On the occasion of Commedia dell’Arte Day, the Italian Cultural Institute is presenting the show Arlecchino diavolo buffo (Arlecchino funny devil), written and performed by Eugenio de’Giorgi.
Arlecchino diavolo buffo is a narration, a giullarata (monologue by the giullare or jester), which shows how the personality of Harlequin developed through his centuries-old legend. It is also a journey through the history of Commedia dell’Arte, as seen through the eyes of its most celebrated masked character.
With a fast-paced rhythm, de’Giorgi performs 19 characters, with some sketches seeing him play three characters interacting with each other. He also interprets seven female characters. The show is enhanced by seven original songs.
The Italian Cultural Institute is screening the documentary Inferno Mittelbau Dora (2016) on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, which this year falls on Wednesday.
Directed by Mary Mirka Milo, the film focuses on Mittelbau-Dora, the last concentration camp built by the Nazis and the most ruthless forced labour camp in Germany. The prisoners worked tirelessly in its underground tunnels to produce V2 missiles, the secret weapon that, in Hitler’s plan, should have changed the course of war and annihilated the enemies of the Third Reich.
The exceptional testimonies of the survivors contribute to create an engaging and intense narrative and reveal the incredible story of this unique underground concentration camp built during World War II.