Alle Armi

A ball masked and armed to the teeth. An irreverent musical on the razor's edge. A toy weapon for playing war. And, finally, the desert. A miniature desert. A waiting room desert. A shopping centre, pretend desert, closed up in a box: a children desert, a toy desert.

Alle Armi does not speak of this or other wars. Alle Armi is an experiment. The attempt to focus on the political and economic issue of the international arms market, which, concerns us closely as European and Western countries and which, during the conception of this show, has become dramatically current. And it tries to do it through toys’ lens, contaminating techniques and codes in search of a meeting point between civil and objects theater. More than a title, Alle Armi is a formula: a declaration of intent, and at the same time a cry of alarm. And perhaps also an exhortation, an appeal. To take up arms, of course: but which ones?

by Hombre Collettivo
directed by Riccardo Reina with Angela Forti, Agata Garbuio, Riccardo Reina, Aron Tewelde
light design Gianni Staropoli
scenes, props and costumes Hombre Collettivo
photos Alvise Crovato
videos Giulia Lenzi
produced by Teatro Metastasio di Prato (2023) in collaboratio with Associazione Culturale Malerba
thanks to Leonardo Delfanti & Yele Canali Ferrari