The Diary of a Sentimental Killer

Teatro Dei Borgia  
presents

THE DIARY OF A SENTIMENTAL KILLER

“A clear and faultless production” Corriere della Sera

[20 May 2011 – Corato, Italy] Teatro dei Borgia today announced the Czech premiere of Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda´s The Diary of a Sentimental Killer, directed and performed by Gianpiero Borgia. Performances will take place 27th May- 4 th June at 22.00 in the Divadlo Inspirace, as part of the Fringe Festival Praha.

Luis Sepúlveda, on whose book this production is based, was born in Chile in 1949.   While arguably Chile´s most famous living writer, he is also well known as a film director, journalist and political activist.  Both his writing and his activism have taken him throughout South America and Europe, and his influence has spread around the world, with his works being translated into many languages.

Gianpiero Borgia, who both stars in, and directed the original Italian production of the show, is the founder and manager of Teatro dei Borgia.  He began his training with Giorgio Albertazzi and continued his studies as an actor at the Experimental Film Centre and as a director at the GITIS Master for foreigners.  He has worked as an assistant for Jurij Alschitz for years and is qualified for teaching and the development of Alschitz´s method of theatrical training techniques.  He received the National Critics Association Award for How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients and has been nominated for several other awards in Italy and abroad.

The Diary of a Sentimental Killer will be performed daily @ 22.00 (1 hr) from 27th May- 4 th June in the Divadlo Inspirace, Malostranské námestí 13, Malá Strana, Praha 1.

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one4review.com

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The Scotsman

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The List

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UKTheatre.net

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Edfringe.com
 
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Fest