The story of Rapunzel is told by two cooks who are baking a cake. All the ingredients are brought out onto the counter in the small kitchen. Everything is ready when a craving for coffee interrupts the baking. But the work must go on; they can’t stop. Craving or wanting something else can lead to trouble, just like those two farmers who lost a daughter because of their craving for rampion. But you can’t bring up a story without telling the whole thing. And so, between a cup of coffee and the cake preparation—whose aromas the audience will also be able to enjoy—the two cooks never stop recounting and pondering that strange story that begins with a wish—to have a child—and a craving—for Rapunzel’s hair grown in a fairy’s garden. The two cooks tell and bring to life the fairy tale of Rapunzel using vegetables, ladles, spoons—whatever they find on the counter. They become so immersed in the fate of the protagonists that they eventually step in, taking part in a story that’s also about them and all of us.

A story, a fairy tale, that reminds us that even in the darkest moments, we must not lose hope for a happy ending. Life will have its sorrows, its wounds, and its moments of abandonment, but it is always worth living to the fullest.

Cattivi Maestri Theater Company, Savona

Directed by Antonio Tancredi

Artistic Director: Manuele Morgese