Gli altri (The others) لخرین

You don’t need to be a voice for a voiceless. Just pass the mic.
Su’ad Abdul Khabeer

»Gli altri« لخرین is an acid dialogue, a light and ironic work on the perception of the Other, a revealed scenic device that moves in a hybrid territory: banal, vulgar and direct images and songs alternates with stories rooted in the depths of our western mentality and identity. An irreverent game about colonial heritage that reverberates our tradition and our contemporary scene.
In subtle balance between fiction and reality, »Gli altri« لخرین exposes the device of power that underlies the orientalist representation of the Other starting from the representation par excellence, the scenic fiction, which helps to create and strengthen the narratives of the
present through the insertion of another body, of a presence that exposes itself to the public, trying to adapt to a representation always crooked, never adherent, always wrong. A voice-over comments, gives instructions, remembers limits and modalities of its pre- feeling in front of us, the audience, the first recipient of the representation and an integral part of the game.
In a succession of auditions that cross several spectacular genres, from cinema to docu-fiction, passing through classical theatre and advertising, »Gli altri« لخرین reveals the machine of representation and identity creation: an exploded set that exposes itself to the public, a founding witness and dramaturgical element of this performative work that actively participates in the construction of the final narrative.
Thanks to a device that mixes fiction and reality, autobiography and bio-fiction, testimony and invention, »Gli altri« لخرین wants to reveal the colonial paternalism hidden in our societies and, at the same time, reaffirm the right to its necessary presence on stage.

Semi-finalist project at Scenario Award 2019
Supported by Zona K, Circuito Claps, mare culturale urbano, Qui e Ora residenza teatrale, Macao, Cox 18, BASE Milano, Santarcangelo Festival, TATWERK | Performative Forschung