directed by Antonio Latella drammaturgy Linda Dalisi with Candida Nieri set design Giuseppe Stellato costume design Graziella Pepe music Franco Visioli ligh design Simone De Angelis assistant direction Francesca Giolivo production Brunella Giolivo management Michele Mele production stabilemobile coproduction Festival delle Colline Torinesi in collaboration with Centrale Fies, NEST Duse Social Award 2015 – Candida Nieri

© photo by Brunella Giolivo

After being inspired by the topic of motherhood present in the poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most important poets of the twentieth century, Antonio Latella came up with the show MA: from the very first syllable of the title – that refers to the word “mother” – the show takes the audience deep in the heart of matter, and through the work of Pasolini the concept of “motherhood” is extended to writing. As a result, knowledge becomes a reliable possession and speech a winning element in the battle for life. Through the figure of Pasolini, the Mother also becomes a Mother-Scripture, where the inexhaustible well is thought and the weapon in the battle of life is the word.