What does it mean to be an “out-of-control nun”? You can ask Lionel White, American journalist, from New York, who lived for almost a century in 1900 (1905-1985). In the 1950s he made his debut as a writer of detective novels and gradually left journalism: his stories became the subject of many thriller films directed by directors such as Stanley Kubrick or Jean Luc Godard. “Nuns Out of Control” is one of his plays that will remain at the Martinitt Theater through Sunday: two officers are stationed in a motel room for a police operation that will take place in the next room. They must record, with hidden cameras, a meeting between two nuns, suspected of theft from a religious congregation, and an accountant, a police collaborator, who, by giving them money, must get them caught in the act of committing the crime. In a scene showing two interconnected hotel rooms (the police in one, the crime scene in the other), the spectacle is vivid and chilling. The actors play roles that are more masks than psychological insights. “White writes brilliant comedies – Luca Ferrini, Roman, born 1975, director, here also an actor, comments for Il Giornale. They have a frenetic pace, they are irreverent, but without being vulgar”. Ferrini has directed “The Frog Theorem”, by the American playwright. “Talking about nuns in a humorous way may seem contradictory – he continued -, they are usually figures who evoke tenderness. But this show is not blasphemous and can involve anyone, believer or not.” Regarding blasphemy, it must be said that there is nothing vulgar, but the figure of the nymphomaniac accountant who successfully collaborated with the police was able to increase the access target to 14 years and cannot be said to be aimed at children. We know White as a writer of crime novels, here there is no fear: “This is a lively and rhythmic comedy, difficult and exciting, in the genre of off-stage Noises: it is a real theatrical play”.
He spoke enthusiastically: “I am very happy to debut with this show in Milan because here there is the best audience. I lived here for a year and a half, working as an actor and I really liked it, including the cooking (risotto with ossobuco, for me, is the best dish in the world.”
