“Teatro a Corte – Giovanni Macchia Award” review
The national exhibition “Teatro a Corte – Premio Giovanni Macchia” continues with great enthusiasm and success at the Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani in Trani, now in its fourth edition. Under the artistic direction of Enzo Matichecchia and Lella Mastrapasqua, the event is organized in collaboration with the APS Theater Company of Bisceglie-Trani and the Italian Free Theater Union.
Show on Saturday 22 June: “The Chinese Cabinet” is a brilliant comedy written by Aldo De Benedetti and staged by the theater group Il Focolare di Loreto (AN), directed by Rita Papa. The plot follows the events of two elegant upper-class ladies town, who are also friends. Both discover that, unbeknownst to each other, they have had a compromising relationship with the same handsome playboy. This seducer, forced to flee due to financial misadventures, hid all the love letters exchanged with his lovers in a Chinese cabinet, a cabinet full of hiding places and secret drawers. The two women, teamed up out of necessity, manage to obtain the precious locker in an attempt to recover and destroy the evidence of their betrayal. But the cabinet attracts the attention of their husbands, who discover the letters and read their contents. The story unfolds in a crescendo of comic situations and tensions, leaving the audience in suspense: will female cunning or male jealousy win?
Date: Saturday 22 June
Event: “The Chinese cabinet” by the theater group Il Focolare di Loreto
Place: ‘Davide Santorsola’ Court, Beltrani Palace of Arts, Trani
Hours: Shows start at 9.00pm (doors open at 8.30pm)
Other events of the event: The “Teatro a Corte – Premio Giovanni Macchia” festival offers a rich program that continues until 20 July, with weekly shows ranging from the comedy of errors to farce, passing through moments of more intimate and introspective reflection.
- Saturday 29 June: “I ri…Promessi Sposi” by Enzo Matichecchia, presented by the Compagnia dei Teatranti. The out-of-competition show reinterprets the famous novel by Alessandro Manzoni with irony and lightness.
- Saturday 6 July: “Non ti pago”, a great classic by Eduardo De Filippo, staged by La Bottega dei Teatranti. The comedy, full of paradoxical situations and humor, explores universal themes such as luck and destiny.
- Saturday 13 July: “Amici fragili” by Federico Buffa, performed by the theater company I sognAttori. The show will reflect on human frailties and the dynamics of friendship.
- Saturday 20 July: The event ends with “Voglia di Borotalco” by the company L’Allegra Compagnia di Turi. The show promises to end the season on a light and fun note.
Ticket info: Tickets for the shows of the event can be purchased in various ways, including the Teacher’s Card and the Youth and Merit Culture Card, exclusively at the box office of the Beltrani Palace of Arts.
- Poltronissima (numbered seat) single show: €10.00
- Free unnumbered seat: €8.00
Box office hours: The box office of the Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 20:00. Closed on Mondays. It is located in via Beltrani 51 in Trani (BT).
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Exhibition brochure: The brochure with all the events of the exhibition is available online and can be downloaded at the following link: 2024 exhibition brochure
Contact info: For further information, you can contact the Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani on the telephone number 0883.50.00.44 or visit the website www.palazzodelleartibeltrani.it.
Artistic programming of the Beltrani Palace of Arts: The artistic programming of the Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani, a multifunctional cultural container in the city of Trani, is curated by director Niki Battaglia. The event enjoys the media partner of Radio Selene and was created by the Association of the Arts with the collaboration and support of the City of Trani. It has the patronage of the International Festival of Andria Castel dei Mondi, with the intervention of the Puglia Region, the PACT Polo Arti Cultura Turismo of the Region, Extraordinary Plan 2022 “Let’s guard culture in Puglia” – Special Culture and Cultural Heritage Fund LR 40/2016 , art.15, paragraph 3 and the Teatro Pubblico Pugliese.
“Teatro a Corte – Giovanni Macchia Award” review
cover ph DAVIDE FERRANTE
