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EDIFICE 10th Anniversary

For its 10th anniversary, EDIFICE celebrates a decade of artistic collaboration between directors Harriet Waghorn and Carmine De Amicis, distilling ten years of shared creation into a bold and singular theatrical experience: Figlia di Babilonia.

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This audacious work weaves together spoken text and physical theatre, combining diverse forms of storytelling with an immersive sense of spectacle. Developed through a site-specific approach, the production embraces every core element that has shaped the company’s artistic identity: movement-driven narrative, interdisciplinary experimentation, and a deep focus on the relationship between performers and audience.

 

A perfect culmination of EDIFICE’s first ten years, Figlia di Babilonia brings together everything the company is passionate about, in one powerful, boundary-defying production. Through Director Carmine De Amicis, EDIFICE collaborated with the Italian theatre company Teatranti Tra Tanti for Dal Tramonto all’Alba Off, a festival dedicated to celebrating the archaeological Roman ruins of Alba Fucens through theatrical experiences.

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Together, the companies created Figlia di Babilonia, a powerful and immersive work that merges drama and dance theatre. Reworked by Alessandro Martorelli and Carmine De Amicis from an original play, the text explores the political dimensions of a cursed land, weaving in biblical stories from the birthplace of monotheism. It challenges audiences to confront the realities of religious conflict and the desecration of both land and humanity in the name of God. An original score by Phillip O’Meara gives voice and body to the characters and themes of this tragedy. At its core, shifting power dynamics between greed, earthly authority, and divinity unfold in a narrative that examines corruption, desire, and humanity’s longing for the divine.

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Although set in an ancient world, the tragedy carries an unsettlingly contemporary resonance: a world fractured by conflict, where relentless tension never ceases. Against this dramatic and universal backdrop, the performance questions the nature of divinity and its presence, or absence, among humankind. Has God turned his gaze away, leaving us alone to face our own abyss? Figlia di Babilonia does not provide answers, but instead opens a space for reflection, evoking a God who, if present, has long remained unseen.

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With an international cast of performers, this dark and extraordinary journey invites audiences into a contemporary Babylon, where the sacred and the profane collide in a powerful and unyielding narrative.

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Venue: Chiesa di San Pietro, Alba Fucens, Italy. 

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Cast: 

Carmine De Amicis,

Harriet  Waghorn,

Fabio Dolce,

Salvatore De Simone,

Valeria Cianciusi,

Giovanni Cianciusi,

Alessandro Scafati,

Antonio Pellegrini,

Alessandro Martorelli,

Gianluca Rosetti.

“It sold out every performance, confirming itself as an extraordinary event for its visual impact, narrative power, and artistic quality.” MARSICA LIVE

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