SIPARJU 003: Rediscovering the Maltese Religious Dramas: A Dive into “La Predestinata” and “Bin il-Bniedem with Vincenzo Maria Pellegrini, Maria Pisani, Inez Soler, Guido Saliba, Carmelo Pace, Gużeppi Schembri and Emanuel Vincent (Emvin) Cremona: March- April 1955

March 24, 2024

In Malta, the peak of religious drama occurred with “La Predestinata” and “Bin il-Bniedem” in 1955, influenced by global religious spectacles and cinema. These large-scale productions, with detailed scenography and numerous actors, now linger as echoes of a vibrant past.

Gino Muscat Azzoppard

Siparju 001: Malta, Jannar, 1948. Gino Muscat Azzopardi, Pawlu Boffa u t-Teatru Nazzjonali.

January 23, 2024

Is-sena l-oħra irbaħt il-borża ta’ studju SIPARJU Teatru Malta għall-istudji tiegħi fi ħdan id-dipartiment tal-Istjudi tat-Teatru fl-Universita’ ta’ Malta Theatre Studies at UM. Ir-riċerka tiegħi tiffoka fuq il-“perjodu mudlam” tat-teatru Malti bejn l-1935 u l-1965. Il-premessa prinċipali ta’ dan l-istudju tħares lejn kif it-teatru Malti żviluppa f’dawn iż-żminijiet ta’ transizzjoni. Permezz ta’ din is-sensiela ta’ noti qosra, se naqsam xi dati u nqajjem xi ħares mill-passat.

scan: NAM OPM 140/1948 The National Archives of Malta Grazzi talli dejjem disposti u tal-paċenzja

Back to Partying in the Blackbox

April 10, 2022

I am in the black box “after several Covid-postponements”. I can finally experience watching a performance collectively as part of an audience. “It feels like there’s still much to discover about the work, and I’m excited to share it with a home crowd and open up some dialogues about the experience of it.” Ira writes in her mail-shot before the Amsterdam premiere at Frascati of LIKE THE PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Working in the Glory Machine

April 3, 2022

I have worked with Billy Mullaney since 2018, in the role of a live video editor (on-stage). In the Glory Machine, we see an ensemble of 6 performers including Billy (and excluding me). They are executing a series of 75 shots which is being made life for the audience.

Gates and Gatekeepers

March 28, 2021

So at the gates of the airport, I found myself thinking about gates and gatekeepers. I often find myself pondering about various aspects of cultural policy especially when I visit the micro-cosmos of the Maltese scene.

Dutch windmill facing the flood of 1926

Outsiders Looking In

February 8, 2021

he remembers a passage in his school textbook called The Legend of Holland. The centre character is a young boy from the countryside who turns to be a national hero after saving the country from flooding by blocking a leak in the dam with his finger and staying there for days and nights before he was found and the dam was fixed. My father says this story is imprinted in his mind and this is how he sees Holland. I said it’s the Netherlands now

1967_in_Malta_(Brian-Harrington-Spier)

il-Qamar

January 29, 2021

“…jien is-soltu nħares lejn il-qamar. Għax il-qamar, meta jkun ġej maltemp ikollu l-qiegħa. Jekk ikun ġej ftit ikollu ftit. Mhux ikun ċar bħal ma hija l-bozza imma jkollu qiegħa miegħu. Sinjali li jkun hemm xi riħ. Imma dan kellu qiegħa imma jien peress li kont flgħaxija għall-għasafar, mort u ma ħaristx ’l hemm. Li niżel… mhux taqtir niżel. Qisu bil-bramel. Però kien hemm tmien trombi fuq il-baħar. Ngħidulhom ‘bżieżel tal-ajru’. Beżżul meta tkun sħaba u tniżżilha hekk.” 

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