The show is part of the "Anthropocene Theatre" exhibition curated by the Muse – Science Museum and with the artistic direction of Arditodesìo. Four events tell how society feels and lives the Anthropocene.
In a world stuck in hectic and inhuman rhythms, which take time away from thought and introspection, the arrival of a virus that turns people into turkeys blocks and distorts everything. Thus, the two couples in the story find themselves in the hallway of a building assailed by questions, frustrations and fears.
The extinction of the human race is a sort of exorcism – cathartic and liberating – that helps us metabolize our present with irony, lucidity and a pinch of grotesque surrealism, using tragicomic language, with sharp and tight dialogues.
You are in the savannah with two lions, one near and one far away. Which one scares you the most? The nearest one. But it doesn't make sense, because even the farthest one, if he wants, eats you. Because he runs a lot faster than you. They should scare you just the same, or at most you should ask yourself which of the two is hungrier. But who manages to make such a reasoning with two lions that want to eat it? That's not how our brains work. The amygdala, which regulates emotions, simplifies everything to detect dangers: "near/danger", "far/then we see".
