© Clara Vannucci
Show
Visual Diary
Thursday to Saturday at 8 and 9.30 pm
Running time: 50’
In a project emerged from many trips across the United States, Fabio Cherstich – director and set designer for the theatre widely acclaimed for his ability to blend different artistic vocabularies – rediscovers forgotten stories of New York’s 1980s queer scene. The exceptional lives of the three underground artists Patrick Angus, Larry Stanton and Darrell Ellis are narrated through a blend of performance, exhibition, and conversation with the audience. An archive of mostly unpublished material brings to light the key locations of the queer scene of the time, the fears provoked by the first AIDS-related deaths and the thoughts of a community. The work is presented in the historical venue of CRT Centro di Ricerca per il Teatro, at the 50th anniversary of its foundation.
Director and set designer for theater and opera, Fabio Cherstich has worked in numerous theaters including the Marinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, and the Opera de Marseille. He is the creator and director of the Operacamion opera-on-the-road project, described by the “New York Times” as a unique project capable of returning opera to its origins. He teaches the aesthetics of theatrical direction at the Scuola d’arte drammatica Paolo Grassi in Milan and at the International University of Languages and Media (IULM) in Milan. Always interested in contemporary art, with a particular focus on the New York underground scene of the '80s and '90s, since 2019, he has been the curator of the Larry Stanton Estate.
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In collaboration with: Pacta Salone
Performance in Italian. On May 4, at 9.30 pm, the performance is accessible for people with hearing disabilities
Credits
written, directed and interpreted by: Fabio Cherstich
dramaturg: Anna Siccardi
assistant director: Diletta Ferruzzi
video design: Francesco Sileo
production: Triennale Milano Teatro
in collaboration with: Visual AIDS-NYC
