D'amore e altre schifezze di Armando Quaranta

Where exactly is love found? What strings does it resonate with? Through which lyrical or psychosomatic instances does it sink its claws into us while taking possession of our flesh and our soul? And when the inexorable end arrives - because yes, it will arrive - on which most vulnerable point will it (re)seek revenge?

On stage from March 11 to 15, 2026, at the OffOff Theatre in Rome, "D’amore e altre schifezze" by Armando Quaranta, featuring Alessandro Di Marco, Lucilla Lupaioli, Nicola Civinini, Martina Montini, Sarah Nicolucci, and Armando Quaranta himself, is a tragicomic play that investigates, with irony and clarity, the contradictions of contemporary love.

It tells of love as a voice that speaks within us, guiding us and causing us to derail, more like the Enigma from Saw than Jacques Prévert, a voice that delivers the relentless report of the comical pathology we don’t believe we are.

Anatomy of amorous occurrences, "D’amore e altre schifezze" is a tragicomic journey into sentimental delirium, filled with joys that explode, doubts that blaze, and pains that, on reflection, don’t hurt so much after all.

Armando Quaranta is an actor, playwright, and theater director. In the film industry, he has participated in productions directed by Guido Chiesa, Alessio Maria Federici, Gabriele Muccino, and Riccardo Milani (“30 nights with my ex,” “A casa tutti bene 2,” “Quattro metà,” “Imperfetti criminali,” “Classe Z”). In theater, he develops research in contemporary dramaturgy: among the works he has written and directed is "D’Amore e altre schifezze," staged as part of the Teatro Aperto festival directed by Elisabetta Pozzi at the Centro Teatrale Bresciano (with Pozzi herself in the lead role) and subsequently at the Sala Gustavo Modena of the Teatro Nazionale di Genova, as well as "Volevo vedere il mare," "Lo stagno," and "Adesso è notte."

“D’amore e altre schifezze” presents five characters, ordinary and deeply recognizable people, navigating ended relationships, betrayals, romantic illusions, and emotional dependencies, guided by an inner voice that observes, comments, and accompanies their emotional journey.

The show addresses love not as a romantic ideal but as a concrete, fragile, and often contradictory experience that involves the mind, emotions, and body. Through intimate confessions, grotesque moments, and poetic impulses, the protagonists confront the need to be loved, the fear of loneliness, and their own sentimental self-deceptions.

With direct language and a strong physical and emotional component, “D’amore e altre schifezze” constructs a tragicomic journey in which the audience is invited to recognize themselves in the sometimes funny, sometimes painful dramas of the characters.

A show that makes you laugh and, at the same time, lays bare the most visceral and human side of love, without moralism and without offering solutions, but sincerely reflecting its fragilities and inevitable contradictions.
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