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Melampo Cinematografica presents ROBERTO BENIGNI at the ROYAL DRURY THEATRE, LONDON - 5th APRIL 2009 “TUTTODANTE “ WORLD TOUR 2009 In Italian A POETIC JOURNEY BASED ON ONE OF THE WORLD MOST FAMOUS WORK OF LITERATURE “THE DIVINE COMEDY” At last UK-based audiences will have the chance of seeing Roberto Benigni performing live on stage his acclaimed rendition of the fifth canto of the Dante’s Divine Comedy. On Sunday the 5th of April all the people in the UK passionate about Italian culture and language will have the chance to see live one of the most loved and internationally renowned Italian stars. TuttoDante is a one-man show, devised by and starring Roberto Benigni, centred upon the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri’s Fifth Canto (Hell). He is on stage for about one and a half hours, in a show that manages to merge biting commentaries on current events and memoirs from his past and then begins a journey of poetry and passion through the world of the Divine Comedy. TuttoDante is a unique event, a fascinating voyage that spans from current events to the Divine Comedy, from moments of pure comedy to moments of breathtaking poetry. The show had its debut in 2006 in the Patras’ Roman amphitheatre in Greece. In July 2006 the show played for 13 evenings in the magnificent Square of Santa Croce in Florence (Italy). All 13 shows were filmed and broadcasted by the national TV station Rai 1, attracting an unprecedented wide audience. The DVDs of the shows have been breaking all sales records in Italy for their gendre. The TuttoDante’s tour has been performed in numerous Italian piazzas, arenas, and stadiums, for a total of 130 shows, with an estimated audience of one million spectators, of whom 120,000 in Rome alone. In excess of 10 million TV viewers have watched “Il V° dell’Inferno” (Inferno V°), broadcasted by Rai 1 on November 29th, 2007. This show is simply unmissable! Roberto Benigni is an Award-winning Italian actor, comedian, writer and film director, and a theatre and television performer. He is probably best known outside Italy for his 1997 drama-comedy movie Life Is Beautiful. The film was nominated for seven Oscars and won the Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Foreign Language Film; Benigni personally won the Oscar for Best Actor, the first awarded to a male performer in a non-English speaking role. “The Divine Comedy”, written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the Christian afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard.”* Press Office & PR in London Stefania Bochicchio for Infallible Productions Ltd Mob.07990573622 ADDITIONAL INFO AND HIGHLIGHTS: These are some of the comments made by the press and other media: “A gigantic delight” (La Nazione, national newspaper); “Benigni has been able to enchant ... the audience, leaving it in ecstasy, speechless, perhaps surprised by such emotion” (La Repubblica, national newspaper) “Climbing through the ages, he miraculously combines yesterday with today, current events with poetry, anger with laughter” (Corriere della Sera, national newspaper) “The show is uniquely exciting... the satire and irony is crushing... but it is unexpectedly suspended to deviate towards the dantesque world, taking the audience by the hand and by the heart to accompany it through the words of the divine Poet” (L’Unita’, national newspaper̀) “Benigni’s popular readings have been for Italy one of the rare, authentic cultural events in the past few years” (TG1, TV National public news programme) “A small miracle, considering the amount of people Benigni has introduced to the Divine Comedy” (Variety, national magazine) Benigni said: “the poetry is not only in who writes but especially in the ear of whoever listens” The affection, the appreciation and enthusiasm demonstrated by the audience towards this show has made Benigni state: It’s been an incredible work, I’ll treasure this experience as one of the sweetest, most popular, and emotional memories of my life. “TuttoDante” presented by Melampo Cinematografica Srl. Management: Lucio Presta - Arcobaleno tre. For further information: |
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