L'Uomo Che Peso il Mondo

For the first time Science in the City will be featuring an International Science Theatre Festival with two outstanding theatrical plays from London and Torino. The Trials of Galileo presented by Icarus Theatre Collective and L’uomo che pesò il mondo presented by NuoveCosmogonieTeatro will be performed at the Palace Courtyard, St George’s Square, Valletta, on Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September 2014.

L’Uomo che pesò il mondo written by Italian actress Katia Capato and Maltese actor Pino Scicluna who together founded NuoveCosmogonieTeatro in 2012. Their performances unite an accurate historical and scientific research to a more playful theatrical language that at times touches the poetical, dramatic and comic aspects.

L’Uomo che pesò il mondo is an interesting and fascinating production, an idea taken from Massimo Arattano and Albertina Gatti and aided by science consultancy SaperCapire. Starring Pino Scicluna, the story explores ideas, discoveries and achievements of some great scientists such as Henry Cavendish, Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, Giovanni Keplero and Tycho Brahe.

The solo play is one hour long and starts after The Trials of Galileo ends, at 22:00hrs, at the Palace Courtyard.