Progetto Čechov
Trilogia completa
"Three houses, or maybe the same one, three families, or maybe the same one."
Leonardo Lidi brings to the stage the complete trilogy dedicated to Anton Čechov, a project launched in 2022 with The Seagull, followed from UncleVanya and coming to completion this year with the staging of The Cherry Orchard.
A path in which the director confronted his favorite author and in which he saw a chance to return to the practical sense of theater, deflecting intellectualisms and choosing simplicity.
"Čechov can reach to everyone without rhetoric"-Lidi comments-"and he can really make new generations fall in love with theater. When I started my work as coordinator of the School of the Teatro Stabile di Torino, I realized that the most immediate author, the one that all kids feel close to all the time, from auditions to the table, remains him. Chekhov does not need to be explained or contextualized because he works with generosity and empathy for his reader/viewer/actor."
A unique opportunity to immerse oneself in the world of Anton Čechov reinterpreted in a contemporary key from Leonardo Lidi. A marathon from savor it all in one breath.
at 11:00
The seagull
Chekhov Project - First Stage
at 15:00
Uncle Vanya
Chekhov Project - Second Stage
at 19:00
The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov Project - Third Stage
Please be advised that dates and times may be subject to change.
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He graduated from the School of the Teatro Stabile of Turin in 2012. In his path he alternates between acting and theater directing. In these first ten years of directing work he stands out for his ability and productivity, winning to just 32 years old the Italian theater critics' award. Since September 2021 he has been educational coordinator of the school of the Teatro Stabile di Torino and since 2022 Artistic Director of the San Ginesio Festival. Among the shows from he directed are Ibsen's Spectres (Venice Biennale 2018), Williams' The Glass Zoo, Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba , D'Annunzio's The Dead City, Strindberg's Miss Giulia (Festival dei Due Mondi 2021) and Molière's The Misanthrope. He also works on contemporary drama texts and inopera opera. In 2022 together with the Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria he begins a trilogy on Anton Čechov. The first stage of the three-year project is The Seagull. In the same year he is a finalist candidate for the Ubu Prize for best director with La signorina Giulia. In 2023 he directs Uncle Vanya, the second stage of the Čechov Project, a production with which he is a finalist candidate for best director at the Ubu 2023. The final chapter in the trilogy is The Cherry Orchard (2024).
Leonardo Lidi
Leonardo Lidi
Leonardo Lidi
Davide Enia
Alessandro Baricco
Luca Marinelli
Fabian Jung
Isabelle Adjani