You have until Thursday 30 May to sign up for “Lasciami qui”: from Monday 3 to Wednesday 12 June at the Castello Volante in Corigliano d’Otranto, the 18th edition of CoolClub’s SEI Festival, with the slogan “Perdersi per Ritrovarsi” (Losing Yourself to Find Yourself), will host a free community theatre workshop led by the actress, author, educator and cultural organiser Alessandra De Luca. The workshop will draw on the lyrics of songs by CCCP – *Fedeli alla linea* – who will be performing at the festival on 9 August in Melpignano. Given their significance and poetic depth, these lyrics lend themselves easily both to theatrical adaptation and to evoking a wealth of memories, memories and emotional connections in anyone who engages with them, even those who, being unfamiliar with the band, are hearing or reading them for the first time. Participants will be invited, through the playful and communal practices of theatre, to manipulate texts and words, each of which will be like a drawer that, when opened, will give rise to small personal stories or grand public narratives, ultimately constructing an emotional and sensory, but also historical and cultural, map. The seven sessions (3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 June – from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm) will conclude on Thursday 13 June at 8.00 pm with a travelling performance taking place throughout the halls and terraces of Castello Volante. The workshop is free and open to everyone (professionals and members of the public alike, even those with no theatre experience). Registration via the online form (urly.it/3_znd) closes on Thursday 30 May at 12.00.
An actress, author, educator and cultural practitioner, Alessandra De Luca lives and works between Salento, where she was born, and Rome. Alongside her strictly artistic work, she is committed to community empowerment projects through artistic practices and workshop programmes aimed particularly at teenagers or groups at risk of social exclusion. She is the creator and curator of socio-cultural projects with schools and universities, as well as with organisations, associations and institutions, primarily in Rome, Lazio and Puglia. She holds a diploma in acting from the ‘Silvio d’Amico’ National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome. She holds a Master’s degree with honours from the Department of Arts, Music and Theatre (DAMS) at Roma Tre University. She works as a performer and educator for the Koreja Theatre in Lecce, and also collaborates with the Cranpi theatre company in Rome and the Opera Prima Association. She is an actress and co-author of the “Fake Folk” project and the play “Heroides”, as well as the author and actress in “Bandiera Bianca”, winner of the 2022 Calandra Prize. For Rai Radio 3, she presents the readings in Goffredo Fofi’s “Bancarelle” programme. Since 2021, she has been the artistic director of the “Audience Revolution” project. For the Fondazione Roma Tre Teatro Palladium, she coordinates the “Metamorfosi” and “R.E.T.E” projects, funded by the European Union. She is involved in the “Viva – Tante belle cose” and “Reach Out” projects. For the past eight years, she has been working with the Teatro Palladium at Roma Tre University in various roles, including the coordination of training placements. She has taken part in the European projects “Aida” and “Complicities” and made her debut in Paris with “Les Chevalier de Charlemagne”. She is the author of the essay “Le identità degli spettatori” and takes part in film projects, narrating audiobooks. She organises the Festa di Cinema del Reale in Salento and the Festival Attraversamenti Multipli in Rome.
Throughout the summer, SEI – a festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, organised with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Puglia Region, backed by Vini Garofano and in collaboration with numerous public and private organisations – will take its musical journey around Salento. Confirmed guests include CCCP – Fedeli alla Linea, Rufus Wainwright, Beach Fossils, La Crus, Bar Italia, Yīn Yīn, Parbleu, Bassolino and Ninotchka.
Info
3331803375 – www.seifestival.it
