with great pleasure that we welcome the news of this wonderful initiative of AMREF and Theatre crumbs Solares Fondazione delle Arti, bringing on stage at Theatre Leonardo da Vinci Milan of (from 13 to January 16) and dell'Archivolto Theatre of Genoa (the January 22 ) a free adaptation the Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht of , in turn inspired by an ancient Chinese fable of the biblical Solomon and judged. To interpret it is the group of twenty girls born and raised in the slums of Nairobi in the past five years have participated in the project Malchijah ("queens " in Swahili), the artistic and educational sponsored by AMREF in capital of Kenya through the recitation offered them an opportunity of expression and redemption, under the guidance of director and playwright Letizia Quintavalla .
"Being a young woman in a slum in Sub Saharan Africa is one of the biggest challenges of our time - says Tommy Simmons, general manager of AMREF Italy - With the staging of this show we like to call attention and commitment all on the plight of adolescent girls in urban areas of Africa. For the betterment of society, in fact, it requires the inclusion of marginalized groups, from women, because the opportunities for African development based primarily on their shoulders, their sense of responsibility and solidarity and their spirit of enterprise training ed economica”.
Il Cerchio di Gesso è stato scelto dalle ragazze di Malkia perché affronta il tema tipicamente brechtiano della possibilità di praticare la bontà in un contesto come quello da cui provengono, caratterizzato da profondi squilibri e ingiustizie, e propone una concezione della maternità non necessariamente riconducibile a una matrice biologica. L’opera racconta infatti l’odissea di Grusha, sguattera nella residenza reale, propagatrice del principio rivoluzionario secondo cui “terribile è la tentazione della bontà”. In seguito a una congiura, il re viene messo to death and fleeing the queen leaves the child, instead of which will take care Grush.
"The important thing is not acting well or badly, but play true - said Letizia Quintavalla - The theater of it deals with AMREF theater is not entertainment or aesthetic, but it is an art form that serves to rehabilitation for the transformation and change. I chose Bertolt Brecht and his text because he conceives of only one kind of theater, one made to change the world. If not, is useless. "
The show is supported by Fondazione Edoardo Garrone, and Cariplo Foundation Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria, and sponsored by Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Milano, Milan City Council, School Department for Lombardy, Expo 2015, the Liguria Region and the Municipality of Genoa.
addition to the direction of Quintavalla Letizia, the project Malchijah can count on the artistic collaboration of Elisa Cuppini , Renata Palminiello , Morello Rinaldi and Patrick Romeo, and falls in "Children in need", the recovery program of street children sponsored by AMREF since 1999 in the suburb of Dagoretti, a large area on the southern outskirts of Nairobi which includes within it many slums. Starting point and true cornerstone of the program "Children in need" is the full involvement of communities, political and religious leaders, and the multiplication of contacts with the local population to prevent the formation of those conditions of social disintegration and violence that push many young people on the street. The center's activities ranging from medical aid and food to the office, but in recent years, particular attention was given to the promotion various artistic activities, with the dual aim of encouraging original training and provide students the most effective means to return to dialogue with the community. The theater in particular has demonstrated from the start, with Pinocchio Nero of Marco Baliani , a strong hold on the young and the ability to engage in a real process of recovery.
In Milan, the show will be staged on January 13 (19.45 hours), January 14 (20.45), January 15 (20.45) and Jan. 16 (hours 16.00). You can book and buy tickets online with credit card www.vivaticket.it on, or at the box office of Teatro Leonardo ( www.teatroleonardo.it ), via Ampère 1, corner Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, open Monday to Saturday from 15.30 to 19.30 (tel. 02/26681166 - e-mail: biglietteria@teatroleonardo.it ). The price is 20 € (full price) and € 15 (reduced under 26 and over 60). On 12, 13 and 14 January at 10 am, free matinees for schools (for bookings tel. 02/54107566, e-mail scuole@amref.it ). In Genoa, there will be two performances on Jan. 22, at 16 and at 21. You can book and purchase tickets at the box office of Teatro dell'Archivolto ( www.archivolto.it ), in piazza Modena 3 (tel. 010/412135, e-mail: biglietteria@archivolto.it ). Il prezzo è di 20 e 18 euro, e di 7,50 euro per gli studenti con meno di 26 anni.
E non è tutto. In attesa di rivederle a teatro, le “Regine” di AMREF sono le protagoniste di un libro che racconta il loro percorso artistico e formativo. Nel volume Malkia – Regine , edito da Reggio Children , ogni capitolo è composto dalla narrazione dell’esperienza teatrale scritta da Letizia Quintavalla, responsabile della direzione artistica del progetto, che in sequenza non cronologica si intreccia a testimonianze 14 taken from diaries written during the stage performances conducted in Nairobi, and a "pedagogic interlude" by Reggio Children, which, from these narratives, offers interpretations, but also indications of work and possible approaches. The book is attached to the DVD of the documentary edited by the director Loy Angelo, with the filming crew Different Perspective of AMREF, through the voice and the faces of the characters goes over all the research and preparation stage of the show. The book is available in the online shop of AMREF ( www.amref.it ), libraries in many Italian cities, and can also be ordered by sending an email to bookshop@reggiochildren.it o telefonando allo 0522/513753. Gli utili della vendita saranno interamente destinati al sostegno del programma “Children in Need”.
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