ALIENI IN LAGUNA – Andrea Pennacchi

About the event

Alieni in Laguna is described as an eco-narrative ballad about our relationship with biodiversity. It is an epic, ironic musical show about the complicated, unbalanced and at times schizophrenic, yet unavoidable bond between humans and the other animal and plant species of the planet. It invites the audience to reflect on the very idea of "alien" and on the need to redefine our relationship with Nature.

The story starts with the unexpected return of wildlife to cities during lockdown and a small apartment-block garden seen as a dirty, contemporary Eden. From there it moves into the Era of Plasmability and Ecological Amnesia, where wild boar, bears, wolves, blue crabs and fireflies mingle in a forest of stories, to reflect on our origins and the ecological impact of how we live.

The theatrical narration blends reality and fantasy, history and biography, science and Venetian folklore.

Written and performed by Andrea Pennacchi, with live music by Giorgio Gobbo (guitar and voice).

Typical weather

No forecast yet. In April Viareggio averages 17° by day and 10° at night, with rain on about 12 days of the month.

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Getting to Viareggio

By car, leave the A12 at the Viareggio-Camaiore exit; the Viareggio–Lucca link road joins the A11 Florence motorway. Viareggio station is on the Genoa–Pisa line and is the terminus of the line to Lucca and Florence, with regional trains towards Pisa, La Spezia, Lucca and Florence. From Pisa airport, the PisaMover shuttle runs to Pisa Centrale in about 5 minutes, where you change to a train for Viareggio.

Parking: On-street parking in Viareggio is mostly paid blue-line parking, run for the Comune by MoVer (Mobilità Versilia). Rates vary by zone; pay at the meters or with the MoVer app. The signs on site always apply.

About Viareggio

Viareggio is the largest town on the Versilia coast, a resort of about 60,000 people with an entirely sandy shoreline on the Ligurian Sea.

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