Synopsis An online streamed adaptation of ‘Natura morta in un fosso’ (Still Life in Ditch’) by the Italian playwright Stefano Paradivino translated in English by Ilaria Papini in 2013 and published by Hanging Loose Press (New York). “a riveting murder mystery constructed entirely of vivid monologues. As the plot unfolds through the intricate interplay of voices, we are not only swept towards a powerhouse climax but even more impressively taken deep into the minds of a half-dozen living, breathing unforgettable characters." Harold Schechter in www.bookshop.org. The play, produced by the SELCS Theatre projects, has been performed by students from SELCS and across UCL.

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8/12/2021

Synopsis An online streamed adaptation of ‘Natura morta in un fosso’ (Still Life in Ditch’) by the Italian playwright Stefano Paradivino translated in English by Ilaria Papini in 2013 and published by Hanging Loose Press (New York). “a riveting murder mystery constructed entirely of vivid monologues. As the plot unfolds through the intricate interplay of voices, we are not only swept towards a powerhouse climax but even more impressively taken deep into the minds of a half-dozen living, breathing unforgettable characters." Harold Schechter in www.bookshop.org. The play, produced by the SELCS Theatre projects, has been performed by students from SELCS and across UCL.

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8/11/2021

Synopsis This is an absurdist play written by Eugene Ionesco in 1959. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small, provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses; ultimately the only human who does not succumb to this mass metamorphosis is the central character, Bérenger, a flustered everyman figure who is initially criticized in the play for his drinking, tardiness, and scruffy lifestyle and then, later, for his increasing paranoia and obsession with the rhinoceroses. The play explores the themes of conformity, culture, fascism, responsibility, logic, mass movements, philosophy and morality. The Students have been faithful to the plot, presented in English with a modern cut.

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8/11/2021

Synopsis In Right You Are, seven respectable, middle-class types in a comfortable, bourgeois home argue over their perceptions of a mysterious woman, the Signor Ponza’s wife, seen at the window of a nearby building. No one has ever seen Signor Ponza’s wife and her mother, Signora Frola, together. Councillor Agazzi, Ponza’s employer, investigates Ponza’s private life. Ponza claims that his wife is really his second wife, the first having died in an earthquake that destroyed all verifying documents. Too, his wife only pretends to be Signora Frola’s daughter to humour Signora Frola, who, he claims, is insane. Thoroughly bewildered, Agazzi demands to meet Ponza’s wife, who arrives, heavily veiled, proclaiming herself as both the daughter of Signora Frola and the second wife of Ponza. The “truth” of the matter remains a mystery. This work, like almost all of Pirandello’s plays, contrasts art and life, demonstrating that truth is subjective and relative.

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8/11/2021

Synopsis This UK premiere is based on a selection of 16 monologues found in ‘Ferite a morte’ (Wounded to Death) written by the author and TV presenter Serena Dandini, with Maura Misiti (2013) with and original monologue by Margot Antignac (SELCS UG). The stories draw from real events of domestic violence perpetrated all over the world. This multimedia performance presents an ironic yet gripping portrayal of domestic violence. A creative narration of real people’s stories that explores an issue still largely undervalued. Seventeen women from all over the world are brought back to life to tell of their relationship that led to their own death. A background of music and artistic projections accompanies a dance of love and death and amplifies the women’s voices emerging from the monologues. This is a passionate celebration of women who were loved to death but reclaim their soul on stage.

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8/10/2021