Written in 1972, THE DUCK VARIATIONS is a play by the American playwright David Mamet which focuses on two old men who first randomly – then regularly – meet on a park bench and slowly develop a somewhat odd and begrudgingly acknowledged, reluctant “friendship”. While the two strangers fumble for topics to speak about, they somehow always end up reverting to the ducks that they observe swimming around on the lake and their awkward daily sessions entail philosophizing about the world in general and ducks in particular.
Our students’ version is a free adaptation of the play. This Version shows how the Main subject of the play is related to all humans and to in which time distance plays an important role.
Cast: Participants from the course Acting in English, step 3 - Showtime
Teacher and Director: Samuele Caldognetto
Date and time: Wednesday the 16th of October at 20:00-21:00
Location: The theater room at Folkuniversitetet, Kungstensgatan 45, Stockholm.
Entrance: Free entry, no advance booking. The entrance opens approximately 10 minutes before
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Kursledare
Samuele Caldognetto
Samuele undervisar både i italienska och teater på Folkuniversitetet sedan hösten 2009 och är mycket uppskattad av sina deltagare.
Samuele föddes i Milano och är uppvuxen i Italien där han har studerat teater vid universiteten i Florens och Milano. Han började utbilda sig till skådespelare med teatergruppen La Compagnia di Proteo. De följande åren började han studera regi och började arbeta som regiassistent i samma grupp. Samuele har arbetat med flertalet teaterproduktioner och som teaterlärare från 2002.
År 2001 regisserade han sin första pjäs, ”La calza idiota. År 2005 startade han kulturföreningen ”Isenzatetti” där han fortfarande är aktiv och för vilken han är konstnärlig ledare, regissör, skådespelare och scenograf. I tre år har han satt upp pjäser vid kända teatrar i Milano som t.ex. Don quijote & Donna quijota”,” Il buio oltre il sogno” och “Happy days” av Samuel Beckett. Samuele flyttade till Stockholm 2009 och bildade kort därefter den italienska teatergruppen TeaterPi, vars första pjäs La signorina Papillon spelades upp vid Teaterverket i juni 2010.
Samuele Caldognetto has taught both Italian and theatre at Folkuniversitetet since Autumn 2009 and is highly regarded by his students.
Samuele was born in Milan and grew up in Italy where he studied theatre at the universities of Florence and Milan. He trained as an actor with the theatre group La Compagnia di Proteo and then went on to study directing and began working as an assistant direct in the same group. Samuele has worked with several theatre productions and has been a theatre teacher since 2002.
In 2001 he directed his first play, "La Calza idiota". In 2005 he founded the cultural association "Isenzatetti" where he is still active and for which he is the artistic director, director, actor and set designer. For three years, he directed plays at famous theatres in Milan, among them "Don Quixote & Donna quijota "," Il buio oltre il sogno "and" Happy Days" by Samuel Beckett.
Samuele moved to Stockholm in 2009 and shortly after this founded the Italian theatre group TeaterPi, whose first play "La Signorina Papillon" was performed at Teaterverket in June 2010.
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