Towards the spectator

The “Delivery Theatre” of the Carullo Minasi Company

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between theatre and education in the experience of “Delivery Theatre”, realized in different cities during the first closure of the theatres due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From an idea of the actor Ippolito Chiarello, founder of the international network “USCA - Special Units of Artistic Continuity”, the “Delivery Theatre” has been developed in Messina by the Carullo Minasi Company, as an opportunity to bring theatrical action to places excluded from it, towards new spectators and for a “performative care” of the city. In the firts part, Katia Trifirò analyzes how theatre can take part in a collective educational process, to redefine the possibilities of art in the urban space, making the community an active part of the performances. Starting from an ideal connection with some important experiences of the twentieth century, the goal for the “Delivery Theatre” was to make the theatre a means of relationship, rediscovering its original function. In the second part, Cristiana Minasi focuses on dramaturgical modalities, scenic features and results of the “Delivery Theatre” in Messina, analyzing how theatrical event can expand outside and beyond its traditional, material and institutional boundaries.