Cut Moose

Fuori Programma

(Unscheduled) is one of the final outcomes of Irene’s PhD "Performing Stragismo and Counter-spectacularisation: Italian right-wing Terrorism and Its Legacies (1969-1980)".

The performance stages the under-represented narratives of 20 Italian women who were young adults in the Seventies.

Six students from the University of Edinburgh engaged in weekly theatre workshops in the Italian language; the performance premiered at The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, on 24th May 2023.

Set and prop construction and design: Helen Ainsworth

Two performers dressed as nuns with fake big hands 'hit' performers dressed as scholars.
On the stage of the Pleasance Theatre (Edinburgh), a film is projected onto open suitcases. Four performers sit on four chairs, with costumes hanging in the background.

Fuori Programma was funded by the SGSAH’s Engagement Fund (2022 and 2023); the Student Experience Grant (LLC University of Edinburgh); and the Student Opportunities and Development Fund, EUSA, University of Edinburgh.

Performed at: Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, 23 May 2023