21 and 22 April, 9 pm
THE MOST WILD THIRST, THE MOST WILD HUNGER
musical monologue on the Resistance
The show is a "choral monologue". Roberto Mercadin i, alone on stage, evokes a glowing multitude of characters and stories.
Flashes tragic or hilarious, heroic or ridiculous, tender or merciless. The incredible story of the drunkard from Roversano or the poignant story of the unnamed German.
Because the Resistance and what followed, the origin and foundation of our Republic, was a dizzying tangle of different and often extreme things. Thus the eyes see the purest light, the darkest darkness.
The title mentions Fr Celan, a deported Jewish poet, but also recalls the Gospel of Matthew: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice”. Here, the partisans had, perhaps, "the wildest hunger, the wildest thirst".
by and with Roberto Mercadini
and with
Guido Sodo guitars and vocals
Carlo Loiodice accordion
Roberto Bartoli contrabass
Ticket 20 € (full), 15 € (reduced)
ROBERTO MERCADINI
Born in Cesena in 1978. Poet, monologist, storyteller, he has written and performed several narrative shows, including: Black fire on white fire - a journey into the Hebrew Bible. With translation from ancient Hebrew by the author .; We owe a rooster to Asclepius - monologue on the origin of philosophy. From a friendly suggestion from Rocco Ronchi; We are the soil, we are the earth - monologue for a planetary citizenship. A production from Popular Bank Ethics; How to educate to the storm - life and mind of Giuseppe Mazzini. Commissioned by the Italian Mazziniana Association, Cesena Section. Also represented at the National Assembly of Italian Mazzinians in Turin in 2011; L - or the chaotic journey of Leonardo da Vinci in Romagna. Commissioned by the ViaTerrea Cultural Association. Scientific advice by Pino Montalti. Represented at the 2013 Rimini Ancient World Festival with the extraordinary participation of the Osiris Band.
He is the author and performer of shows that alternate poems and monologues, including: Show of Joy and Restlessness - lyrics, satire, storytelling; Focus on the rain - Poetic monologue with open eyes
He has published: I never write anything (Sagoma, 2016); On the origin of the light it is pitch dark (Miraggi, 2016); Rhapsodies from Romagna (Ponte Vecchio, 2014); Madrigals for ecstatic surfers (Ponte Vecchio, 2011).
He has a YouTube channel where he curates a Vlog entitled Talking Poet. Together with Guido Catalano he carries around a poetic reading entitled We had a beautiful title, but only us understood it.