“Novecento” and a talk evening

“Novecento”

“You are not yet at the bottom with your luck while you still have a good story in reserve and someone to tell it to.”

More than 30 years ago the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco wrote the monologue “Novecento”. Since that day the story of the brilliant ocean pianist has never ended: it has always returned to the stage, lived on in different interpretations and adaptations, and enchanted both readers and audiences in many countries.

The story is about Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Novecento, the best pianist in the world, who was born in 1900 and spent his whole life on the ocean liner “Virginian”, which sailed between Europe and America.

Novecento’s life journey on this ship is a metaphor for human freedom and its limits: on the one hand we do not want to leave our safe world, while on the other the world around us is endless and full of countless possibilities and choices.

“Novecento” is exciting and understandable on a very everyday level, while at the same time being a deeply poetic and philosophical work that touches questions which have no simple answers but which keep haunting us.

The story is jazz-like in its beauty, free and improvised, and at the same time as dramatic as it is comic.

Author: Alessandro Baricco

Translator: Vahur-Paul Põldma

Performer: Algis Astmäe

Venue: Sündmuskeskus ZAAL (Aardla 25E, Tartu)

Duration: one act, 1 hour 25 minutes.

PS! The performance is followed by a talk evening with the actor and the director!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

The café is open one hour before the performance and after it!

Seats are unnumbered, so come early and choose the place that suits you best!

By car, you may ignore the signs, drive down the steps to the end and park in a free space!

Aardla 25E (GPS will guide you)

Latecomers will not be admitted!

Organiser: Tartu City Theatre NGO