UNA STORIA SOTTOSOPRA / UPSIDE DOWN
Suggested ages:
Ages 1 to 4 years
School range:
Nursery
Kindergarten
company: La Baracca - Testoni Ragazzi
directed by: Andrea Buzzetti
by: Andrea Buzzetti, Enrico Montalbani and Carlotta Zini
with: Andrea Buzzetti and Carlotta Zini
Scenes: Drawings by Enrico Montalbani
other info: Wide Eyes Co-production project
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Two characters live on different levels, they move along opposite sides and look at things from different points of view.
Each of them lives life with their own certainties and fears, both scared but curious to meet the other. The only common element between them is a small red cat that lives on both floors. It will be the escape of their four-legged friend to let them finally meet and give life to a chase that will soon become a journey full of discoveries and wonders. A research that will slowly connect the two protagonists allowing to lose themselves and enjoy their journey, almost forgetting the reason of their meeting.
Maybe by chance, maybe not, spaces turn upside down and points of view cross in a new upturned and shared dimension.
duration: 35'
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"Una Storia Sottosopra/Upside down" is a Wide Eyes Co-production.
“Wide Eyes” is at the core of a co-production project being developed within the framework of the European project Small size - Performing Arts for Early years (2014-2018).
> Awarded with the Grand Prix and the "25 Golden Stars" of Children's Jury during the 2017 edition of the Summer Puppet Pier Festival in Maribor, Slovenia.
> Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2017 edition of the "100, 1,000, 1,000,000 Stories" festival in Bucharest << for expressing strong emotions with very simple means >>.
> Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2019 edition of the "Spectaculo Interesse Festival" in Ostrava for << broadening viewers fantasy horizons>>.
Performance already shown in:
Teatro Testoni Ragazzi, Sala B, - 2017
Festival Kaolin & Barbotine, Centre Culturel Municipal Jean Moulin, Limoges - France - 2017
Cloister of the Pastoral Center Paolo VI, Brescia - Italy - 2017
Summer Puppet Pier Festival, Maribor Puppet Theatre, Maribor - Slovenia - 2017
Festival 100, 1.000, 1.000.000 Stories, The Comedy Theatre-Studio Hall, Bucarest - Romania - 2017
Shanghai Children's Art Theatre, Shanghai - China - 2017
Teatro SanBapolis, Trento - Italy - 2017
Teatro Testoni Ragazzi, Sala B, - 2018
Casa del Teatro Ragazzi e Giovani, Turin - Italy - 2018
Aula Magna Alma Bertotti, Egna/Neumarkt - Italy - 2018
Sala Comunale Vigil Raber, Vipiteno/Sterzing - Italy - 2018
Teatro Foce, Lugano - Switzerland - 2018
Within "WIDE EYES - A European Celebration of Performing Arts for the Very Young", final event of the European project "Small size, Performing Arts for Early Years", hosted by Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Black Box Theatre, Galway - Ireland - 2018
Teatro Cavallerizza, Reggio Emilia - Italy - 2018
Teatro San Giorgio, Bergamo - Italy - 2018
Malmitalo, Helsinki - Finland - 2018
Stoa, Helsinki - Finland - 2018
Sellosali, Espoo - Finland - 2018
Lumosali, Vantaa - Finland - 2018
Annantalo Art Centre, Helsinky - Finland - 2018
Rotondes, Louxemburg - Louxemburg - 2018
Teatro Comunale Luigi Russolo, Portogruaro - Italy - 2018
Teatro Astra, Vicenza - Italy - 2018
Festival Pépites, l'Art et les tout-petits - Théâtre de l’Ancre, Charleroi - Belgium - 2018
Festival International l'Art et les tout-petits, Théâtre La montagne magique, Bruxelles - Belgium - 2018
26th ASSITEJ International Summer Festival, Jongno Children’s Theater, Seoul - South Korea - 2018
ASSITEJ International Summer Festival in Ansan, Dalmajy Theater, Ansan Arts Center, Ansan - South Korea - 2018
Kochi City Culture Plaza, Kochi - Japan - 2018
Akagane Museum, Niihama - Japan - 2018
Shanghai Children's Art Theatre, Shanghai - China - 2018
Octoburst! Festival, Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay/Recital Sudio - Singapore - 2018
MINIFEST, Rostov-on-Don Academic Youth Theatre, Rostov-on-Don - Russia - 2018
Sala Eduardo De Filippo, Marsciano - Italy - 2018
CAPE – Centre des Arts Pluriels Ettelbruck, Ettelbruck - Luxemburg - 2019
Kulturhaus Niederanven, Niederanven - Luxembourg - 2019
Nido d'infanzia Arcobaleno, Maniago - Italy - 2019
Nido d'infanzia "Aquilone", San Vito al Tagliamento - Italy - 2019
L'Ottagono, Codroipo - Italy - 2019
Nido d'infanzia Arcobaleno, Sacile (PN) - Italy - 2019
Nido d'infanzia Primo Volo, Gemona del Friuli - Italy - 2019
Nido d'Infanzia, Farra d'Isonzo - Italy - 2019
BIM BAM Festival, Bad Ischl Kongress & Theaterhaus, Bad Ischl - Austria - 2019
BIM BAM Festival, Toihaus Theater, Salzburg - Austria - 2019
Nido d'infanzia Arcobaleno, Sala Bolognese (BO) - Italy - 2019
Teatro Testoni Ragazzi, Sala B, - 2019
Ricca Ricca Festa, Okinawa Prefectural Museum Lecture Room - Japan - 2019
Shizuoka Granship, Shizuoka - Japan - 2019
Shanghai Children's Art Theatre, Shanghai - China | with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai - 2019
Theatre “Divadlo loutek” alternative scene, Ostrava - Czech Republic - 2019
The Civic, Barnsley - UK | supported by Regione Emilia-Romagna - 2019
David Hall, South Petherton - UK | supported by Regione Emilia-Romagna - 2019
the egg — Theatre Royal Bath, Bath - UK | supported by Regione Emilia-Romagna - 2019
Happy Box Theatre, Guangzhou - China - 2019
Teatro Marconi, Sasso Marconi (BO) - Italy - 2019
Scuole dell'Infanzia, Vigarano Mainarda - Italy - 2019
Kids Festival Internazionale, Convento dei Teatini - Lecce, Italy - 2019
Teatro della Brigata, Leghorn - Italy - 2020
Sala Spettacolo, Collasalvetti - Italy - 2020
Teatro Sociale, Como - Italy - 2020
TeatrOreno, Vimericate - Italy - 2020