2019 Programme
Event #22
Umberto Orsini, Paolo Di Paolo
The future of the theatre
On stage for sixty years, Umberto Orsini dedicated himself to cinema, television and overall theatre, working along with Fellini and Visconti, Zeffirelli and Ronconi. Although, when he tells about himself and his professional experiences, he does not do so with melancholy of the balance. He thinks about theatre as an everlasting present, as a future that is built by daring: in the choice of texts, in the interpretation that is perfected, he touches new nuances. In the dialogue with the audience. In the construction of an audience. "When I'm about to enter the scene – Orsini confesses, who on the stage of the festival will talk with Paolo Di Paolo and read pages of his autobiography – I think that taking two hours of our time away from the obviousness of everyday words to say words written by others is a priceless thing. What a thief the actor is, and at the same time what a benefactor!”.
Umberto Orsini debucts in theatre by the age of 22 with the Compagnia dei Giovani and afterwards he worked along with major Italian directors. For the cinema, his interpretations in La caduta degli dei and Ludwig, both directed by Luchino Visconti, are well known. For television he interpreted with success Ivan of the Karamazov’s Brothers, directed by Sandro Bolchi. His most recent theatrical work is Il costruttore Solness by Ibsen, directed by Alessandro Serra. In 2019 he published his autobiography Sold out (Laterza).
Paolo Di Paolo is author, among many others, of the novel Mandami tanta vita (Feltrinelli, 2013, finalist at the Strega Award). Among his essays, Tempo senza scelte (Einaudi, 2016), Vite che sono la tua (Laterza, 2017). For Laterza he curated Sold out by Umberto Orsini. He writes for la Repubblica and L’Espresso.
Event #6
Alessandro Barbero
Popular revolts in Medieval Europe.
The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)
Event #16Approfonditamente
Dario Bressanini, Lucilla Titta
Yesterday’s and tomorrow's diets. How to survive fake news?
Event #21
Paolo Colombo, Michele Tranquillini
Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic
Event #25
Roberto Celada Ballanti
The destiny of a community and many religions: is there a dialogue for the future of humanity?
Event #31Approfonditamente
Marco Ortenzi, Marco Parolini
The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)
Event #62didatticaMente
Alberto Pellai, Barbara Tamborini
The emotive education of the hyper-connected generation
