LADIES’NIGHT
by A. Mc Carten and S. Sinclair
Adaptation and direction: Roberto Marafante
Cast: Rosa Fumetto, Carlo Conversi, Alberto Alemanno, Angelo Sorino, Felice Casciano, Bruno Verdirosi
Set and costumes: Chiara Defant
Music: Tito Schipa Jr.
Light Design: Roberto de Rubis
Choreography: Lilla Vancheri
One of the most successful and original shows of the ninenties. It tells the story of a group of unemployed and disillusioned young men, who turn to streap tease to earn a living. This decision will also greatly affect their private life. To learn the job, they call an expert (in this version Rosa Fumetto), who trains them, so we have a show within the show, and makes them real professionals. Two versions were made: one in 1992 and one in 1996. It is from this play that came the idea for the successful film “Full Monty”
Reviews
“Roberto Marafante turned a body building champion and two models into real actors, able to make fun of their bodies…”
Rita Cirio – L’Espresso, 23rd November 1992
“… we didn’t get bored, like in other comedies from abroad, that on stage are fresh like a mummy.”
Nico Garrone – La Repubblica, 27th October 1992
“… there is also the real final streap tease, both funny and elegant.”
Paolo Petroni – Corriere della Sera, 6th November 1992
“The female audience partecipate with high cheers: but there is no vulgarity.”
Rosaria Amato – La Repubblica, 13th November 1996
“Ladies’ Night is a show to be recommended, mostly to women, whether they are malicious or not, or to all the men, lovely as the characters of the play, who don’t take themselves too seriously”
Rossella Battisti – L’Unità, 29th December 1992