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 \u2013 coming from different cultural backgrounds \u2013 coexist on a stage that becomes a home, a public space, and a mental landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.\nThe title alludes to the \u201cchair\u201d as a personal space, and to \u201cil posto\u201d (the place) as a shared one \u2013 a space where people can be together.\nThe 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.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The phrase \u201cI am me, but I am also you\u201d, 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.\nAs 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. Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 1 – September 8, 2024 | Morishita Studio, Tokyo (Japan) | Creation residency<\/a> Photogallery Japan tour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nChair\/IL POSTO<\/strong> is a silent yet powerful tribute to the theater\u2019s ability to foster empathy, create connections, and offer a new perspective on our place in the world.\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nmum & gypsy<\/strong> is a Japanese theatre company founded in 2007 by playwright and director Takahiro<\/strong> Fujita<\/strong>. In 2011, at the age of 26, Fujita was the youngest winner of the Kishida Kunio Drama Award, one of the most important prizes in the Japanese theatre scene and today is considered one of Japan\u2019s most important playwrights and directors. With mum & gypsy he directed more than 50 productions, involving an audience of over 25,000 spectators. He has collaborated with public theaters such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre and the Saitama Arts Theatre. One of his best-known works \u2013 awarded with the Yomiuri Theater Awards \u2013 is the stage adaptation of \u201cCocoon\u201d by manga artist Machiko Kyo. In 2013 he collaborated with internationally renowned writer Mieko Kawakami, with a work performed in 18 cities in Japan. As a playwright he adapted Haruki Murakami\u2019s novel The Wind Up Bird Chronicle<\/em> (international bestseller with 2.2 million copies sold and translated into 24 languages) for a work by the Israeli choreographer and director Inbal Pinto.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
created and directed by Takahiro Fujita
performers: Alessandra Cozzi, Lara di Bello, Giorgia Fagotto Fiorentini, Luca Maino, Aoi Nakasone
video performance: Izumi Aoyagi
stage manager: Yoshiko Haraguchi
lighting: Naomi Koyanaka
sound: Daisuke Hoshino
video designer: Jitsuko Mesuda
production managers: Kana Hayashi, Shiori Koga, Marta Meroni
interpreter: Miwa Monden
subtitles: Miwa Monden, Marta Meroni
a mum & gypsy, Fabbrica Europa and CapoTrave\/Kilowatt co-production within the CRISOL \u2013 creative processes<\/a>, financed under the Boarding Pass Plus 2022\/2023\/2024 programme of the Italian Ministry of Culture
support: The Saison Foundation, Agency for Cultural Affairs government of Japan, Japan Arts Council
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September 13 – 15, 2024 | Toyooka Theater Festival, Toyooka (Japan) | World premiere<\/a>
September 20 – 21, 2024 | Shikoku Gakuin University\/Notos studio, Zentsuji (Japan)<\/a>
May 24 \u2013 25, 2025 | BIPAF – Busan International Performing Arts Festival, Busan (Korea)<\/a>
September 26, 2025 | Kilowatt – Teatro della Misericordia, Sansepolcro (Arezzo) | Open rehearsal<\/a>
October 5, 2025 | Festival Fabbrica Europa – Teatro Cantiere Florida, Florence | Italian premiere<\/a>
October 8, 2025 | Teatro Era, Pontedera (Pisa) | Open studio<\/span>
\n October 12, 2025 | Spazio Rossellini, Rome<\/span>\n
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