Autodifesa di Caino

by Andrea Camilleri

with Luca Zingaretti

original music composed by Manù Bandettini

performed live by Manù Bandettini, David Giacomini

directed by Luca Zingaretti

lighting Pietro Sperduti

sound engineer Fabio Massimo Rivelli

press office Pamela Maffioli for Zebaki Comunicazione

executive production Angela Zingaretti

organisation Eleonora Bossi

production Zocotoco srl

in co-production with Fondazione Teatro della Toscana

in collaboration with Fondazione Istituto Dramma Popolare di San Miniato and with Centenario Camilleri

promoted by the Fondo Andrea Camilleri

with the Comitato Nazionale Camilleri 100

Luca Zingaretti directs and performs Autodifesa di Caino, a theatrical reading of the last work written by Andrea Camilleri in the year of his passing — a powerful, profound text that recounts, in its own way, the first murder in the history of mankind. Cain stands before the audience as if it were the jury of a tribunal called to judge him: no longer merely the murderous brother, condemned to an image without redemption, but a complex, multifaceted figure, capable of cracking the version that has been handed down to us.

From this self-defence springs a monologue that interrogates profound themes such as guilt, justice, power, forgiveness and violence.

“Camilleri is gone,” writes Zingaretti, “and this is a painful, inconsolable loss. But I am happy to be, once again, an instrument of his talent.”

On an essential stage, David Giacomoni performs live the original music composed by Manù Bandettini.