For Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Theatre en Vol performance series on Via de Martini in Sassari, "Memory – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," will run from January 23rd to 25th. The series addresses the issue of oppression and violence through three historical dimensions: the Holocaust and its implications; racial discrimination; and the analysis of human nature. The performances will feature the Actores Alidos companies from Cagliari, Michele Vargiu, and Theatre en Vol.
The festival will draw parallels between the current Palestinian situation, examining oppression, exploitation, and the colonial and imperialist attitudes of the West and humanity in general. It will also reflect on the importance of deciding what to bring into the world (both as individuals and as peoples and, consequently, governments) thanks to the contributions of the associations Emergency and Ponti non Muri, and the Fermiamo La Guerra Sassari committee, which will take turns offering a compelling interpretation of contemporary events before each performance.
Kicking off on Friday at 9 pm, the atrocities of the extermination camps will be retraced with the Teatro Actores Alidos of Cagliari in “The Gray Zone,” the title of one of the chapters of Primo Levi’s essay “The Drowned and the Saved.”
On Saturday 24th January, again at 9pm, Michele Vargiu presents “Der Boxer”, the true story of Johann Trollmann, a Sinti boxer, a “gypsy”, who with the sole strength of his determination managed to challenge the madness of the Third Reich and gain the love of an entire population.
Closing on Sunday 24th at 8pm with “Paradise Now,” the latest production from Theatre en vol, which uses physical theater and grotesque language to address the theme of the oppression of one people over another for dehumanized economic and power interests.
