NOVI LIGURE. The Marenco Theater, from the beautiful tale of its recovery, risks becoming a surreal provincial story. From the flaws that never end to the lack of testing by the fire brigade, which is made up for with a temporary Scia and the still missing billboard of the longed-for theater season, for which the presale should have started at the beginning of November.
Now the “mystery of the gallery” appears. From the first day of inauguration, when mainly politicians (and family members), notables and luxury guests attended, we wondered why the gallery (the “dovecote”) was empty, even though the restoration works were declared “finished. “.
In short, there would have been the opportunity to welcome over a hundred more citizens, compared to the approximately 300 present. Someone thought, perhaps inappropriately, that the organizers had wanted to leave the large space of the gallery empty, so as not to create a sort of social disparity between the guests seated in the stalls and those in the boxes.
“Not at all! – Thunder the opposition municipal councilor Luca Patelli who controversially renounced the invitation for the first theater -. The truth is that the work of the gallery has yet to be finished and the administration has tried to hide this aspect, even when, at one in the morning during the last city council, my objections have not been answered satisfactorily. This is one of the real reasons why a season cannot yet be announced, as the artistic director and the Marenco Theater Foundation would like. “
«The gallery was created for standing people – replies the deputy mayor and councilor for public works, Diego Accili -. In ancient times the balustrade of the gallery had a height of the bar that almost forced the spectators to hang on their backs to better see the stage. So we thought about putting stools and allowing people to sit. The balustrade, however, would be annoying, so we will put a bar that allows people to assist in safety ».
«However, the problem lies with the Foundation – concludes Accili -. I learned about this problem while attending a theater supervisory commission. If anything, Patelli, your grievances should be raised not to us but to the previous Foundation, an emanation of past administrations ».
«We have no intention of waging a political war on the Marenco Theater – says Patelli -. We know they would like to remove a railing and replace the seats. Which they should have done for some time. We will ask the administration when the works on the gallery will finish, when the testing will take place and when the Novesi will have the theater season, together with other points concerning the theater. “If the theater lives, the whole city lives”, it cannot be just a slogan ».
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