THE TSAR

February 9, 2027 – 9:00 PM – Season Ticket Date
February 10, 2027 – 9:00 PM – Non-Season Ticket Date

by and with Stefano Massini
music by Luca Baldini
performed live with Mariel Tahiraj
sets by Paolo Di Benedetto
lighting design by Manuel Frenda
sounds by Andrea Baggio
costumes by Elena Bianchini
production by Teatro della Toscana

In 2000, Vladimir Putin spoke about his life for the only time, publicly ahead of the presidential elections. It's a chilling biography, in which he spares no detail of extreme violence, describing himself as a streetwise kid who quickly devoted himself entirely to the cause of the Secret Services, which he saw as a mirage of power and absolute control. Stefano Massini draws on that material and combines it with excerpts from Putin's speeches and conferences, as well as revelations from numerous historical essays and reconstructions of the shadows of his dizzying rise to power. What emerges is a ferocious and shocking tale, set against the backdrop of the collapsing Soviet system, which engulfs everything in an endless apocalypse.

© photo Filippo Manzini