Il 20 novembre – Theatre Performance at Teatro San Materno

Lars Norén draws inspiration from two real-life incidents in which students brutally attacked classmates and teachers. The play does not recount these stories—widely covered by newspapers and television—but rather reflects on the behaviour of young people, bearing witness to a malaise born from their fragility. A keen observer of contemporary reality and the possible distortions of the human mind, Norén probes these abysses of horror, asking what lies at the origin of this new form of civil war, unleashed (and foretold) by a young person against themselves and the surrounding world.

A harsh and uncompromising text, it neither explains nor consoles, nor does it preach moral lessons. Instead, it delves into the folds of a deep discomfort that concerns us all, focusing especially on the problem of culture—or rather, its absence—which unleashes this horror.