THE QUEEN OF LEENANE

by Martin McDonagh
directed by Raphael Tobia Vogel
with Ambra Angiolini and Ivana Monti
and with Stefano Annoni and Edoardo Rivoira
production Teatro Franco Parenti

Martin McDonagh, master of contemporary theatre and the grotesque, is known for his raw, ironic and ruthlessly realistic style. Acclaimed for plays such as The Leenane Trilogy and films such as Three Posters to Ebbing, Missouri, The Spirits of the Island and In Bruges, he is considered one of the most brilliant contemporary authors, capable of combining black humour with sharp social criticism. With The Little Queen of Leenane, the Irish playwright constructs a psychological thriller with a noir flavour, in which tension and humour combine in a merciless tale about family and loneliness. A bond between a mother and…