About this Event
Written & Performed by Fabio Banfo, Directed by Serena Piazza
Presented by Centro Teatrale MaMiMò
Best direction Fersen Award 2021
Best show and best dramaturgy Doit Festival Rome 2017
On the evening of June 10, 1981 six year old Alfredo (Alfredino) Rampi fell 36 meters deep into a well in Vermicino, a village near Rome. In the next 35 hours, Italy was glued to the TV watching the first non-stop live broadcast to cover the attempt to save him. It was a turning point in the history of Italian TV, which is still studied in journalism schools and where the modern sensationalist way of dealing with news was born. Fabio Banfo brings the story back to life, introducing in his solo show the many characters that filled that night: the first journalist who rushed to the scene, the sandwich seller who profited from the attending crowd, President Pertini, the robots Mazinga and Grendizer, which Alfredino was passionate about, the policeman who spoke with him for hours to try to reassure him and give him hope, Angelo Licheri, who remained for forty minutes hanging upside down in the well, trying to save the child. At the core of the narration there is Alfredino, in that deep well together with the entire country.
In Italian with English Supertitles
Running Time: 60 min
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo' at NYU, 24 W 12 Street, New York, United States
USD 0.00
