43° Festival di Morgana, 7>11 November 2018 - Programme

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XLIII Festival di Morgana

Palermo 7 > 11 November 2018

 
Puppet art continues to speak strongly to the contemporary world and proves to be able to make traditions and experimental languages meet and interact. Scheduled in Palermo (Italy) from 7 to 11 November 2018, the 43° edition of the Festival di Morgana involves different locations in the city and is supported by Palermo Italian Capital of Culture 2018.

Began in 1975 with the name of Rassegna dell'Opera dei pupi (“Festival of Sicilian Opera dei pupi”) year by year the Festival has developed an international dimension, inviting companies from all over the world, as well as an integrated approach thank to the organization of collateral events connected to the pupi theater.
This year, the Morgana Festival will take place from 7 to 11 November: 5 days that will host over 30 performances, 2 national premières, 7 Opera dei pupi companies from all over Sicily and 4 international companies of contemporary theater from France, Spain and Ireland.

Along with the shows, a multimedia exhibition will take place, which is focused on Sicilian Opera dei pupi and includes 5 artistic projects of technological innovation that involve both great artists and young talents; moreover, “Petits Malins” will integrate the programme, which is a series of animated films organized in collaboration with the Institut Français of Palermo.
All these events are scheduled in different locations of the downtown of Palermo: the city will become an open theater. Together with the Antonio Pasqualino Internaitonal Puppet Museum, 7 other sites will host the events: theater in the city: the Church SS Euno and Giuliano, Palazzo Alliata of Villafranca, Palazzo Riso, Palazzo delle Aquile, Palazzo Butera, the Teatro Carlo Magno, the Teatro Ditirammu.

“This edition of the Festival di Morgana has been conceived as a virtual embrace and different contexts - says the director, Rosario Perricone - in the name of dialogue between tradition and experimentation as one of the main aims and focuses of both Sicilian Opera dei pupi and the Museum I direct”.

The 43° edition of Festival di Morgana is directed by Rosario Perricone and organized by the Association for the Conservation of Folk Traditions, in collaboration with: Comune di Palermo; Palermo Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2018; Assessorato del Turismo dello Sport e dello Spettacolo; Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana della Regione Siciliana; Ministero dei Beni e delle attività culturali e del Turismo, Direzione generale Spettacolo dal Vivo; Instituto Cervantes di Palermo; Institut français Palermo; Fondazione Arte e Cultura.
 
Director Rosario Perricone; Organization Maria Fasino and Floriana Sciumè; Promotion and communication Monica Campo and Chiara Vaglica; Administration Maria Teresa Gnoffo and Daniela Casamento; Technical installations Francesco Cutrona, Giusi Seggio and Paolo Benfante; Audio / light service Gano Scancarello and Francesco Scancarello; Audio video shooting and photos Francesco and Giancarlo La Bruna; Graphic project Cristina Stassi.

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LOCATIONS

MUSEO INTERNAZIONALE DELLE MARIONETTE ANTONIO PASQUALINO, Piazzetta Antonio Pasqualino, 5

PALAZZO DELLE AQUILE, Piazza Pretoria, 1

PALAZZO RISO, Via Vittorio Emanuele, 365

PALAZZO ALLIATA DI VILLAFRANCA, Piazza Bologni, 20

PALAZZO BUTERA, Via Butera, 8

TEATRO DITIRAMMU, Via Torremuzza, 6

TEATRO CARLO MAGNO, Via Collegio di Maria, 17

PALAZZO SANT'ELIA, Via Maqueda, 81

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OPERA DEI PUPI COMPANIES

Compagnie Opera dei Pupi siciliana
Compagnia Famiglia Gargano (Messina)
Compagnia Famiglia Mancuso (Palermo)
Compagnia Marionettistica F.lli Napoli (Catania)
Antica compagnia Opera dei Pupi Famiglia Puglisi (Sortino)
Compagnia Marionettistica popolare siciliana (Palermo)
Compagnia Brigliadoro (Palermo)
Associazione culturale Franco Cuticchio Figlio d'Arte (Palermo)

COMPANIES OF IMAGE THEATRE
Théâtre des TaRaBaTes (Francia)
Albert Bagno (Italia)
Kevin Atherton (Irlanda)
David Espinosa (Spagna)
Cabarete (Spagna)
Giuseppe Provinzano (Italia)