Fabbrica Europa » Archive Takahiro Fujita / mum & gypsyChair/IL POSTO

Chair/IL POSTO is a pièce resulting from a work process involving four young Italian performers – Alessandra Cozzi, Lara Di Bello, Giorgia F. Fiorentini, Luca Maino – selected by the Japanese director Takahiro Fujita, founder of the mum & gypsy company.

The show explores themes of identity, shared memory, and the search for connection in an apparently motionless world. Through a narrative structure composed of real-life episodes, interviews, memories, and streams of consciousness, five young artists – coming from different cultural backgrounds – coexist on a stage that becomes a home, a public space, and a mental landscape.

The projected images in the background, taken from the streets of Sansepolcro, a small town in Tuscany, serve both as a scenography and as a symbol of an outside world that remains static and unmoving, while the protagonists move, act, and dream. The title alludes to the “chair” as a personal space, and to “il posto” (the place) as a shared one – a space where people can be together. The chairs at the edge of the stage represent an intimate space for those not performing and become narrative devices in which childhood memories, family relationships, and desires are interwoven. The set design, with suspended furniture reflecting light onto the audience, suggests a silent exchange between stage and spectators: a form of communication between the young artists and the audience, an invitation to reflect.

The phrase “I am me, but I am also you”, spoken at the beginning and repeated like a mantra, becomes the thematic core of the piece: an attempt to break down the walls of indifference and recognize the invisible thread that connects us all, even if separated by space and time. As the performance ends, the characters part ways, but the audience remains surrounded by light; a trace left by the theatre, capable of awakening self-awareness and a sense of community.
Chair/IL POSTO is a silent yet powerful tribute to the theater’s ability to foster empathy, create connections, and offer a new perspective on our place in the world.