The words of Rita Levi-Montalcini

The memoirs, impressions and passions of Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian Nobel prize winner for medicine, are coming to Albania in a special theatrical show mixing words, images and sounds shaping the portrait of Italy’s most famous scientist.
Directed by Valeria Patera also the protagonist of the show, Le parole di Rita (the Words of Rita), through a desk, a chair, a microscope and six videoclips brings back Rita Levi-Montalcini’s memoirs to the public. The science and art show us the figure of the Nobel Prize winner inspired by the autobiography and the letters she sent to her mother and twin sister from the United States. The result is a show where one must be all eyes and ears. Valeria Patera offers an unusual mix of words, images and sounds depicting an unexpected portrait of the great scientist, organizers say.
The theatrical piece by Valeria Patera made its Albania premiere at the Petro Marko theatre of the southern city of Vlora on March 6 at 18.00 before staging at the newly established Theatre of Comedy in Tirana two days later on March 8 at 19.00.