| Acqua Nero by Meredydd Barker |
| First presented in 2007 by Sgript Cymru |
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synopsis: Acqua Nero is a dazzling and gripping play, it skilfully switches between the chaotic last days of World War Two to a more placid modern day Wales. In a POW camp, we follow Dario Murazzo, an Italian held by two Nazis desperate to escape prison as they watch Hitler’s regime collapsing around them. In present-day Wales, we witness the story of an elderly man named Dario Murazzo –whose world begins to collapse around him as his family start to unravel the disturbing truth about his past. This is a riveting play that questions identity and history, should we ever just believe what we are told? The forthcoming production of Acqua Nero will be directed by Simon Harris, he tells us why the play holds such an appeal for him, “ Meredydd is an exciting talent. Having trained as a sculptor, he has a real sense of the additional dimensions of space and time in his work. He does not write a play as if it’s part of a literary medium. Acqua Nero caught my eye some time ago and I’m delighted that it’s finally coming to the stage. With Buzz and The Rabbit, Meredydd demonstrated his promise. Acqua Nero will illustrate how far he has matured. In my view, it is an ambitious and penetrating piece of work that marks him out as one of Wales’s most intelligent and skilful dramatists. |
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