"Achille e gli altri"

Year: 2025

Type / context: Hybrid theatre–cinema performance on classical heroism and ethics, with live video direction and musical ensemble, presented in venues including Teatro Mario Del Monaco (Treviso), Teatro Goldoni (Venice) and others within the Mythos / Heroes classical theatre framework.

Partners, institutions and production

Production: Tema Cultura / Compagnia Tema Cultura Academy

Text and direction: Giovanna Cordova

Performer: Caterina Simonelli

Music: original score and musical direction by Attilio Pisarri, with ensemble (guitar/live electronics, keyboards, double bass, percussion, cello, viola, voice)

Choreography: Silvia Bennett

Scenophony: Eleonora Biasin

Light design: Gianluca Cioccolini

Role Andrea Santini / Gigi Funcis / Daniel Bertacche– video direction and live projections: co‑direction of the video language with Gigi Funcis, design and realization of the live video system with an on‑stage camera operator and real‑time projections on semi‑transparent tulle, creating shifting visual layers and depth in the scenic space.

Short description

“Achille e gli altri. Rapsodia d’eroi” re‑reads the figure of the classical hero—Achilles, Hector and others—through a contemporary ethical lens, weaving together spoken word, original music and movement. The theatrical narration is accompanied by a parallel cinematic narration: a live camera operator on stage captures close‑ups and fragments of action that are projected in real time onto semi‑transparent tulle, breaking the frontal plane and adding multiple visual perspectives to the scene. This live video layer, developed by Andrea Santini and Gigi Funcis, turns the stage into a stratified image-space where bodies, shadows and projections coexist, reinforcing the tension between mythic distance and the urgent ethical questions addressed to today’s audiences.