Ragazzo

A stage piece about a young man from the anti-globalisation movement who, in Genoa in the summer of 2001, decides to take part in an act of civil disobedience during the G8 summit. Pau Bondiez performs.

Ragazzo returns to the stage after a decade and is set in Genoa in the summer of 2001, when the city hosted a summit of G8 leaders and the greatest violation of human rights Europe has seen since the Second World War took place. Against this backdrop, the protagonist decides to join a peaceful civil disobedience protest demanding the possibility of another world. That decision will shape his destiny for ever.

Written and directed by Lali Álvarez, the piece is a text that reflects on collective memory and on small stories, those of people who never wanted to become heroes but end up being them. Pau Bondiez performs, and the staging is completed by the sound design of Pau Matas and the lighting of Núria Solina. The production photographs are by Alba Gibert.

The show is part of Programa.cat, a scheme promoted by the Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya and the Diputacions de Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. It is presented at the Teatre Auditori Cardedeu, a venue in Cardedeu that programmes both shows and concerts.