After a series of rehearsals photographs shot in Naples during a creation residency, the contemporary cabaret Voleurs de Jambon written by Alessia Siniscalchi is set in Paris. My duty is to collect an archive of stage documentation, avoiding the separation between rehearsals and show with audience. But more importantly I set up in the theatre an installation called Project plans cities theatre, which is an essay on stage photography and on a possible depiction of the city of Naples. The Italian city has a central role in the show, since the couple on stage migrates from Naples to USA to make a career in the show business. Project plans cities theatre is my first manifesto on theatre photography.

Voleurs de jambon

In a world of glitter, travel and misery, the project reinterprets through a contemporary writing, the dreams of Hollywood and Cinecittà of a young Neapolitan. The meeting between the charming Truman and the young singer Myriam becomes the opportunity to live the dream of Cinecittà through their quest for success as sweet as bitter.Protagonists evolve in a contrasting atmosphere, on a decadent stage composed only of lights, a theatre banister and a ladder, allegories of scene and success that remain a dream, desperate attempts to reach these lights thanks to a brilliant idea, which could allow Truman and Myriam to blend into the world of cinema.

Cast

Artists and artistic team: Alessia Siniscalchi, Gennaro di Biase, Maria Angela Robustelli, Andrea Manzoni or Sergio Colicchio (piano), Giovanni Ambrosio photography, Benjamin Sillon light design.