Societas Raffaello Sanzio (Italy)
Hey Girl!
British Premiere
Tramway Fri 29 February & Sat 1 March 1930
A rare oportunity for Scottish audiences to be able to see the work of one of Europe’s most exciting and innovative theatre directors, Hey Girl! is Romeo Castellucci’s first full-length work since Tragedia Endogonidia.
“The inspiration for this play’s title came to me in my hometown when, while waiting at a crossroads, I saw a group of girls waiting at a bus stop. They had full backpacks and their faces were made up. Each one was waiting for her own bus. They were not talking to each other. They were not looking at each other. All that space around them! Waiting for the light to turn green – in that moment – the title of this play came to me. Ever since then I’ve been obsessed with those two words. I waited. And I waited some more. I don’t know what happened after that; but I think it has to do with the portrait of a human heart. Someone wakes up, gets up, and gets ready to go out. They go out. End of story. It could last as long as a day or a year, like a calendar.” Romeo Castellucci.
‘Romeo Castellucci has been saying for a while that the central figure of the contemporary theatre is the spectator. In the London episode of , for example, a woman appeared on stage who was identified in the dramatis personae as ‘Yourself.’ In you seem to have moved back from the stage to the auditorium where you belong, but it’s still all about you. Hey Girl!’ Nicholas Ridout, Queen Mary, University of London.
Production: Odeon Théâtre de l’Europe con Festival d’Automne/Paris – steirischer herbst/Graz-Le-Maillon Théâtre/Strasbourg – de Singel/Antwerpen – Productiehuis Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Schouwburg) – Cankarjev dom Ljubljana – Trafò House of Contemporary Arts/Budapest – Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio
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