HARLEQUIN Servant of Two Masters
THE EDGE® International Arts Season presents
DIRECT FROM ITALY to AUCKLAND
PICCOLO TEATRO DI MILANO
HARLEQUIN
Servant of Two Masters
…craft, vigor and sheer joie de vivre. CHICAGO TRIBUNE
HARLEQUIN, a wily trickster, accepts the employment of two masters and is forced to walk a tightrope between their demands. What unfolds is a madcap theatrical masterpiece with three weddings, two duels, a dance number, a chase sequence, a love story, a food fight and much more. …pure buffoonery. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Let Italy’s world renowned Piccolo Teatro di Milano immerse you in the art of comedy – commedia dell’arte – upon which slapstick, physical comedy and the great comic characters from Shakespeare to Charlie Chaplin and Benny Hill to Homer Simpson have drawn their inspiration.
A miraculous fusion of brilliant directorial insight, inspired physical comedy and a peerless sense of style. LOS ANGELES TIMES
Performing the role of HARLEQUIN
Thursday 1 and Saturday 3 October - Ferruccio Soleri
Friday 2 October - Enrico Bonavera
Performed in Italian with English surtitles
New Zealand audiences will experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see theatrical comedy at its finest, as the world-renowned Italian company Piccolo Teatro di Milano comes to centre stage in Auckland this October. HARLEQUIN: Servant of Two Masters, is an insight into the art of comedy – commedia dell'arte - the artistic forebear of modern-day comedy.
HARLEQUIN, Servant of Two Masters tour is supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, City of Milan - Expo 2015, Milan Chamber of Commerce, ENI and Lufthansa.
THE EDGE® International Arts Season is supported by Auckland City, GEON and Newstalk ZB.
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