“At the roots of all our research that has taken us around the world over the past 39 years is the certainty that there are stories that can cure. The fear of the dark, the loss of a family member, the wounds of love produce painful sores that only certain stories can heal. This new creation will allow us to go back to the roots of our way of thinking about theater made of closeness with the public, the search for empathy, lightness and enchantment. ” – Daniele Finzi Pasca.

The numbers of an imaginary bingo will open chapters that evoke coincidences, the story of a doctor, the passion for rugby and the brutal execution of a young father. Late afternoon, early night, a wedding has just been celebrated in the cathedral and a party follows during which two families cross dialogues, stories and small anecdotes. The groom is from Argentina while the bride and her accompanying family come from afar. At the center of the scene a giant wedding cake and to personify the various characters a multifaceted and charismatic actor.

In 2017, following a healing process, Pablo Gershanik, a long-time collaborator of the Compagnia Finzi Pasca, designs a maquette of his hometown La Plata (Argentina) by building in miniature several scenes that occur simultaneously on a crucial date, questioning himself on how art can cure a personal and collective drama by creating a process of resilience. The result obtained is of such great value that the Compagnia, together with Pablo, decides to transform this research and this experience into a theatrical performance. “52 is the number of a street that does not exist in the plan imagined by visionary urban planners. It is the reconstruction of a night where a father, doctor, rugby player is murdered by a group of hit men, it is also the description of a method that Pablo discovered in one way and that we invented with the Compagnia on the other to bring out stories that cure. We stage the contemporaneity of events, we try to tell complex themes with the lightness of a feather. ” – Daniele Finzi Pasca, April 2021

Pablo Gershanik (La Plata, Argentina, 1974)

Actor, Director, Theater Pedagogist for over twenty years he has been in the theatrical world as an actor, director, acting teacher for physical theater and clowning. He is professor of the Bachelor of Performing Arts at the University of San Martín (UNSAM) and is the founder and director of the Diploma in Performing and Interpretation with Masks at the University of San Martín (UNSAM), Argentina

52 (inspired by “80 balas sobre el ala” from Pablo Gershanik) 

Creation and Direction Daniele Finzi Pasca con Pablo Gershanik 

DATES AND TICKETS

Creation partners:

Caffè Chicco d’Oro

Cornèrcard

Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola

Fidinam

Partner Tecnico

emme.ch

Una Produzione Compagnia Finzi Pasca

In co-produzione con:

Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio – Università della Svizzera italiana 

Con il sostegno di Associazione Amici della Compagnia Finzi Pasca

With the support of: 

City of Lugano

Cantone Ticino

Pro Helvetia