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Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio

Purgatorio

U.S. Premiere


Wed, Oct 28 at 8pm
Thu, Oct 29 at 8pm
Fri, Oct 30 at 8pm
Sat, Oct 31 at 8pm

Freud Playhouse

$42, 28
($15 UCLA students)


Freely inspired by Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” Italy’s maverick director Romeo Castellucci has created a “Purgatorio” where suffering and forgiveness are embodied in one family’s appalling ritual. Using a profoundly visual style, language falls away, actions and words disengage from each other, and reality warps. Castellucci’s work with Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio is among the most visionary—and controversial—experimental theater of our time. This disturbing piece lures audiences into a hauntingly beautiful nightmare and engages the senses in an experience unlikely to be forgotten.

For mature audiences 16 years of age and over.

Post show discussion immediately following the performance on Friday, 10/30.


In association with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Heritage Culture Foundation

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