMA
Films about everyday life in the territories of conflict.
Presented by film directors from those areas.
In collaboration with high schools students from Volterra.
The Catwalk - Theater Reportage Performance
16:30 - 20:00
LA DOGANA, UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT
In a Catwalk procession by 23 actors from the international group. We hear the news headlines from Iraq, Kurdistan, Palestine, Syria. Over live music, while actors share intimate stories in the audience. Moments of life, love, pain, loss, dreams, celebration and hope.
Meet in Priori Square in front of the Council Castle in wedding dress
Somud u Ahlam - Monologue
21:00 - 22:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Annet Henneman and Fidaa Ataya (Palestine), in Arabic and Italian.
A mother shares stories of dreams and peaceful resistance, in her Bedouin village Jabal Al Baba in Palestine, situated next to an Israeli settlement. The checkpoints, the fear that her little nephew will lose his house, the arrival of the soldiers to remove 12 container homes.
The Jam Session - Concert
22:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
International Musicians:
Alex Etchart (Uruguay/England), Zaid Ayasa (Palestine)
Mubin Dunen (Turkish Kurdistan), Rocco Bertini (Italia) and others.
Sunday 25th November
Il Salatto - Donne
10:00 - 13:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Interventions by Palestinian and Kurdish/Iraqi actresses, dedicated to the International Day to End Violence Against Women.
What is life like without identity?
10:00 - 13:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Campaign raising awareness around Palestinians with no legal identity.
Il Salatto - Analysis Discussion
10:00 - 13:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Open space for foreign journalists inc. Armanj Zada (Iraqi Kurdistan), Abedo Dola (Palestine), Tammam Qassam (Basrah, Iraq) and Italian journalists.
Il Salatto - Camp d'Arby
10:00 - 13:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Presentation by Tavolo Per La Pace about a U.S. nuclear base near Pisa
Il Salatto - La Stazione di Volterra
10:00 - 13:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Architect from Archigraph share pland and photos for Teatro di Nascosto's latest project.
Evening - Dawi ya Dawi
16:30 - 20:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
A history of life in Turkish Kurdistan, with actors from the Diarbakir Stable Theatre in Turkish Kurdistan (now closed down, like so many things under president Erdogan).
Evening - L'Uomo Piccolo Piccolo
16:30 - 20:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
By Gaetano D'Alessandro and Sebastiano Cappiello a comedy where two dialects and two cultures meet, those of the south and the north of Italy.
Evening - Concerts
16:30 - 20:00
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Kurdish music with Farqin, Azat and Mubin Dunen
Palestinian Italian fusion music by Hudud
The Speaking Darabuka with Zaid Ayasa from West Bank, Palestine
Love and War songs by Nicola Pineschi
Ongoing Exhibitions 23rd – 25th November
Terra – Installation
ACROSS VOLTERRA
Edited by the Dutch artists Arno Peeters and Iris Honderdos.
Diyarbakir 1996 – Photo Exhibition
COUNCIL HALL, ATRIUM
Black and white photos of Diyarbakir in Turkish Kurdistan in 1996, by Andrew Berselli.
Embroidered Palestine – Installation
COUNCIL HALL, ATRIUM
Collection of suits, purses and other objects embroidered with the typical colours and patterns of Palestine by Sufyan Barakat Nima.
20 Years of Theatre Reportage – Photo Exhibition
TEATRO DI NASCOSTO, SCALA DOCCIOLA
Exhibition featuring custom prints and photo sets covering 20 years of Teatro di Nascosto’s work across many countries.
