Così è (o mi pare)

Pirandello's Così è (se vi pare) rewritten for virtual reality: in an upper-class living room, spying on others now goes through social media.

Synopsis

A whole town is unsettled by the arrival of Mr Ponza and Mrs Frola, son-in-law and mother-in-law telling different versions of the same story. In Elio Germano’s rewrite the search for truth runs through social media, and the viewer stands at the centre of the scene, inside the apartment.

Production notes

The project was born at Teatro della Pergola at the invitation of its artistic director Stefano Accorsi, and co-produced by Gold, Infinito and Teatro della Toscana. Shot in December 2020 in a farmhouse near Florence, with eighteen stage and screen actors on their first 360° shoot. Elio Germano adapted and directed it, Omar Rashid handled the VR direction.