A legend of European theatre, Peter Stein returns to the Festival d’Automne 35 years after his first appearance there. He adapts Dostoïevski’s Devils in an intense, quasi-cinematic 12-hour performance, testifying to his mastery of directing. Peter Stein’s devils become symptoms of our times, at once materialistic, nihilistic and ready to put everything in doubt.
I Demoni / (The Devils)
The Demons of Fëdor Dostoevskij/ from Fëdor Dostevskij’s novel
Adaptation and direction, Peter Stein
Direction Assistants, Carlo Bellamio, Markus Stein
Music, Arturo Annecchino
Set designer, Ferdinand Woegerbauer
Costumes, Anna Maria Heinreich
Tailors, Mariella Visalli, Daniela Petumia
Lights, Joachim Barth
Photography, Tommaso Le Pera, Andrea Boccalini
Piano, Arturo Annecchino, Giovanni Vitaletti, Massimiliano Gagliardi
With Andrea Nicolini, Elia Schilton, Maddalena Crippa, Maria Grazia Mandruzzato, Ivan Alovisio, Alessandro Averone, Rosario Lisma, Fausto Russo Alesi, Irene Vecchio, Franca Penone, Pia Lanciotti, Franco Ravera, Paolo Mazzarelli, Paola Benocci, Graziano Piazza, Giovanni Visentin, Carlo Bellamio, Fulvio Pepe, Luca Iervolino, Riccardo Ripani, Armando de Ceccon, Matteo Romoli, Peter Stein, Nanni Tormen, Federica Stefanelli, Antonia Renzella
Production Tieffeteatro – Teatro Stabile di Innovazione (Milan) ; Wallenstein Betriebs-GmbH (Berlin) Corealisation Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Guy de Wouters
With the support of Institut Culturel Italien de Paris
Partnership with France Inter
Premiere May 23 2009, San Pancrazio – Amelia (Terni)
