“The Marriage” (Ślub), 1948

Synopsis

"The self is another," writes Rimbaud; "the self is the face that others have given me," thinks Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), according to the critical interpretation offered by Jan Kott (1971). In the Polish author's second play, human ceremony, and in particular the ritual of marriage, are the focus. Conceived as a tragic farce, the play interrogates the ways in which human impotence, left only with the possibility of conflict and symbolic and distorting gestures, takes on the most grotesque manifestations. In a dimension suspended between dream and waking, the story, set by Gombrowicz in the dark night of the Second World War, is brought to our contemporary times, in which indifference, a sense of impotence, and vulgarity once again coexist in everyday life.

Artistic Team

Actors: Gabriela Checchia, Pablo Comune, Siyuan Chen, Viola Cicoria, Eleonora Congiu, Olivia Del Sante, Arturo Gerace, Stefano Martelli, Anita Masi, Camilla Rizzo, Aurora Matilde Viola Sempio, Francesca Tomalino, Giulia Tonello, Gabriele Vaschetti, Giorgio Zaccarelli
Music: Andrea D’Oria
Choreographies: Francesca Tomalino
Light design: Marco Usmigli
Dramaturgical adaptation and direction: Leonardo Mancini

Duration: 70 minutes

Trailer

Previous performances

03/07/2026: Spazio Kairós, Torino
27/06/2026: Villa Martini, Cavagnolo (Turin, Italy)
28/05/2026, Festival de théâtre universitaire "Meraki", MJC Monplaisir - Le Karbone, Lyon (France)
28/02/2026: Teatro Giacosa, Ivrea (Italy) (preview: 20 minutes)

Press review

Hugo Genève, Il matrimonio, "L'Entracte", n. 3, 28 May 2026, p. 2
Interview with Francesca Tomalino and Olivia Del Sante, L'Entracte | Le Podcast, 28/05/2026 [French]
Claudio Rocco, Interview to Leonardo Mancini, "Radio Fuori Campo", 11/06/2026 [Italian]

Photographies: Alessio Dell'Anna

Rassegna stampa

Hugo Genève, Il matrimonio, "L'Entracte", n. 3, 28 maggio 2026, p. 2
Intervista a Francesca Tomalino e a Olivia Del Sante, L'Entracte | Le Podcast, 28/05/2026
Claudio Rocco, Intervista a Leonardo Mancini, "Radio Fuori Campo", 11/06/2026

Materiali

Accessibility

Surtitling for the performance is available in Italian, English, and French, both via projection on a screen (or backdrop) and via an App (Sténtor), which has been developed as part of the University of Turin's public engagement project "Etica. Theatrical Explorations and Innovation for an Accessible Culture". Audio descriptions are currently available in Italian, and are currently under development in other languages. For further information, please contact us at: accessibilita@tantanteatro.it