Inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's ideas on cultural genocide, Ceresoli's hefty play features a ‘young’, ‘ugly’ and naked Silvia Gallerano revealing her bulimic and revolting secrets for all.

15 April - 4 May.

Winner of six major awards, including the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Stage Award for Best Actress, (Silvia Gallerano) La Merda shocked and awed the theatre world at its 2012 Edinburgh Fringe World Premiere, returning in 2013 for a sell-out Fringe run and successful European tour.

In Cristian Ceresoli’s critically acclaimed angry play, a ‘young’, ‘ugly’ and literally naked Silvia Gallerano captivatingly reveals her revolting secrets, as she struggles with obstinacy, resistance and courage for her own celebrity breakthrough in the society of Thighs and Liberty.

La Merda is driven by a desperate attempt to pull ourselves out of the mud, the latest products of the cultural genocide aptly described by Pier Paolo Pasolini since the modern consumer society began taking form. A totalitarianism, according to Pasolini, even more repressive than the one of the Fascist era, because it’s capable of crushing us softly.

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Q: La Merde is partly inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian poet, film maker, writer, and intellectual. His work was outspoken, challenging sexual and political conventions. He was murdered in 1975. In the same year, which film was he was working on?

A: .1) Teorema .2) Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte .3) I racconti di Canterbury .4) Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma