MYTHOMORPHO
by Compagnia dei Folli (Italy)
PERFORMANCE
Ambit: Urban Theatre
In a world that has already faced its own collapse, a new humanity moves through the ruins searching for fragments of meaning. In Mythomorpho, the Compagnia dei Folli imagines a post-apocalyptic society attempting to rebuild itself through the rediscovery of ancient myths – not as distant stories, but as living tools to understand existence, community, and survival. In a landscape suspended between memory and rebirth, archetypal figures emerge as guides for a fragile civilization: the forbidden fire of knowledge stolen by Prometeo becomes the symbol of humanity’s need to risk in order to evolve, Pandora is reinterpreted through the lens of stigma as the figure of the woman historically blamed as the bearer of disaster. The Minotaur becomes the embodiment of the fear of the “other”: the unknown, the hybrid, the excluded, questioning who defines monstrosity and who is condemned to carry it. Then through Persefone, the performance explores the theme of female trauma and the possibility of confronting and transforming it, moving from abduction and loss toward awareness, resilience, and cyclical rebirth. Through masks, physical theatre, stilts, vertical dances and striking visual imagery, the performance creates a ritual space where bodies become symbols and transformation becomes language.
The stage turns into a threshold between past and future, where myth is no longer a memory of lost civilizations, but a map for those who must invent a new world.
Mythomorpho is conceived as a collective rite: a journey in which the community rediscovers, through mythological storytelling, new forms of identity, relationship, and belonging. In the absence of certainties, myth becomes a shared vocabulary – a way to name fear, imagine hope, and shape the possibility of a future.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Stage Area:
The stage area must be closed to traffic and free from obstructions. The organizers should assess the possibility of cordoning off the area. For the best possible performance, a perfectly level 15/15 square meter stage area must be guaranteed.
TOTAL BLACKOUT must be guaranteed (including turning off public lighting).
Required electrical power: 10 kW (three-phase + neutral + earth). The power connection must be located near the stage area, within a maximum distance of 20 meters.
Vehicle Permit: If the area where the performance is planned is closed to traffic, a permit is required for the company’s vehicles. For best results, it would be necessary to provide the Company with photographic documentation of the stage area or arrange for a site inspection by one of our representatives to assess the availability of areas to be cordoned off for technical needs related to the performance.
Dressing room: Near the stage area, a dressing room with bathroom, available for the entire duration of the company’s stay.
THE COMPANY
The Compagnia dei Folli is a street theater company. An art form that draws its inspiration from the great Renaissance events, where the fantastic and wonder were the protagonists. The Folli tell timeless stories and legends through the use of stilts, fire, pyrotechnic effects, suspended acrobats and dancers on walls.
The use of nouveau cirque techniques and the mountaineering and speleology practices applied to the shows make the Company’s performances increasingly spectacular, actors suspended on steel cables and elastic ropes, floating balloons, dances on vertical walls, acrobatic performances on fabrics, circles, straps, ropes and trapeezes create wonder and enchantment in the eyes of the spectator.
Pyrotechnicscenographic machines, light projections on transparent spheres, light dresses, monumental videomapping integrate and complete the shows.The Compagnia dei Folli has collected numerous replicas of its shows in the most beautiful squares in Italy, Europe and the world.
