Rome: God Save the Punk, from the 12th to the 24th of May 2009
Is it possible to bring punk to theatre? Is it possible to represent one of the most deflagrating music phenomena ever with the limits of a play, without losing its explosive power? The show “God Save the Punk”, in Rome from May the 12th to the 24th, is an evidence of the fact that it is possible to tell the story of punk on a theatre stage mixing words and music, images and drama.
Carmen Giardina,
an Italian actress and director, had the idea of realising a play inspired to punk music and culture after having read Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil e Gillian McCain, a book that deals with punk and gives voice to those who have really experienced this world, gathering interviews and statements issued by those people who can be somehow considered as the protagonists of punk: musicians, artists, but also groupies, record industrialists and journalists. The tales gathered in Please Kill Me are very lively, and they have inspired an even more involving play, which adds music and images to narration, in order to make this phenomenon live again, a phenomenon that was born at the end of the 60s, reached its climax in the 70s and keeps having followers all over the world and influencing contemporary music, fashion and culture.
Book now a bed and breakfast in Rome and get ready to enjoy a unique play where three actors (Nicole De Leo, Fabio Gomiero and Enrico Salimbeni) play the main figures of punk, give voice to their thoughts and tell their, often tragic, stories: from Lou Reed’s shock treatment to the death of Sid Vicious, Johnny Thunder and Nico, not forgetting a wide range of other people who have come down in musical history, like Iggy Pop, Patty Smith, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, Malcolm McLaren, the Clash. Actors act on an innovative, digital scene, which features only various screens where images and performances of punk musicians are projected. Planning a vacation in Rome and watching the show means immersing oneself in punk music: in such a show, indeed, music cannot but play a main role. Songs have been selected by Pivio & Aldo de Scalzi, composers of many successful soundtracks, and these songs give spectators the possibility to rediscover, if necessary, the rebel sound of those artists who were not able to play perfectly, and yet succeeded in shaking up the world of music.
The show “God Save the Punk”, which was successfully staged in 2008, will be enacted at Vascello Theatre: every evening the show will feature a 15 minutes video called “Il video racconta il punk” (Videos tell punk), which glances at Italian punk panorama and which will be updated every evening.
Book a hotel in Rome city centre and enjoy a show that will take you to the heart of punk, and which will tell you something more about this music, social and cultural phenomenon, giving voice to the words and music of the protagonists of punk.
Date: 12th – 24th May 2009
Location: Teatro Vascelli, Rome, Italy
