Ēkalōchanam

Abstract

A theatre which is also an ‘Academy of scenic forms’; an Italian theatre group, founded in the early 70s, which links these practices that are characteristic of independent Western theatres, with a high level of professional work on the traditions of Indian classical theatre. For the first time, their story is recounted in the form of episodes, where the fascination for a ‘distant’ theatrical knowledge is translated into action, travels, apprenticeship, relations and cultural exchange, in the light of the practical necessities imposed by theatrical art and craftsmanship. Through the stories told by the eight actors and their director Renzo Vescovi, Teatro Tascabile’s India becomes a familiar ‘hemisphere’, a crossing of paths which, in contrast to the resigned attitude towards the pervading discontent in the theatre, asserts a positive response.