Breaking Free

Finalist FIT International Festival 2023
Finalist Inbox Verde 2023
Finalist Intransito 2023
Selected Segnali Festival 2023

As a child, I was told that sport would teach me the true values of life. But in fact I learnt those playing on the beach or in the backyard with friends

With BREAKING FREE we would like to laugh about a certain mindsets of sport.
We hear them in the locker rooms’ speeches, in films or on sports commentaries:
one must always give one’s all,
you can never lose or fall behind.

But wasn’t sport supposed to be a game, first of all?
What about collaboration and creativity?
What about time for learning?
What about time for making mistakes,
which is the only way to learn?

  • Created and directed by Marta Abate e Michelangelo Frola
  • With Simone Benelli, Francesco Fontana, Damiano Grondona, Chiara Leugio, Sofia Pagano
  • Coproduction ScenaMadre, Gli Scarti 
  • supported by Comune di Genova progetto Start and Go, Teatro Pubblico Ligure
  • Art residencies Officine Papage, Teatro Nazionale di Genova
  • Photos Francesco Tassara, Roberta Bova, Virginia La Monaca
  • Technical sponsor Nespoli Group
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A play staged by young actors that everyone should see, especially the younger generations.

Jonas -Centres for contemporary psychology26/12/2022

Abate and Frola's direction and dramaturgy, always dynamic and full of pathos, engages the audience and makes them an essential part of the show. The compelling and fluid stage dialogue transforms the setting, a place for reflection, into a ring in which to throw away all the negative aspects of sport.

Angela Villa - Dramma.it

We laugh at sport, but with a bitter smile: it is no longer a game to enjoy, but a business, a space of perpetual conflict made up of false teachings, incorrect education aimed at domination, and the perverse role of parents.

Mario Bianchi - Eolo.it22/05/2023