Roberto Zucco

By Bernard-Marie Koltès

NIDA, June Production Season

Parade Theatre, June 2019

With Declan Kelly

Melissa Kahraman

Ethan Browne

Jazz Laker

Roman Delo

Kira-Che Heelan

Fabian McCallum

Direction Robert Schuster
Set and Prop Design Cammi Ostrowsky
Costume Design Olivia Rowlands

Lighting Design Aron Murray

Sound Design Justin Ellis

Video Design Aron Murray

Video Systems Design Cameron Smith

French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès’ last play focuses on the life and crimes of the notorious 1980s Italian serial killer, Roberto Zucco, asking where does evil come from?

A man in black screams at something off-camera. Upstage, a woman in a grey coat leans against a grey two-storey building.

A man in black points a gun at a man in streetwear. A woman in a green jacket films the action on a smartphone, while a man dressed as a small child and a woman in a grey coat sit on the ground. Behind, on the second storey of a grey building, is a man holding a megaphone. Three long, thin digital screens displaying the live-streamed image from the smartphone are visible above. They are lit in cool white.

On the second storey of a grey building, two men dressed as police officers. Three long, thin digital screens displaying a police sketch of a man and the end of the word “POLICE” are visible above. They are lit in cool white.

On a raised platform, a man in a denim jacket talks to another man in a gold jacket. To the left, a woman in a white top and black dress and another woman in red lingerie and black skirt look on. Behind a grey two-storey building. Two long, thin digital screens displaying the red text and red abstract textures are visible above. They are lit in red.

A man in green is flown in the air by wires and ropes. Two long, thin digital screens displaying a star field are visible above. He is lit in cold white.

A wide shot of a grey two-storey building. On the ground floor, a woman silhouetted in a doorway by a yellow light. Three long, thin digital screens displaying a thin white line are visible above.

A man in green, gripping a bunch of flowers, stands in the doorway of a living room set. A woman in an orange jacket holds up her hands to keep him away. They are lit in warm white.

A wide shot of a grey two-storey building. On the ground floor, a woman silhouetted in a doorway by a red light. On the second storey, a woman in a patterned dress, raising her hands to the sky. The second woman is lit in cool white, the rest in red.

CAMERON SMITH

Composition, Sound and Video Design

Roberto Zucco