Their aim? Kill the President of the European Commission, broadcast it all online, and start a revolution. These far-right extremists don’t believe in democracy, they hate immigrants and they want to establish a new dictatorship across Europe. Taking its cue from the growing rise of far-right movements across Europe, Allarmi offers a subjective exploration of the thin line that separates revolutionary heroes and mythomaniacs. 

Marco Young is a British-Italian actor and translator, who has been translating commercially since 2018. He began translating Italian theatre into English in early 2020, focusing on contemporary Italian pieces discussing migration and journeys. He was a mentee on the 2022-23 Foreign Affairs Theatre Translator Mentorship Programme, for which his translation of Suburban Miracles by Gabriele Di Luca was showcased at Camden People’s Theatre in January 2023. His translation of Sorry We Didn’t Die at Sea by Emanuele Aldrovandi ran at Seven Dials Playhouse in July 2022 and will transfer to Park Theatre in September 2023. 

Emanuele Aldrovandi is an Italian playwright, screenwriter, translator and director. He is the artistic director of Associazione Teatrale Autori Vivi. In 2013, with Homicide House, he won the most important Italian playwriting award, the Riccione/Tondelli, and his plays have been staged in many theatres all over the country and abroad. In Italy, he also won the Pirandello National Award with Felicità/Happiness, the Fersen Awardwith Il Generale/The General, the Hystrio Award and the Mario Fratti Award with Farfalle/Butterflies.