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Blindness

From the masterpiece novel by the Portuguese Nobel Laureate in Literature, José Saramago, a visionary modern day parable adapted for the theatre by Gigi Dall'Aglio

CREDITS
year
2004
text
Josè Saramago
italian translation by Rita Desti
directed by
theatrical adaptation by Gigi Dall\'Aglio
cast
Roberto Abbati, Francesco Accomando, Maria Ariis, Paolo Bocelli, Cristina Cattellani, Fabiano Fantini, Rita Maffei, Ciro Masella, Renato Rinaldi, Tania Rocchetta, Roberta Sferzi, Massimo Teruzzi, Marcello Vazzoler
set & lighting design
direction, set design and costumes by undergraduates attending the IUAV (the University of Venice Faculty of Arts and Design) specialist degree course workshop in Theatre Science and Technical Design, under the direction of Gigi Dall'Aglio, Giacomo Andrico, Vera Marzot
lighting design Alberto Bevilacqua
music
sound engineer Renato Rinaldi
additional details
video design and editing by Davide Ortelli, Stefano Vigo and Marco Zampieri (IUAV - Clast)
production
Fondazione Teatro Due - CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del FVG in co-production with Teatro di Roma

A mysterious infectious disease which robs all those affected of their sight, begins to spread across society, soon becoming an epidemic. Segregated and confined to an old abandoned mental asylum guarded by armed soldiers, the sick experience a  merciless descent into a living hell, where dignity, respect and human pity are overshadowed and finally replaced by the violence of primal needs and insticts, of the strong and their abuse of power. However, the solidarity and love of a few unites and holds a small group of survivors together and later these few find their sight restored and return to live in the world with ‘new eyes’.

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Tour

9-14 March 2004
16-17 March 2004
Udine, Teatro San Giorgio
20-21 March 2004
23-28 March 2004
30-31 March 2004,
1-4 April 2004
6-7 Aprile 2004
Parma, Teatro Due
5-10 October 2004
12-17 October 2004

Rome, Teatro India
8-13 February 2005
15-20 February 2005
Turin, Cavallerizza Reale
25-27 February 2005
Pisa, Teatro Verdi
1-6 March 2005
Reggio Emilia, Teatro Cavallerizza
9 March 2005
Gubbio, Teatro Comunale