{"id":6108,"date":"2026-03-03T03:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arwibo.com\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:58:39","slug":"novecento-1900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/novecento-1900\/","title":{"rendered":"Novecento (1900)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Performance of the Municipal Theatre of Mlada Boleslav<\/strong> presented by Art without Borders<\/strong> and<\/strong> CSSK Vancouver<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actors:<\/strong> Radim Madeja<\/strong> (Thalia award 2015) & Jakub Safr<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 1, 2026<\/strong> at 8pm,
6450 Deer Lake Ave<\/strong>, Burnaby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets: https:\/\/tickets.shadboltcentre.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tel: 604.205.3000 \u2022 Acceptable payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, Amex, cash, debit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Novecento<\/strong><\/em> is a theatrical monologue written by Alessandro Baricco<\/a> and published by Feltrinelli<\/a> in 1994. The text was meant to be the script for a play directed by Gabriele Vacis and performed by Eugenio Allegri, which was first staged at the Asti Festival in July of the same year. The author described it as something between “a true staging and a story to be read aloud.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The book has been a commercial success<\/strong> in Italy and abroad, selling more than one million copies in the first sixteen years after publication[1]<\/a><\/sup> and in 1998 it was adapted into a film titled The Legend of 1900<\/a>, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore<\/a>, with the characters Novecento and Tooney (named Max in the film) portrayed by Tim Roth<\/a> and Pruitt Taylor Vince<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Plot<\/strong>
At the very beginning of 1900, an old sailor found a baby in a lemon box on an ocean liner. Apparently, some desperate third-class passenger had left it there. The foundlings began to call Lemon, that is, Citron. On that huge ship, Citron discovered a piano in the first-class restaurant, sat down at it and immersed his hands in white and black tones, and suddenly the legend of \u201cNineteen Hundred\u201d was born. The legend of a miraculous pianist.
A single actor, one excellent pianist, the audience literally at hand and a great story shared together \u2013 these are the ingredients that make this production an experience not to be missed.
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The performance was awarded the Thalia Award 2015 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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