«May falling asleep never open our mouth» by Gaia Ginevra Giorgi: Thursday, November 19 to Sunday, November 22, 2026

From November 19 to 22, 2026, Teatro Torlonia (Via Lazzaro Spallanzani 1A, 00161 Roma) presents «May falling asleep never open our mouth», a performance by Gaia Ginevra Giorgi and Denise Tosato. There are four performances, from Thursday, November 19 to Sunday, November 22.

Updated November 6, 2026.

The event

The show is an academic lecture that gradually turns into a stage illusion act. It explores the stories and practices of female bodies that, through vocal techniques, metaphonic phenomena and sound hallucinations, have hacked the languages and devices of dominant knowledge.

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, new technologies for recording and spreading sound made vocal phenomena a field of scientific and spectacular interest. On one side, medical-scientific studies, phoniatric, linguistic and psychoanalytic, classified the female voice by indices of anomaly, hysteria and the occult; on the other, illusionist shows staged the voices of vanished bodies and of nameless subjectivities.

In a performative rewriting of the vocal phenomena tied to spiritism, illusionism and psychoanalysis, the work investigates the voice as an ambiguous instrument of speaking out, between mimetic deception, infiltration and the desire to resist. Research and concept are by Gaia Ginevra Giorgi, who performs with Denise Tosato; the dramaturgical dialogue is by Giada Cipollone. Produced by Extragarbo; running time 50 minutes.

Where it takes place: Teatro Torlonia

Teatro Torlonia began as a love story: in 1841 Prince Alessandro Torlonia commissioned architect Quintiliano Raimondi to build the hall to celebrate his marriage to Teresa Colonna. Work stopped when the prince died in 1848, and the theater was completed in 1874. It stands in the park of Villa Torlonia, near the Casina delle Civette.

Practical information

• Dates: November 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2026.
• Venue: Teatro Torlonia, Via Lazzaro Spallanzani 1A, 00161 Roma.
• The title is in English; the theater's page does not state the language of the performance.
• Running time: 50 minutes.
• Prices at Teatro Torlonia: single-tier seat 18 euros, reduced 15 euros.
• The theater box office is open only on performance days, two hours before the show (telephone 06 44230693); tickets can also be bought at Teatro Argentina.
• Getting there: use the ATAC route planner.

Frequently asked questions about «May falling asleep never open our mouth» by Gaia Ginevra Giorgi

What is the show about?

Female voices between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, across spiritism, illusionism and psychoanalysis, in a lecture that turns into an illusion act.

How long is it?

50 minutes.

How many performances are there?

Four, from November 19 to 22, 2026.

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