CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY
ESI – ITALIAN SCHOOL INSTITUTION
PRESENT
SYNPHONIA
Musical Clowning for adults and children of the ERBAMIL Theater Company
with Lorenzo Baronchelli, Michele Cremaschi, Pier Frugnoli, Manuel Gregna
Directed by Fabio Comana
Tuesday 27 May 2003 – Ore 20.00
THE HAGUE – Pierrot Theater – Ferrandweg 4t
Show organized jointly with the "CLUB ITALIA" of the European Patent Office
Wednesday 28 May 2003 – Ore 20.00
UTRECHT – Circolo Italiano C.O.I. – Weerdsingel WZ 20a
Four impeccable orchestra professors, impetuous and distinct in their tuxedos. They came to delight the audience with the most virtuous performances of classical music. Equipped with their violins, are preparing to perform the concert, not before having properly tuned them. But the concert fails to start.
Four very neat violinists, dressed up in a tuxedo. They have come to entertain audiences with virtuoso performances of classical music.. Equipped with their violins, they prepare to start the performance, but not before they vote them. But the concert does not want to get going
A rock star acclaimed by thousands of fans who sends a riot as soon as he takes the stage. He mentions singing his most famous hit, and the crowd is already in raptures. But what will happen when the playback system fails and despite the technical problems that worsen, “the show must go on”?
A rockstar is cheered on by thousands of fans who are thrilled when it takes the stage. She starts to sing her most famous hit and the whole audience is already in ecstasy. But what will happen if the playback installation breaks down and if, despite all, getting worse, technical problems, ‘the show must go on’?
A gospel choir struggling with one of the most classic pieces in the history of jazz, arranged and performed in a curious and original way. Too bad they forgot to warn the soloist
A gospel choir sings one of the most classic pieces in jazz history. It is an arrangement that they will perform in a special and original way. Too bad they forgot to warn the soloist.
A show that would like to be a concert, without ever succeeding. A concert that becomes a comic theater due to the clumsy inadequacy of the actors
A spectacle that should have been a concert, without ever succeeding. A concert that will be comical. due to the inadequacy of the actors
In reality, music is a pretext to create the most unpredictable and catastrophic difficulties for actors / clowns, in line with the comic tradition of clowning and in rigorous application of the famous Murphy's law “: “if one thing can go wrong, here goes”.
In reality, music is a trigger to create the most unimaginable and catastrophic difficulties for the actors / clowns. That happens like most clowns and according to Murphy's famous law: "When something can go wrong, then that will also happen ".
It turns out it's a fun sight, light, built in curtains, of a gentle and subtle comedy that does not seek macroscopic ³gags for effect” but it focuses on the rhythm and skill of a precise concatenation of drawbacks, suffered by the actors with the ingenuity of the clown: the melancholy amazement of realizing that the audience should have listened to a wonderful Symphony in silence and instead just laughs at them.
The result is a performance that is entertaining and light-hearted. A spectacle built on short scenes, with friendly and fun jokes and without easy gags. It is a rhythm-based spectacle, with precise sequence of setbacks that the actors undergo with the naivety of clowns: sadly surprised because they understand the audience, that should have listened to beautiful symphonies in silence ,do nothing but laugh at them.