A Dark Line Upstairs, a monologue by Matilde Vigna
8-12 July 2025, 7.30pm at Barons Court Theatre, Below the Curtain’s Up Pub, 28a Comeragh Road, London W14 9HR
Performance in Italian on Sat, 12 July, 2.30 pm
Two stories are intertwined: a flood in rural Italy in 1951 and a young woman dealing with the umpteenth move in 2021. What does it mean to lose something.? When water suddenly floods your house – and you have to run without being able to chose what to take with you – or when you chose to leave and take everything with you, just because you can – is it the same? What does re-building your life means, in 1951 or in 2021?
The 1951 flood in Italy was the first natural disaster with a national TV coverage – just after the end of WWII. Many Italian people will remember that, but every audience has its own “flood” – a literal one, being natural catastrophes more and more common nowadays, or a metaphorical one.
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Written and performed by Matilde Vigna
Sound design: Alessio Foglia
Sound Operator: Manuela Alabastro
Light design: Alice Colla
Costume Design: Lucia Menegazzo
Performance lasts for 60 minutes without an interval.
This show is appropriate for all audiences.
Saturday matinée performance is in Italian without subtitles.