AMLETO

by William Shakespeare
directed by Leonardo Lidi
with Mario Pirrello, Giuliana Vigogna, Nicola Pannelli, Ilaria Falini, Rosario Lisma, Christian La Rosa, Alfonso De Vreese
production Teatro Stabile Torino – Teatro Nazionale

Director's notes It seems to me, and I say this with regret, that there is still a need to reiterate the whys and wherefores of theatre. And by theatre I mean the only one I know, the one that is not content to repeat the past like a relic, the one that does not evaluate its existence with the applause meter, as if it were some TV format. Theatre cannot and must not reason around the perception of its own approval or hide behind the search for easy consensus. This would mean abdicating its social purpose. Its raison d'être lies…