FORBICI & FOLLIA di Paul Pörtner

The quiet gossip life of the Forbici & Follia salon is interrupted by the murder of the old pianist who lives upstairs. Two plainclothes police officers are there to arrest the culprit... How??? With the help of the audience of course!

FORBICI & FOLLIA
by Paul Pörtner
original American production by Bruce Jordan and Marylin Abrams
Italian version by Marco Rampoldi, Gianluca Ramazzotti

with Max Pisu, Nino Formicola, Giancarlo Ratti
and with Lucia Marinsalta, Roberta Petrozzi, Giorgio Verduci

Directed by Marco Rampoldi
Set design by Alessandro Chiti
Costumes by Adele Bargilli

Production by ArtistiAssociati - Teatrical Production Center
in collaboration with RARA produzione duti

Synopsis
Forbici & Follia is the story of a day, like any other, in a hair salon, which is located where the show takes place. Or rather... of the day in which the show takes place. The day when the quiet life of gossip, flowing merrily between the advances of the hairdresser to the male clients, and the small dreams of his assistant - who may have a relationship with a mistaken antiquarian - is interrupted by the murder of the old pianist who lives upstairs and is the owner of the entire building. But, plot twist, all those present have a motive that would justify the crime, and they all had the opportunity to commit it. And it turns out that, in reality, two customers are plainclothes police officers and they must arrest the culprit... how? With the collaboration of the audience/eyewitnesses, who can solve the mystery thanks to what they have seen happen and the questions they will be able to ask.

Forbici & Follia is a show with two opposing natures that strengthen each other: that of the detective story, which must lead to understanding who the killer is, and that of comedy, which arises from the interaction with the audience (who are never forced to participate) who become progressively passionate, to become the only possible judge.

Forbici & Follia returns in the version staged ten years ago by Marco Rampoldi, who relies on performers with the dual nature of prose and cabaret, to be able to support the rigor of the story and the freshness of improvisation; and for this return, Max Pisu and Nino Formicola, who have further refined their acting skills over the years, also forming a successful comedic duo in "The Dinner Game", return as protagonists. Alongside them, the ambiguously mysterious Giancarlo Ratti, Lucia Marinsalta, Roberta Petrozzi, and supporting the commissioner, the unlikely chosen agent Giorgio Verduci.

A show that is a dynamic explosion, absolutely different from evening to evening.

THEATRICAL SEASON 2024/25
GRANDINETTI COMMUNAL THEATER OF LAMEZIA TERME
Web: www.amaeventi.org/stlt2425/