LA SCELTA

Un giovane gruppo in platea, le mani alzate, stanno lanciando verso il palco dei cartoncini con sopra delle scritte

Synopsis and credits

In LA SCELTA (THE CHOICE), the audience takes the place of the artistic direction of the theatre to face the difficult task of making a choice.
The audience is divided in three different halls, where each group will watch different trailers, reproduce a series of debates, and finally choose a show.

Once the three groups are reunited in the theatre hall, in the second part of LA SCELTA, new theatrical instruments allow the audience to choose the winning show, which will be part of the theatre season in the following year.
In LA SCELTA, the audience is asked to experiment with the work mechanisms of an artistic direction: they have to view, discuss, and make the final choice. It is an authentic challenge that fully involves the audience, a fiction that shapes the reality of their city.

For six months, Roger Bernat was a spectator of several artistic directions involving the audience of the ‘Risonanze’ network. It led to the creation of a device that reproduces, testifies to, and plays with this experience, offering a new approach to cultural programming in which people have a voice.

a project by Roger Bernat

with dramaturgy by Roberto Fratini and Marie-Klara González

with Francesca Albanese, Silvia Baldini, Josephine Magliozzi and Laura Valli

Programming and technical direction by Stefano Colonna and Txalo Toloza

Graphic designs by Marie-Klara González

Creative transcription of the tour recordings under the participatory artistic directions by Elena Bernardi e Pina Rocco

With the collaboration and artwork of Catalina (Iniciativa Sexual Femenina), Les Vedettes (Marta Galán), Grandissima Illusione (Cris Blanco), The Watching Machine (Macarena Recuerda), Aquelles que no han de morir (Las Huecas), Figures (Germana Civera), It don’t worry me (Atresbandes + Bertrand Lesca & Nasi Voutsas), Los figurantes (Ça Marche) e Tierras del Sud (Azkona/Toloza)

Also involving Agnès Mateus e Quim Tarrida, Agrupación Señor Serrano, Alessandra García, Animal Religion, Baró d’Evel, Brodas Bros, Cabosanroque, Col·lectiu VVAA, David Espinosa, El Conde de Torrefiel, Joan Català, Jordi Oriol, Juana Dolores, Malpelo, Marcel·lí Antúnez, La Veronal, Nao Albet e Marcel Borràs, Núria Guiu, Nyam-nyam, Pere Faura, Quim Bigas, Societat Doctor Alonso e Soren Evinson

Produced and curated by Qui e Ora coproduced with  Capotrave – Infinito e Kilowatt Festival

With the support of Risonanze Network and MIC

Thanks to  Stronger Peripheries

photos by Giacomo De Angelis and Davide Forte – Dominio Pubblico || Luca Del Pia – Kilowatt Festival

What they say about us #

Andrea Pocosgnich – Teatro e Critica – Giugno 2023, Roma, Teatro India Dominio Pubblico

However, this initiative was inspired by another important event in the emerging landscape of participatory cultural performances: the Up To You Festival, a showcase organized by Qui e Ora in Bergamo, dedicated to the under 35s. Francesca Albanese, Silvia Baldini, and Laura Valli of Qui e Ora residenza teatrale met with Catalan director Roger Bernat, sharing the story of their festival (Up To You), which triggered the idea of creating a piece that would explore the selection process behind participatory festivals. […]
The aim is to challenge vertical models and to experience democracy (as one participant in the collective direction of the Bergamo festival stated during a meeting the day before). […]
Everything unfolds naturally, without the need for force or pressure. This is also because the people are not linked in a theatrical way but are simply gathered, so speaking through someone else becomes a way of understanding certain mechanisms, as if it were a documentary experienced firsthand.[…]
And that’s the crucial part: speaking in a society that is not virtual, but made of bodies. Defending a show and explaining why we liked it, is an action that shows our passions and weaknesses; it ultimately shows others where we stand, in terms of our artistic, political, and social perspectives.
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Elena Scolari, Paneacquaculture.net, settembre 2023, Milano. Spazio Magnete

The real discussion takes place when everything has finished, outside the venue, when les jeux son faits.

Vincenzo Sardelli, Krapp’s last post, settembre 2023, Milano, Spazio Magnete

The right to decide (in Latin caedere means “cut”) always results in a loss. And we understand, through the words of others, that each choice is debatable, an abuse, an insult, and also an opportunity. That democracy is the fairest of systems but also the oppression of a majority.

☆Upcoming dates

Further dates will be scheduled

♥ Info
theatrical device
Italian / spanish
90 minuti minutes
☼ Utility

Videos and photos

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Roma | Teatro India – Sala B
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