Quelli di Basaglia... a 180° Theatre Performance

In collaboration with GO! 2025 and the Academy of Madness of Trieste, the Italian Institute of Culture presents Quelli di Basaglia... a 180° theatre performance.

On Sunday, 17 November, at 18.30, the Ljubljana Cultural Centre Španski borci will host Quelli di Basaglia... a 180°  theatre performance, part of the Basaglia project from ECoC GO! 2025 official programme.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Franco Basaglia, the revolutionary anti-psychiatrist who opened the doors of psychiatric institutions, proving that patients could be helped and treated in different ways. Thanks to him, on 13 May 1978, Law 180 was passed, banning these institutions.

The Academy of Madness in Trieste was founded on this anniversary and has been telling the story of the history and turbulent changes of this place. It disseminates the words of those who lived there and tells how bewilderment, rebellion, loneliness, insecurity, hope and nostalgia for the impossible became possible.

On stage, the actors interpret a mosaic of texts, interviews, poems and authentic testimonies of Franco Basaglia and the patients. They interweave texts with music, dance and song, rediscovering the ways in which madness can finally become part of life again and be a force of reason, if it is not reduced to a disease by the violence of institutions. This is a story of those on both sides, of those who touch the earth, water the roses and change things.

The performance will be in Italian with Slovenian subtitles.

Free admission until all seats are filled.

Photo: arhiv Basaglia