Romeo Castellucci / Socìetas
| Loud noises will be made during performance so the use of earplugs is recommended Adult show, with explicit language and nude scenes Recommended minimum age: 18 |
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| Direction, set, costume, lights: | Romeo Castellucci |
| Music: | Scott Gibbons |
| Script by: | Claudia Castellucci and Romeo Castellucci |
| Starring: | Rascia Darwish, Gloria Dorliguzzo, Luca Nava, Stefano Questorio and Sergio Scarlatella (and tres extras) |
“Passionately intense in each of its frescoes, Romeo Castellucci reaches the highest echelon of theatre with the web of mystery and excitement that is Go Down, Moses”.Les Inrockuptibles
Romeo Castellucci, the great master of contemporary European theatre, once again questions the figure of God through art. And he reinvents the world in the process, presenting a flurry of incredible images that move the audience from a more contemporary hyperrealism to an ancient imaginary world. Go Down, Moses –the production selected to kick off the XXXIV Festival de Otoño a Primavera– is a profoundly powerful piece intended to showcase a radical transfiguration of the story of Moses through visceral images and sound.
The production, which can be seen at the Teatros de Canal’s Sala Roja from 13 to 15 October, is an unexpected, esoteric and abstract piece that explores the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Dark, deep and divisive, Go Down, Moses is a profound meditation on the human mind by the most radical theatre company in Italy, a foundation upon which all kinds of uncertainties and existential questions are raised. The audience will not see an updated version of Exodus; Castellucci chooses instead to engage with the figure and the story of Moses on an abstract level.
Castellucci uses a series of tableaux and fragments to transfigure different moments in the life of Moses, a series that reflects something inherent in the substance of our time, in contemporary concepts and premonitions. Go Down, Moses is a performance of powerful images and ferocious sounds that leave their mark. “This is, above all, a visceral experience”, says the New York Times.
Castellucci returns to Madrid this autumn after the success of Moses and Aaron, an opera that was widely acclaimed when it premiered at the Teatro Real last May. He also presented On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God to much applause and controversy at the 2011 Festival de Otoño a Primavera. Go Down, Moses first premiered at the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne on 25 October 2014 and has since been seen at some of the most prestigious venues and festivals around the world, in cities such as Adelaide, Quebec, New Jersey, Rotterdam, Montpellier, Athens, Vienna, Strasbourg, Munich, Antwerp, Paris and Rome.
| Direction, set, costume, lights: | Romeo Castellucci |
| Music: | Scott Gibbons |
| Script: | Claudia Castellucci and Romeo Castellucci |
| Starring: | Rascia Darwish, Gloria Dorliguzzo, Luca Nava, Stefano Questorio and Sergio Scarlatella (and tres extras) |
| Set design collaboration: | Massimiliano Scuto |
| Lighting designer assistant: | Fabiana Piccioli |
| Set construction director: | Massimiliano Peyrone |
| On-stage sculptures, prosthesis, machinery: | Giovanna Amoroso and Istvan Zimmermann |
| Costume design: | Laura Dondoli |
| Sound composition assistant: | Asa Horvitz |
| Stage technicians: | Lorenzo Martinelli, Michele Loguercio and Filippo Mancini |
| Sound technician: | Matteo Braglia |
| Lighting technician: | Danilo Quatrociocchi |
| Producers: | Benedetta Briglia and Cosetta Nicolini |
| PR: | Valentina Bertolino and Gilda Biasini |
| Administration: | Michela Medri, Elisa Bruno and Simona Barducci |
| Financial consultant: | Massimiliano Coli |
| Executive producer: | Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio |
| Coproduced by: | Théâtre de la Ville with the Festival d’Automne à Paris; Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne; deSingel International Arts Campus /Antwerp; Teatro di Roma; La Comédie de ReimsMaillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg / Scène Européenne; La Filature, Scène nationale-Mulhouse, Festival Printemps des Comédiens; Athens Festival 2015, Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre; Adelaide Festival 2016 Australia; Peak Performances 2016, Montclair State-USA |
| With the participation of: | Festival TransAmérique-Montreal |
| Thanks to: | Comune di Senigallia- Assessorato alla Promozione dei Turismi, Manifestazioni / AMAT |
| Tracks included in the performance: | O Heavenly King, composed by Alexander Knaifel and performed by Oleg Malov and Tatiana Melentieva. Track from the Alexander Knaifel: Shramy Marsha, Passacaglia, Postludia (Megadisc, 1996) album. Wade In the Water, composed by John Wesley Work II and Frederick J. Work and performed by Empire Jubilee Quartet. Track from the Take Me To The Water (Dust-to-Digital, 2009) album. |
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