As part of the third edition of the “Cosa porta il vento – Le relazioni umane” series, Compagnia Teatro Insania of Naples will present the show Mare di Ruggine – La favola dell’Ilva 2.0 for the first time in Sicily.
Text and direction by Antimo Casertano.
With Daniela Ioia, Luigi Credendino, Francesca De Nicolais and Antimo Casertano.
Produced by Teatro Bellini di Napoli.

The show, winner of numerous awards and honours, including the 2025 National Critics’ Prize, tells the story of a family spanning five generations, running in parallel with the history of the former Ilva plant, later Italsider, in Bagnoli.
It is the story of a father told to his son.
It is the tale of the only possibility, the only alternative that the factory – ‘o cantiere – represented for so many, so very many families; in Naples as in Taranto, in Genoa as in Piombino.
It is the tale of the right to work and of how it represents the only certainty of existence in society.
A journey through collective memory and working-class identity, through union struggles, deindustrialisation and the social wounds left by time, which will allow us to explore the complex dynamics of labour, economic and power relations.
An act of love towards the social roots of our country, between utopia and disenchantment.

Free admission while seats last.
The series is organised by the association Circo dell’avvenire, under the artistic direction of Tiziana Giordano, and is held under the patronage of the Comune di Cefalù.