FRITTERS, BLINIS & BRISTIN
An Evening of Comedy
One was Nude & One wore Tails by Dario Fo
The Bear, Swansong & The Evils of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov
directed by Justin Butcher
An acclaimed UK comedy cast of actor-musicians concoct an evening of absurd delight, interspersed with silly songs of the Russian steppes and the Plain of the Po.
In this brand-new English-language production of Fo’s early farce One was Nude & One wore Tails, award winning UK playwright Justin Butcher brings Fo’s work to its home in Milan. A zany comedy of dustbin men, naked ambassadors and nocturnal slapstick, undressing the social hierarchy.
Before writing his famous plays, Anton Chekhov was known first as a writer of vaudevilles, short comedies on themes of love, marriage and domestic absurdity. The Bear, Swansong and The Evils of Tobacco, are three of his finest, funniest vaudevilles, prove a perfect counterpoint to Milanese commedia, Chekhov’s favourite fritters and blinis to Fo’s bristin.
Location: Filodrammatici Theatre, Via Filodrammatici, 1, Milano
Date: 24th January 2024
Time: 20.00
Duration: 90 minutes
Tickets available at: Eventbrite
Dario Fo
Dario Fo’s influence on modern Italy – its politics and culture – spanned the most tumultuous events of post-war history in a theatrical career of nearly 70 years, alongside his wife and collaborator Franca Rame. Nicknamed ‘Bristin’, Fo was indeed the ‘pepper’ in Italian public life for more than five decades.
Justin Butcher
Butcher has drawn lifelong inspiration from the Italian theatre legend Dario Fo: from his acclaimed anti-war satire The Madness of George Dubya to his globally renowned solo masterpiece Scaramouche Jones, Butcher’s unique blend of passion, provocation and mischief, has evolved in explicit emulation of the Milanese commedia maestro.
