ANTONIO ORNANO in *The Bar Under the Sea*

by Stefano Benni
written and directed by Giorgio Gallione
starring Antonio Ornano
and featuring Gaia Elisa Rossi
produced by AGIDI

There is a bar hidden in the depths of the sea, a place outside the flow of time where stories rise to the surface like bubbles: ironic, poignant, visionary. It is from this imaginative space that Il bar sotto il mare comes to life, one of Stefano Benni’s most beloved books, a mosaic of short stories blending satire, poetry, surreal humour and sudden flashes of humanity.The show brings to the stage a selection of stories and characters that populate Benni’s universe: grotesque yet utterly endearing creatures, scathing monologues, and paradoxical situations which, behind the smile, reveal a lucid and ruthless…