M_S | 29.03.25

"Human being has three enemies: men, women and itself. Gadjo, gardener, speaking with Ellen.”

MONOLOGUE

by Mattia Favaro, directed by Tommaso Franchin, starring Massimo Scola.

MARCH 29, 2025 - 9:00 PM

A monologue set in a provincial bar, where a man obsessed with the number three intertwines his story with those of other marginalized lives. Between bitter humor and a search for identity, the bar counter becomes a mirror of solitude and excess. A raw and authentic narrative voice.

The protagonist of the monologue, M_S, is the perfect synthesis of simplicity, ignorance, and poorly metabolized pain—without full awareness of it. A fragile being, one you can’t help but care for despite his manners being anything but bourgeois: direct, explicit, Pasolinian but without poetry—raw, real.

M_S is a continuous flow of words, interrupted by only a few pauses that don’t seem like moments of thought, but simply shifts in volume—the flow remains unbroken, silent in his mind, only to resurface on his lips.

Subterranean. A cage, that is a bar, that is a horizon.

A horizon that finally opens—when it’s already too late.

Info:

🔞 Show for an adult audience, featuring explicit themes and language. 🗨️ Post-show scenic conversation with the artists. 🍸 After-party with a cocktail bar.

🍒 This performance is the result of the residency work of Massimo, Tommaso, and Mattia at Drupa Centre.

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Who are the artists?

Massimo Scola – Film and theater actor. He has played significant roles in productions such as Diario di un Pazzo (Levan Tsuladze) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Giorgio Sangati). His film work includes Diabolik, Campo di battaglia, Ferrari, and Netflix productions like Ripley and The Beautiful Game. He was awarded a scholarship to the Acting Studio in New York.

Tommaso Franchin – Theater and opera director. Co-founder of exvUoto teatro, a company that produces plays, theatrical installations, and site-specific performances. He has worked as an assistant director for some of the most prominent figures on the national scene (Michieletto, Vacis, Micheli). He directed the world premiere of De Bello Gallico at the Pergolesi Spontini Theater in Jesi. In 2024, he directed Il re pastore by W.A. Mozart for the Valletta Early Opera Festival in Malta.

Mattia Favaro – Playwright. Winner of the Special Mention at the Carlo Annoni Award, the Under 30 Committee Award, and the Special Mention at the Omissis Prize for Playwriting.