To mark its 35th anniversary, *Icaro*, Daniele Finzi Pasca’s iconic work, returns to the LAC to take the audience into the mind of a dreamer. Since its premiere in 1991, the show has been performed over 800 times, reaching more than 280,000 audience members in 25 countries and in various languages, and has earned international acclaim.
Icarus
Finzi Pasca Company
1 hour and 30 minutes
Icarus
Finzi Pasca Company
1 hour and 30 minutes
“Icarus,” explains Daniele Finzi Pasca, “was put together quickly, and rehearsals lasted only two months. Afterward, I continued to refine it. It’s a simple show, just like the stories my grandmother used to tell. She taught me the secret to making gnocchi and apple tart—treasured recipes that I’ve systematically incorporated into my theatrical creations. [...] My grandmother, who never left her kitchen, discovered the world by inviting her family to eat. I prepare my shows as if they were stories that must be told while looking the audience in the eye.
In *Icaro*, I wanted to speak of hope by bringing to life an antihero, made of the same stuff as each of us—something we often lose and that only sometimes, for a moment, we manage to overcome. I do theater for the pleasure of losing myself, of getting lost for a moment—one of the healthiest things there is in life. We lose ourselves just as we run away. An inner escape reveals who we truly are. [...]
For an actor, a performance is sometimes one of those places where they can escape into themselves. These are stories we tell to find ourselves changed each time. I do theater to make it rain in the eyes of others—a sort of moist massage for the soul. Tonight, I hope to make it rain in your eyes.”
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