Romeo and Juliet. A Love Song

A Babilonia Teatri workshop dedicated to Romeo and Juliet, aimed at people over 70, which places Shakespeare's words in dialogue with the stories of those who speak them. A space for listening, storytelling and theatrical creation, where the classic meets life and life, through theatre, returns to make itself present. The love of Romeo and Juliet becomes the starting point to encounter the loves experienced by the participants: love for a partner, for a job, for an ideal, for that which has given shape to an existence. Shakespeare's words thus intertwine with the memories, experiences and voices of those who have lived through time. In this meeting, the text reveals a surprising strength. The fear of death that runs throughout the play, spoken by people over 70, ceases to be only the hyperbole of an absolute and impossible love and gains a profound, delicate, tender and human concreteness. It is precisely those who carry a whole life with them who return to Shakespeare a new truth: his words seem written for those who truly know the weight and the beauty of love, loss, desire and time. The workshop will be a space for listening, storytelling and theatrical creation, where the classic meets life and life, through theatre, returns to make itself present.