Theater, 20 years of fairy tales to the Botanical Gardens of Naples

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“20 years of fairy tales, stories and tales for children and adults, smiles and emotions of wonder and joy. Hundreds of spectators children, now adults, accompanying their children to the Botanical Gardens of Naples to renew the magical meeting between poetry, theater and nature here, fortunately, we continue to celebrate. ” Words through which Paul Caputo, director of the Botanical Garden, greets the beginning of the new programming Fairytale Autumn, on stage, from Saturday, September 26th, for every weekend until Sunday, November 22, in the garden of Neapolitan street Foria.

Resume with the show entitled How Alice (Saturday 26 and Sunday 27, also replies on 3 and 4 October at 11) from the fairy tale by Lewis Carroll, directed by Giovanna Facciolo with Adele de Serpis Amato, Cristina Messere, Monica Costigliola, Valentina Carbonara , fascinating theater performances between fable and nature proposed by the I Teatrini and the University Federico II and made with the cooperation of Mibact, the Campania Region and the City of Naples. After Alice, it will be the turn of trees Pinocchio from Collodi (10, 11, 17 and 18 October), with the wings of Peter by James M. Barrie (24, 25, 31 October and 1 November), the kingdom of Oz the novel by Lyman Frank Baum (7, 8, 14 and 15 November) to finish on 21 and 22 November, with the many activities and shows planned for “The Feast of the tree.” “It has been 20 years – emphasizes the director Giovanna Facciolo – the beginning of this activity.

A life lived by precarious, unfortunately recurring feature for those who do business culture in our country, yet we were able to build the Botanical Garden and a recognizable time constant cultural offer for children and families in Naples and a reference stable employment for dozens of actors, technicians and theater operators who professionally have decided to turn his art, wisdom and attention to this area. ” The core organizational de Teatrini is Luigi Marsano, a thirty-year career dedicated to the field of theater for children and youth. “The magic of the place and the quality of the artistic team – the President of The Theatres – have helped create a stable project, successful. Given the topicality of the subject, I think it is important to provide the data of our cultural commitment also from terms of employment. The Tales the Botanical Garden have accumulated 1,600 working days per year, assuming artistic and technical contributions for 32,000 days in a total of 20 years. Each year on average were performed 150 performances that are multiplied by 20 3,000 raised curtain. For each performance attended an average of 75 spectators with 11,250 spectators per year and 225,000 in 20 years. “