"Men in the Trenches" theatrical performance at Malga Pusterle - 17 July 2021

Theatrical performance in the hut

Saturday, July 17, 2021,at Malga Pusterle in Roana,will be held the theatrical show "Men in the Trenches" promoted and organized by the VALDASSA Project and Siben Alte Komoine Museum of Camporovere di Roana, with the patronage of the Municipality of Roana and in collaboration with JeEvent, with the aim of enhancing the territories affected by the Great War and the recent Vaia storm.

The show, curated by Teatro Bresci,will begin at 21:00 at

Admission is free but reservations are required by contacting JeEvent on

Before the theatrical performance will also be held:

- afree guided excursion

- at 17:30 a historical re-enactment by the Association "Not to forget" and the creation of a sculpture dedicated to the work of Marco Martalar

- DINNER IN MALGA (with reservations required by calling the number ).

Possibility of participation in every single event EXCLUSIVELY WITH RESERVATION at the reference telephone numbers.

In case of bad weather the event will be postponed to Tuesday, July 27, 2021.

WHAT TO TAKE WITH YOU

It is recommended to bring: blanket / jacket (we are in the mountains and in the valley the temperature drops a lot in the evening), a torch (the smartphone can be enough), appropriate shoes (you walk on a dirt road / pasture grass).

MEN IN THE TRENCHES

It is a show by and with Giacomo Rossetto produced by Teatro Bresci and Arteven.

Trenches were one of the symbols of the Great War. When the various European governments decided to take the field, everyone was convinced that it would be a quick war in which it was essential to exploit the temporal value.
Instead, after a few weeks, the different European fronts stabilized and hundreds of kilometers of trenches began to be dug, from the north of France to present-day Poland.
These long corridors, just under two meters deep, immediately appeared also on the Italian front, in the plains, on the karst plateau and in the high mountains, in the middle of the snow. It is therefore natural to wonder how the trenches were built, what was the life of a soldier inside them, how they slept, how they ate, and what were the everyday problems.
In many testimonies you can read the moods, the emotions, the fears, the desire to escape from that hell. But you can also catch the chronicles of real life, of how this coexistence was organized on the front, close to one's enemy.
Thus the harsh rules imposed by the commands and the punishments for those who refused to fight are discovered.
But we discover the great humanity of the simple, of those sent to die drunk, of their friendships and their courage.
The simplest and most terrible definition of the life of a soldier during the First World War is given by the poet Ungaretti, also a soldier in the Great War, through his poem "Soldati": "You are like autumn on the trees the leaves".