Five sold out shows in three days for Palmy, Great Talent’s “Murder on the Nile”.

five shows in a row – two for schools and three for citizenship – all gone sold out For a total of more than a thousand spectators: these are dizzying numbers of complete immersion in the theater experienced on May 26, 27 and 28 at the Casa della Cultura, thanks to the “Great Talents” association led by the director Gianni Perellowhich staged a representation of “Assasinio sul Nilo” (Death on the Nile), inspired by the film of the same name Kenneth Branagh That of 2022, in turn, is taken from Agatha Christie’s novel “Poirot on the Nile” from 1937. A three-day event that saw the participation of the students of “Alvaro – Einaudi” and “Nicola Pizzi”, for two mornings. from Palmi, “Francesco Saveri” from Gioia Touro and “Rafael Piria” from Rosarno while the evening show was attended by the highest civil, military and religious officials of the region and hundreds of people from all over Piana. A well-deserved success for the now famous and historic theater company founded in Palmi in 1994, it took eight long months to set up the opera: it required, in fact, a thorough adaptation of the dialogues by director Parello himself. The insertion of two new characters compared to the 2022 film, the creation of a large and detailed set reproducing the saloon of the “Karnak” steamboat (the work of local workers), stage clothing for a faithful setting in the early period Careful selection 60s of the last century. All this made it possible to transfer an entire film in two scripted acts and in only one “room”: the salon of the boat “Karnak” skillfully reproduced on the stage of the House of Culture. Of particular importance were the months of exercise and training activity carried out by a cast made up of 15 actors: Simon Doyle (Domenico Latino), Lynette Ridgeway (Aleana Ciapina), Jacqueline de Bellefort (Valentina Caratzolo), Will Smith (Maurizio Colossi), Colonel Race (Salvatore Repassi), Oliver Bock (Domenico De Luca), Eufimia Bock (Maria Luisa Lavacchio), Salome Otterborn (Rosanna Cannizzaro), Rosalie Otterborn (Lee Sprezzi), Andrew Kachadorian (Francesco Scozzarra), Dr. Windlesham (Vincenzo Versi), Louise Bourget (Laura Antonacchi), Marie Van Schuyler (Francesca Morabito), Margaret Bowers (Louisa Anastasio) and Hercule Poirot (played by Gianni Parello). The music, re-composed by maestro Saverio Caminiti, was edited by Alessio Suares. Great satisfaction was expressed by director Gianni Parrello: “Theatre – he highlighted – is a paradigm of life, a sublime opportunity to be involved and active in the first person; Sometimes it can also be used to remove the bitterness and problems of everyday life, and then there is the relational and human aspect, a strong bond is formed between the constituents of theatrical artists which enable them to achieve the objectives. It is an essential element of existence. set yourself. Also this time – he added – I had the privilege of directing a bunch of amazing people.” The thriller “Murder on the Nile” was followed by “The Mousetrap” in 1994 and “Towards Zero Hour” in 2011 by “Great Talent”. was the third reworking of a work by Agatha Christie, staged by. The company also staged dozens of performances over its thirty years of activity. Among the most recent are: “I Don’t Pay You” by Eduardo De Filippo (2021–2022); Leonida “The Beard to Death” by Repaci (2019); “The Eloquence of Silence” by Judge Rocco Cosentino (2018); “The Guardian Angel” by Alfred Savoir (2017); “La Locandiera” by Carlo Goldoni (2015); Sophocles of “Oedipus Rex” (2014); “Misery and Nobility” by Eduardo Scarpetta (2013).