Curated by Ailuros Teatro
What’s Missing is an interactive and participatory performance for an audience of 20 people at a time, combining sensory theatre and virtual reality to provide an immersive experience inspired by the myth of Aeneas, revisited in a contemporary light. Through VR visors, tactile experiences and interaction with the performers, the audience is urged to put themselves in the shoes of a person facing separation and a journey: refugees, migrants, the homeless. Issues such as identity, home and belonging are explored in a deep and personal manner. The spectators become travellers, guided on an emotional journey that questions the very meaning of home and what we bring with us or leave behind. An invisible thread links those who depart, leaving visible traces on the body and in the memory.
Ailuros is an independent theatre company that has been creating immersive and sensory performances combining participatory theatre, interactive technologies and VR since 2009. A pioneer in Italy in the use of 306° video, it proposes experiences that involve the senses and places audiences in the shoes of others to fuel empathy, dialogue and understanding and to reverse the observer’s perspective. The spectators become travellers and co-creators of the narrative.
Credits:
an Ailuros production (2024)
performance with Lorenza Trentin, Massimo Cappelli, Barbara Riebolge
concept and video 360 and performance director Barbara Riebolge
video 360 screenplay Nicola Cecconi, Barbara Riebolge
video 360 filming and editing Matteo Gaudiano | FILMenki
video 360 with Sabrina Arteconi, Denise Forestan, Valeria Gianni, Simon Ibhasuote, Carlotta Moretti, Chiara Pauletto, Chiara Pernechele, Daria Tonzig, Silvia Toso
video 360 costumes Giulia Possamai, Barbara Riebolge
video 360 voiceover Barbara Riebolge (Italian version), Ramune Kupsyte (English version), Paloma Fernandez Yllana (Spanish version)
promozione Angela Aromando
grafica Paolo Rampin
progetto SensoryVRgeneration
Programme:
Tuesday 17 June 2025:
- 00 am -11.00 am: First repeat performance
- 00 noon -1.00 pm: Second repeat performance
- 00 pm - 4.00 pm: Third repeat performance
- 00 pm - 6.00 pm: Fourth repeat performance
How to take part:
Reservations are required, using this link: https://forms.gle/REYdpN55BZ2eTGNU7 | ailurosteatro@gmail.com (until 16/06/25) or call +39 3493621836 (on the day of the event).
The performance is participatory and travelling, and requires the use of a VR visor.
Comfortable footwear and clothing recommended.
Participants must leave their bags in the organisation’s cloakroom before joining the performance.
Please show up at least 10 minutes early so we can start on time and so you don’t lose your reservation.