Theatre: Vicini di casa

A comedy, free and provocative, that investigates with amused lightness the inhibitions and hypocrisies of our time. Amanda Sandrelli and Gigio Alberti, two of the most versatile and sensitive performers on the Italian scene, are the protagonists of Vicini di casa, an adaptation of the play Los vecinos de arriba by Cesc Gay. Accompanying them on stage are two very talented actors, Alessandra Acciai and Alberto Giusta. A close-knit and irresistible quartet that invites the spectator to reflect on prejudices and taboos.
Anna and Giulio have been together for many years. They have a job, a child, some interests and many frustrations. He would have liked to be a musician but had to settle for teaching. She would have liked another child but has had to accept his resistance and seeks comfort in self-help manuals.
A couple like many others, on the borderline between love and habit, precariously balanced. But still in balance. Unhinging this apparent stability are Laura and Toni, their neighbours, who burst into their flat and their lives. Anna and Giulio know little about them: they have been polite during the renovation work, they politely open the lift door to let them through and... they make love all the time, noisily! Giulio considers them uncivilised, Anna has the courage to admit that, deep down, she envies their lively erotic life.
So, between a glass of wine and a slice of Pata Negra, the two couples confront each other, less and less shyly, on the slippery terrain of sexuality. Laura and Toni turn out to be much more reckless than expected; Anna and Giulio end up confessing fantasies, vices and secrets they had never had the courage to share.

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