AND THE NIGHT CAME

And the Night Came is a true trigomigo, a collection of intertwined stories, an Occitan term meaning interweaving, tangle, something difficult to unravel… In the past, these stories were told by storytellers who traveled through the villages and, in addition to telling stories, these men bought objects, sold ointments, and cured people of all kinds. Or they were legends listened to in the warmth of the stables, warmed by compliant cows, on winter evenings, by the light of a single lamp. Drawn from the oral tales of grandparents and village elders, the stories in the show are the fruit of more than ten years of research and collection of folk memories in the Alpine valleys of Cuneo. Through the use of objects and figures from peasant memory, mysterious characters come to life: Candy, the snow ghost; Cavalàs, the indomitable and furious wild horse; Louv Ravàs, the werewolf; Barbabiciu cutela, the child-eating ogre; the canett, the souls of the dead transformed into dogs; the Servan, an invisible and mischievous elf; the terrible Sabroto la Longo, the masca, the witch par excellence; and of course the Devil, willing even to saw a mountain in two to win a soul for damnation. The show uses objects and tools from peasant traditions that, in the hands of the actor, gradually transform into the characters of the stories.

Admission: €5, reduced €4, free for children under 3.
Tickets available on site.