ROBERTO BENIGNI “TUTTODANTE” – WORLD TOUR 2009
at the ROYAL DRURY THEATRE, LONDON – 5th APRIL 2009
This show will be in Italian and English
A POETIC JOURNEY BASED ON ONE OF THE WORLD MOST FAMOUS WORKS OF LITERATURE: “THE DIVINE COMEDY”
On Sunday the 5th of April all the people in the UK will have the chance to see Roberto Benigni, one of the most loved and internationally renowned Italian star, performing live on stage his acclaimed rendition of the fifth canto of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Benigni’s one man show combines current events, personal recollections narrated with a great deal of irony, and a poetic and passionate journey through the world of the Divine Comedy.
The show debuted in June 2006 in the Roman theatre on Patras in Greece, where Benigni read and explained Canto XXVI of the Inferno, devoted to Odysseus, before an enraptured audience. In July of 2006 he performed for 13 nights in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, next to Dante’s statue. Reciting a different canto every night, he drew over 4000 people to each performance.
After his success in Florence, Benigni took TuttoDante on a tour across Italy, staging a total of 130 shows in numerous piazzas, arenas, and stadiums and attracting an estimated audience of one million spectators. Commenting on the affection, appreciation, and enthusiasm demonstrated by his audiences Benigni said: “It’s been an incredible work; I’ll treasure this experience as one of the sweetest, most popular, and emotional memories of my life.” Variety called TuttoDante “a little miracle.” Roberto Benigni’s unprecedented effort to disseminate Dante’s poetry earned him a nomination for a Nobel Prize in literature in 2007.
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.
Show time: 08.30 pm doors: 07.00 pm
Advanced tickets : www.seetickets.com
*”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.
