{"id":7222,"date":"2022-12-30T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bottegavaga.it\/shows\/april-enchantment\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:26:39","slug":"enchanted-april","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bottegavaga.it\/en\/shows\/enchanted-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Enchanted April"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Their destination is a medieval castle overlooking the sea. They dream of an escape to the Mediterranean and wisteria-draped ancient stone walls: their paradise on earth. The miracle of April in Italy will transform the four women. The beauty of nature, sea and harmony heals their unhappiness. Their relationship changes, reawakening their true natures and the possibility of reconciliation.<\/p>\n

Performed by<\/strong>
\nBetty Andriolo<\/a>
\nLinda Bobbo
\nPaola Brolati
\nMarta Richeldi<\/p>\n

Dramaturgy and Direction<\/strong>
\nAlberta Toninato<\/a><\/p>\n

Director\u2019s note<\/strong>
\nThis show was inspired by Elizabeth Von Armin\u2019s novel, The Enchanted April<\/em>. This adaptation has been faithful to the original narrative and dialogue, where different styles \u2013 comic, poetic, dramatic \u2013 constantly shift. On stage, theatrical space, physicality, costumes and props become a precise choreography, leading the audience in the harmonious development of the story. In just over an hour, the four ladies experience new places, new scenery, and new feelings, liberated from wet, grey London into the radiance of an April in Italy.<\/p>\n

Poetics<\/strong>
\nThis show is part of the company\u2019s development of the Pedagogy of joy<\/em>. Bottegavaga has worked with these principles for many years. We believe that the search for happiness (or the flourishing of human beings) is the basis for individual health as well as community growth. Our recipe for well-being is theatre which unleashes vital energy and speaks to the heart. A theatre which speaks to the heart by renewing our desire for life and beauty, whether as actors or as audience.<\/p>\n

The Company<\/strong>
\nMarta Richeldi has worked with the most famous Italian directors from Ronconi to Servillo, to Lina Bobbo\u2019s training in street theatre in Barcelona to Paola Brolati\u2019s cabaret performances to Betty Andriolo\u2019s international training to Alberta Toninato\u2019s theatrical practice in Venice. Five Venetian women have collaborated in a project for the first time.<\/p>\n

Running time<\/strong>
\n70 minutes<\/p>\n

Technical requirements<\/strong>
\nBare stage, minimum 6 x 6 metres
\nLighting: 8 lanterns, minimum 1 kw each, with barn doors
\nLighting control desk, minimum 2 kw
\nDMX cables
\nProgrammable console
\nHigh-quality sound system with adequate power for the room
\nOne audio mixer, capable of connection to a laptop<\/p>\n

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