CAMPOBELLO Premiere: A Story of Europe on the Margins
By Eva-Maria Bertschy, with Abou Bakar Sidibé and Daniela Macaluso.
The first stage performance of the Campobello project. Campobello is a theatrical tale that interweaves reality and fiction to give voice to a Europe on the margins: a Europe sustained by the invisible labor of migrant laborers and the fragility of those living on the continent’s social peripheries. Set in a small town in western Sicily, the show follows the encounter between Simona and Amadou, two parallel lives united by a love that becomes a political gesture and a form of resistance.
The results of over two years of research in olive-harvesting areas, the work combines real-life testimonies, live music, and a stage language that blends Italian, French, and Bambara.
Director Eva-Maria Bertschy, together with Abou Bakar Sidibé and Daniela Macaluso, constructs a contemporary parable on institutional indifference, new forms of exploitation, and the solidarity that continues to emerge on the margins.
With an ever-changing scenography and original music that intertwines African traditions and European melodies, Campobello becomes a portrait of a contradictory Europe: a place of inequality, but also of community, resistance, and possibility.
17 dicembre, 21.00 – Teatro Garibaldi (Via Teatro Garibaldi 45) : Tickets will be available soon on this page.
18 dicembre, 19.00 – Teatro Garibaldi (Via Teatro Garibaldi 45) : Tickets will be available soon on this page.
CREDITS
Written and Directed by: Eva-Maria Bertschy
Set Design and Costume Design: Lea Burkhalter
Performers: Abou Bakar Sidibé, Daniela Macaluso
Composition and Musical Direction: Kojack Kossakamvwe
Musicians: Jonathan Mbayi, Nicola Mulumba, Jerry Iba, Ruth Samoya, Dieu Le Veux
Sumba, Tychique Ibal, Jeanne Lokomo
Video and Text: Abou Bakar Sidibé
Dramaturgy: Luca Maier
Translation: Enrico Bordieri, Katia Flouest-Sell
Technical Direction: Gabriele Gugliara
Lighting Design: Sylvain Faye
Scenography: Aurelio Ciaperoni
Assistant Director and Video Editing: Tiziano Locci
Production: Camille Jamet (HERProductions) and Letizia Gullo (Fondazione Studio Rizoma)
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
In Italian, French, and Bambara
Photos by Tito Puglielli.
