Yorick Festival - Yorick l'incantatore
This year the Roman Carnival presents the Yorick Festival - dedicated to Yorick, the jester in Hamlet - through this figure the artistic director Leonardo Petrillo wanted to pay homage to the "folly", which is also typical of the carnival, without which it would be imprudent to cope with life.
"Yorick the caster" is a sort of "prequel" of Hamlet, in which Yorick, the jester, "defends" the child Hamlet from the excesses of their parents: the affections of the Queen Mother that threatens to transform him into a new Oedipus and the authority of the King (a father-master) that undermines the fragile character of the prince.
One of the merits of the Roman Carnival is that it has brought Commedia dell'arte performances back to Piazza Navona, right where it was represented in the middle of the eighteenth century: an Italian historical, artistic and cultural tradion which is now recognized worldwide.
This year the Roman Carnival presents the Yorick Festival - dedicated to Yorick, the jester in Hamlet - through this figure the artistic director Leonardo Petrillo wanted to pay homage to the "folly", which is also typical of the carnival, without which it would be imprudent to cope with life.Yorick - International theatre festival features performances coming from the Edinburgh Fringe, Off Avignon and Le Mois Molière Versailles festivals. The festival presents also shows selected from a public announcement “Roma in scena - Carnevale”, with projects of cultural animation and live performances in museums and other cultural spaces from 2 to 12 February 2013, all exploring the theme "madness" through the works by great authors such as Shakespeare, Cervantes, Ariosto, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Pirandello, as well as new playwrights.
Information
2 and 3 February 2013 at 11:00 and 16:00; 4 and 5 February 2013 at 16:00; no show on 6 February; 7 and 8 February 2013 at 16:00, 9 and 10 February 2013 at 11:00 and 16:00, 11 and 12 February 2013 at 16:00
Free admission as long as seats are available.The show is hosted in the courtyard of the museum. Admission fees apply to visit the museum.
tel. +39 060608 (daily, from 9.00 to 21.00).
