Inspired by stories collected from twenty women in ten different countries It´s Red! is an original solo show created and performed by Gaia Mencagli, that celebrates the menstrual cycle through creative storytelling. Humoristic, partially interactive, and poetic this play discovers how words, movement, objects, and music can all work together to reveal the secrets of one of the females’ biggest mysteries, as a tipsy French woman who finally manages to uncork a magical bottle of wine becomes the host of the night.
Premiere: 3rd of March 2023 at Hangar Teatri, Trieste (Italy).
Photos by Andrea Chenich, Hangar Teatri, Trieste (Italy) 3rd of March 2023
Photos by Magdalena Madra from the second study thanks to an artistic residency at the Grotowski Institute in 2022 (Wroclaw, Poland); https://grotowski-institute.pl/wydarzenia/czerwone-teatralne-badanie-cyklu-menstruacyjnego/
Trailer from the first study thanks to an artistic residency at Open Eye Figure Theatre in 2019 (Minneapolis, USA); http://www.openeyetheatre.org/fusebox2