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‘Where Do the Balloons Go’ shows children’s play has no language barrier
Most of the children didn’t know Italian, yet the Assemblea Teatro di Torino’s Where Do the Balloons Go had them in stitches even before the translations were given.
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Songs and story: Cristiana Maria Voglino (left) and Paolo Gian Piero Sicco display the difficult and incredible journey of growing up through songs written by a revered Italian Renato Ruscel. (JP/Valerie Halim)
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ost of the children didn’t know Italian, yet the Assemblea Teatro di Torino’s Where Do the Balloons Go had them in stitches even before the translations were given.
As a small crowd squeezed into the Italian Cultural Institute Jakarta in Menteng on the morning of July 20, there was anticipation in the air.
The audience, mostly consisting of young children, was gathered for a performance of Where Do the Balloons Go, an Italian children’s play by three actors from Assemblea Teatro di Torino, a theater company based in the northern Italian city of Turin.
The lights were dimmed and the show began. For the next hour, the audience was treated to slapstick comedy, entertaining songs and plenty of laughs, regardless of age.
The trio – Paolo Gian Piero Sicco, Cristiana Maria Voglino and Angelo Scarafiotti – captivated the audience by singing about the color and beauty of everyday life amid the struggles and pressures of growing up.
The show was performed completely in Italian, with Indonesian storytellers on standby to recite lines immediately after the actors delivered them. This system presented challenges and required lots of rehearsal, but the troupe was thrilled by the way the performance was given in front of an international audience.
