La Confusione of Arlecchino & His Mates @ Greenwich Park
Sat 24th July 2021 - Sun 1st August 2021
31st July & 1st Aug @ Greenwich Park Flower Garden
This family-friendly outdoor Commedia dell'Arte show tells a story of mayhem in between masters, their teenage sons and daughters (all deeply in love) and their servants who try to help them, but most of the time end up hindering and causing more confusion. Ah! There is a Capitano too, perhaps a witch if she is not on another call on the day you come to see the show. This play will obviously end in wine (non-alcoholic since it is a family show after all) and biscuits.
Commedia dell’Arte is an artform where masked and non-masked characters created chaos and havoc telling stories with OTT plotlines. Commedia speaks to the here & now as much as it did in its heydays in Italy a long time ago where it came from.
The Commedia dell’Tramshed Company aims at reinventing this artform with 10 emerging performers chosen from within Progression, our Artist Development Programme.
La Confusione of Arlecchino & His Mates - Based on XVI century scenario Il Cavadente by Flaminio Scala
75 mins duration
The venue:
This weekend’s performance will take place by the flower garden at the top of Greenwich Park, just off Blackheath Avenue. The flower garden is best accessed via the Blackheath Gates entrance at the north of the park; parking is available, and this entrance is also well served by bus routes & is a 20 minute walk from Blackheath train station.
Director & Commedia Specialist – André Pink
Costume Designer & Illustration Artist - Caroline Jones
Set Designer - Chelsie Langridge
Musical Director – Felix Ryder
Stage Manager - George Warner
Assistant Stage Manager - Dean Coffey
Production Manager – Jane Mackintosh
Programme – Holz Phimbow
THE PERFORMERS
Pantalone - Adam K Murphy
Arlecchino - Beko Wood
Brighella - Bethany Monk-Lane
Isabella - Chloe Dole
Oratio - Felix Ryder
Dottore - Harry Dean
Capitano - Lara Korach
Zanni & Pascoela - Maria Cristina Petitti
Franceschina - Michael Sookhan
Flaminia - Valia Katsi
Flavio - William Meadowcroft
Zanni - Youyangg Song
This show is part of the Progression Summer 21 season: IT HAS NO BORDERS (THAT IS ART)
Celebrating practitioners and disciplines from around the planet and helping decolonize British Theatre.
This show is also part of the Greenwich Family Arts Festival
To reserve your space please book a free ticket.
This event is part of Greenwich Family Arts Festival, a month-long programme of free arts activities, theatre, workshops and more taking place all across the borough of Greenwich. Events are grouped across a weekend in different locations so you can attend multiple events each day and really get those festival vibes (we all know it's been a long time!)
So join us for the Greenwich Family Arts Festival, nearby and open to all.
Find out more about the festival programme here
What is happening on the weekend of Saturday 31st July - Sunday 1st Aug
The Lion Inside @ Royal Arsenal Woolwich 31st July
Bubble Man @ Royal Arsenal Woolwich 31st July
Riki Cycle @ Woolwich Dockyard 31st July
Wired Art Workshop @ Woolwich Dockyard 31st July
Sounds of the World @ Greenwich Park 31st July
See what else is on throughout the festival Here
Where you can find the Greenwich Family Arts Festival events -
All events at Greenwich Family Arts Festival are FREE. To reserve your space please book in advance.
Wet weather policy - Here
Covid-19 policy - Here
The Greenwich Family Arts Festival, supported by the Royal Borough of Greenwich
These events are part of Greenwich Park Revealed