The Wolf Game

The Wolf Game is about a strange prince, and his servant, and everything that happens in their dining room. We get to see the servant trying his best to do his job, but the prince can be a difficult man, and he manages to make the whole performance very comical. The prince has a wolf figure that he plays with in his own way, but the servant doesn't like that.

This show was for ages six and up, but I was still looking forward to seeing it. I had high expectations and hoped to have a good laugh, which I think many others also hoped for. The laughter started early in the performance as soon as the prince began to take his role in the story.

There was a lot of laughter from the audience throughout the performance. The actors were very funny, and good. They were able to say everything without saying a single word, which requires more movement and expression through body language, and that was something these two men did brilliantly. They didn't do things too fast, so everyone had time to watch and laugh. Fun props also made their entrance, and these were used by the actors in a good way. The actors worked a lot together with the music where it suited them, and moved in time with it, which made it really fun to watch. Instead of having one part with music and one part with acting, they made the beat of the music become part of the acting, which brought everything together in a good way.

Outside the auditorium, when the show was over, most of the children I heard were very excited about what they had just seen, and so was I. I heard one child say that it was "the best play I've ever seen", and I'd have to agree that it was one of the better performances I've seen in a while. I also talked to some kids who thought everything was funny and they laughed a lot during the performance.

This was a very good play. I understood that this wolf figure that the prince was playing with was supposed to represent an evil anger inside the person playing with it. I don't think a six-year-old, who is exactly within the target group, sees what this wolf figure really is, and that's why I think they've done a really good job of creating this performance, in a way that you don't really need to take in all the hidden aspects of the theme. Because it's a fantastically fun piece that's exciting to just watch without thinking too. The music is very appropriate and good to listen to. The lighting was also one of the best I've seen. They were able to place a lot of focus where it should be with the help of this light, and that's something I feel is very important when it comes to acting.

Nikolai

With Daniel Gol/Michele Puleio and Alessandro Nosotti
Text and direction: Daniel Gol, Laura Marchegiani, Alessandro Nosotti