“Cosa Nostra explained to children” by Stefano Massini at the Carcano Theater in Milano

“Cosa Nostra explained to children” by Stefano Massini at the Carcano Theater in Milano.

Al Carcano Theater of Milano by 21 to 26 March 2023 on stage Cosa Nostra explained to children, by Stefano Massini and directed by Sandra Mangini. The extraordinary is on stage Octavia Piccolo and the musical accompaniment of The Soloists of the Multiethnic Orchestra of Arezzo, directed by Enrico Fink.

A show that filled the theaters and which returns to give shape and structure to a necessary, civil theatre, and which debuts in Milano precisely on March 21st, Day of Remembrance and Commitment in memory of the victims of the mafia.

An actress, an ensemble of voices, the stage: the story of a woman, of a city, of a year. Ottavia Piccolo and the Soloists of the Multiethnic Orchestra of Arezzo return to compete on stage with the words of Stefano Massini, to give shape and structure to a necessary theatre, through the words, timbres and actions of those who often have no voice: characters like Haifa in Occident Express or as Elda in Cosa Nostra explained to children.

Sometimes, to explain things, we should just look for words. Find them. Finally say them, out loud. The simplest thing. Telling how in Palermo, on 19 April 1983, for the first time in the history of the city, a woman, Elda Pucci, the Doctor, was elected Mayor. Then tell how, as always, in the month of April a year later, Elda Pucci is disheartened.

Finally, talk about how, just one year later, on 20 April 1985, Elda Pucci's house in Piana degli Albanesi was blown up by two charges of explosives. In the before, in the middle, in the after, there where everything mixes like lime, the billions of heroin, the murders of General Dalla Chiesa, of Michele Reina, of Piersanti Mattarella, of Pio La Torre, of the writer Pippo Fava, the cement of Vito Ciancimino, the Inzerillos, the Badalamentis, the Buscettas, the advent of Totò Riina. It is the city of Palermo which for the first time, during the mandate of Elda Pucci, the Doctor, becomes a civil party in a mafia trial.

If we could explain Cosa Nostra like to children, everything would be different. Yet the simplest words, sometimes, are the most difficult to find, the ones that only the theater can say.