| Length / Year: | 60', 2021, Italian premiere |
|---|---|
| Direction, dramaturgy, interpretation: | Tita Iacobelli |
| Based on: | Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol |
| Direction, dramaturgy, scenography and puppetry: | Natacha Belova |
| Interpretation: | Tita Iacobelli and Marta Pereira |
| Choreography and exterior look: | Nicole Mossoux |
| Collaboration of: | Sophie Warnant |
| Lighting design: | Christian Halkin |
| Sound design and music: | Simón González |
| Puppets: | Loïc Nebreda |
| Assisting dramaturgy and looking outside: | Raven Rüell |
| Costumes: | Jackye Fauconnier |
| Scenography and staging assistant: | Camille Burckel |
| Production: | Ifo Asbl & Belova-Iacobelli Company |
| Coproduction: | Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Poche Bruxelles, L’Atelier Théâtre Jean Vilar Louvain-la-Neuve, Maison de la Culture de Tournai, Festival Mondial de la Marionnette Charleville-Mézière, Fondation Corpartes Santiago, Chili, Le théâtre de la Cité de Toulouse |
| Lighting: | Gauthier Poirier Dit Caulier, Création Studio, Théâtre National, Wallonie-Bruxelles |
| General production: | Javier Chávez |
| Artistic production: | Daniel Córdova |
| With the support of: | Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Arts de la scène |
| Note: | Recommended for ages 12 and above |
Theatre
Belova / Iacobelli - Loco
Description
The theatrical project LOCO is inspired by the Russian author Nikolai Gogol’s short story Diary of a Madman, by Gogol’s own life and mental illness, and in part by our own experiences.
Nikolai Gogol’s Diary of a Madman is an absurd tale about the thin line between reason and insanity. The story’s main character is Poprishchin, a lowly civil servant whose life is thrown into turmoil following an encounter with the director’s daughter, Sofi. The love he feels for the inaccessible Sofi sets him on a delirious search for identity. “Maybe I am an earl or a general. Why do I look as if I’m just an insignificant employee? Maybe even I don’t know who I am”. As he puzzles over his status, he is compelled to question and investigate everything – even Sofi’s dog, Meggy. Eventually, madness offers Poprishchin the chance to break free of his miserable lot in life when he proclaims himself Ferdinand VIII, King of Spain. The deception briefly lifts Poprishchin out of his despair, only to plunge him deeper into ruin: the long-awaited “Spanish deputation” will soon arrive to escort their King Ferdinand... to the asylum.