ILVA FOOTBALL CLUB

direction and dramaturgy Usine Baug & Fratelli Maniglio
with Fabio Maniglio, Luca Maniglio, Ermanno Pingitore, Stefano Rocco, Claudia Russo
lighting and technical Emanuele Cavalcanti
production Campo Teatrale
with the support of IDRA Teatro (Brescia) and TRAC – Centro di residenza pugliese as part of the “Cura 2022” project

show recommended for ages 13 and up

In Ilva Football Club, the history of Europe's largest steel mill intertwines with the legend of a small team born right beneath the Ilva smokestacks, to tell the story of the fate of a sacrificeable city, which today is Taranto but tomorrow could be anywhere else. The UN report itself defines the city as a "sacrifice zone," one of those places where the state has prioritized the production of goods over its citizens' right to health. With lightheartedness and irony, the show analyzes the over 60-year history of the steel hub, showing how the promise of progress and prosperity slowly turned into disillusionment, anger, imprisonment, and blackmail.

© photo Pietro Pingitore