LANGUAGE: Italian
DURATION: 30 min walk, 70 min performance
TICKET: €13 full price, €11 reduced
The audience meets in Località Belvedere in Levico and, accompanied by Luca Stefanelli / Montanamente, walks through the landscape to reach Forte delle Benne, a historic Austro-Hungarian fort overlooking Lake Levico. The walk is part of the experience: a shared time that prepares the encounter.
In the setting of the fort, Veglia comes to life: an evening of storytelling, live music and games, where audience and performers share the same space, seated in a circle around a symbolic flame.
Inspired by Le cercle des menteurs by Jean-Claude Carrière, the performance weaves together stories suspended between truth and fiction, collective challenges, and convivial moments, directly involving those who take part in the evening.
The narratives, marked by subtle irony, explore themes such as perception of reality, deception, time, and power, inviting reflection without giving up the pleasure of play.
Veglia is not only a performance: it is a shared space to meet, listen, and be together, keeping attention alive on the present and on how we inhabit the world.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Forte delle Benne cannot be reached by car. It can be accessed on foot via a trail with an elevation gain of approximately 150 meters. Cars may be parked at the parking area near the tennis courts in Località Belvedere.
Visitors are advised to bring a headlamp, water, and, if desired, a packed dinner for a picnic before the performance begins.
IN SHORT
It begins with a walk: the audience climbs together towards Forte delle Benne, moving through the landscape before the performance even starts. Around a symbolic flame, stories, live music, and games unfold between truth and fiction. A collective experience that invites us to stay present, alert, together.
Written and performed by Consuelo Battiston and Gianni Farina
With the participation of MUNI (Lorenzo Meazzini)
Sculpture Oscar Dominguez
Sound consultancy Mirto Baliani
Organisation and promotion Andrea Martelli, Marco Molduzzi
Administration Stefano Toma
Production E Production / Menoventi, Drama Teatro
Menoventi, founded in 2005 and based in Faenza since a few years later, is a theatre company led by Consuelo Battiston and Gianni Farina. It collaborates with Italian and European artists to create works that intertwine theatre, music, radio, video, and visual arts.
The company does not follow a fixed poetics, but develops languages and registers starting from the thematic core of each project, creating a collection of diverse and surprising stage works. At the centre of each creation is the audience, invited to participate, observe, and be surprised, becoming an active part of the performance.
Accessible to
The venue is accessible by car for people with disabilities and their companions. The performance will be held on a lawn.
