Sold Out for the theater, sold out for Colleferro

Colleferro's theater season is going great with another sold out and the line at the box office to see if anyone didn't show up. And you could also glimpse the subtle joy of those who had the privilege of having tickets and being sure of being able to enjoy the show from their seat.

If it continues like this, we'll get to scalping!

Or we could get to giving more evenings to some shows like this 'The Inspector General' based on a short story by Gogol, a writer you can't forget. Everyone remembers him for Dead Souls, but I prefer his surrealist side in the story of the Nose.

At the entrance there are always beautiful young people to welcome us and make us sit in the assigned seat. So many young people that Colleferro seems to challenge the rankings on the percentage of young people in society. On the other hand, this week the confirmation is that there are 500 people enrolled in the degree courses of Colleferro.

Another sold out!

But let's get to the show. The story was already intriguing, but the skill of Rocco Papaleo and all the other actors transformed the event into a memorable winter evening of cultural entertainment. The audience appreciated it with applause and laughter that made the show even more lively.

Rocco Papaleo played the part of the crafty mayor, a figure still very present in the life of each of us. His acting made him even more current and perhaps some of the laughter was also bitter laughter.

There is something in Russian humor that is never banal. You can not only appreciate the confusion of roles, in the end there is always a reflection on life that makes its way through the lightness of the laughter.

So even our dreams are shattered in the last scene. We too find ourselves a little alone when his dream of going as an important person to St. Petersburg fades away and he finds himself remaining in this pleasant little village in Siberia with the people who will laugh at him.

And the end of the story with the announcement of the arrival of the real inspector is a bit like the end of a fairy tale. See you on February 22nd with another show that I don't want to miss: Una giornata particolare written by Dario Fo and Franca Rame.