Frustration (Frustra-Azioni) listings

At Wiltons we have always wanted to represent more the people who are often marginalised in society, but often our work never makes it into the public arena. When we met Dario Dambrosi it was impossible not to fall in love with his charismatic personality and the wonderful work he does. There was a small gap in his diary and we are very proud to be importing this mini festival championing Darios work.

Dario D'Ambrosi is one of Italy's leading performance artists and founder of the theatrical school for mentally ill people called teatro patologico. He comes to London for the first time bringing to Wiltons his classic one-man show Frustration (Frustra-Azioni). Based on a true story from 1920, it depicts the obsessed schizophrenic personality of a butcher who imagines himself a male cow, wears a minotaur mask, and pursues offbeat bovine erotic fantasies!

Performed in English and Italian, this short play is so explicit in its pantomime that the foreign-language portions are completely understandable.

A trilogy of his best films follow the performances successively each evening, Dario will be hosting a Q and A after his final performance on Saturday 10th February and is open to discussions regarding his own work and managing his theatre company in Rome. There will be a short interval after the performance so the stage area can be converted into a cinema on the screening nights.