Naples, the mirror of Snow White at the Botanical Garden
Naples. “Snow White’s Mirror is broken, too, and in every sense!”. How this happened can be discovered on Sunday 2 October (11 am, also repeated on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 at the same time) at the Botanical Garden of Naples in the next appointment scheduled at the Autumn Tales review.
Written and by Giovanna Facciolo, “Nello di Biancaneve” is staged, a show with which young spectators can travel into the magical world of the Grimm Brothers and their many characters, from Snow White to Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, up to Rosaspina. On stage Adele Amato de Serpis, Cristina Messere, Raffaele Parisi, Chiara Vitiello, the costumes are by Iole Cilento.
A show much loved by children with which the programming of the long-lived theatrical review continues, now in its 27th edition, conceived and organized by the I Teatrini Association and by the Federico II University, in the context of La Scena Sensibile with the support of MIC – Ministry of Culture, of the Campania Region and of the Municipality of Naples.
“In the mirror of Snow White”, taken from the tales of the Grimm, presents a traveling exhibition in the magnificent scenery of the Neapolitan park. Here, Giovanna Facciolo imagines a new story not for Snow White but for her Mirror. “Tired and disgusted by the emptiness of the cruel queen, reiterated by centuries of literature – underlines the author and director – the petty one rebels against his immobile slavery and, abandoning the fairy tale, runs away looking for shelter and new vital stimuli among the trees of the” Botanical Garden. Here the little spectators meet him who together with will travel the magical paths in search of new stories to live and tell “. A journey among the characters of the most famous fairy tales of the Grimm brothers: Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Rosaspina.” A go to fairy tales – concludes Giovanna Facciolo – which will soon become a small journey of transformation, of training in feelings, in acting for good against evil, in knowing how to choose which side to be on, simply with the tools available and according to your possibilities “.
After “In the mirror of Snow White”, the Autumn Tales will continue with “The trees of Pinocchio” from Collodi (from 15 to 23 October).