Iraqi Bodies hosts Italian Teatro del Lemming, 6-8 October 2023  at Konstepidemin

“THE SPECTATOR’S THEATRE” is the poetics originated and developed by Italian Teatro del Lemming based in Rovigo over the past 35 years. Within this framework they question the relation between actor and spectator.

During the last sixteen years their research has focused on myth. Through the myth, the actors build bridges between them and the spectators, crossing all conventional barriers and borders and thereby create a real human relation. In Gothenburg the company will perform Edipo–an adaptation of Sophocle’s ancient tragedy for one spectator at a time at Konstepedemin Hus 8.  On Sunday 8/10 there will also be a public talk with the company’s actors at ADAS Teater.

“Edipo is a unique occasion to experiment with new way of playing and a new idea of Theatre as such. Edipo subverts conventions, crumbles convictions, effects a unique experience. Who is the spectator and who is the actor? Am I in a real space or in an imagination? Am I the maker of my destiny or is it destiny that directs my actions? During the performance these questions defy rational logic in favour of emotional tension. The one who lives Edipo actually feels that only in one’s solitude can we discovr  our own multitude.” – Director Massimo Munaro

Director & Music: Massimo Munaro

Dramaturgical assistance: Roberto Domeneghetti

Actors: Marina Carluccio, Diana Ferrantini, Silvia Massicci, Elisa Rocco, Alessio Papa

& Fiorella Tommasini

The performance is 30 min and performed for 1 spectator at a time. The performance is in English.

Teatro del Lemming is an experimental theatre company founded in 1987 by Massimo Munaro and Martino Ferrari. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture since 1997 the company has won many awards including Prize Totola, Prize Piccoli Palcoscenici, the UBU prize, Giuseppe Bartolucci and Silver Snowflake at the Sarajevo Winter Festival. Teatro del Lemming is recognized as one of the leading companies of the new Italian and European theatre.

More info about the company at www.teatrodellemming.it