DOM-

Darkness Picnic

26/09/2026, Cagliari

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⟶ Saturday 26 September 2026, 6.00 pm
secret venue, Cagliari

A temporary shelter for nocturnal storytelling. By weaving together an exploration of the act of walking and nomadism with the theme of light-touch habitation in public spaces, this site-specific workby DOM- invites the public to engage in a collective exercise in rest and suspension. As night falls, clocks stop, perception expands, and the landscape sends out indecipherable messages, as languid as the heat rising from the ground whilst moisture descends from the sky and the tree trunks. 

Musselin garments lie scattered across the grass and dark rocks; someone loses their way. 

Nature then reveals itself in all its seductive power, drawing bodies towards it, inviting them to pause and lose themselves, issuing an irresistible call to go further, to cross the threshold between dream and wakefulness.

A cry on the brink of an experience from which there is no return — or, if one does return, words fail to describe it.

The performance, conceived as a long musicalsuite and a space for deep listening, is divided into three parts: a prologue in an enclosed space, a short walk, and an outdoor picnic.

Project curated by_DOM-
Freely inspired by Peter Weir’sfilm *Picnic at Hanging Rock* and the novel of the same name by Joan Lindsay
Script, set design and direction_Leonardo Delogu, Valerio Sirna
Conversations with_Daniela Angelucci, Manuela Fraire
Sound composition and design_Lemmo
Lighting design_Valeria Foti, on tour_Eva Luna Thomann
Costumes and set customisation_Dario Biancullo, Lorenzo Evelio Xiques
Catering_Angelica Stimpfl
Technical support and landscape interventions_Maël Veisse
Subtitles_Luca Brinchi
Production_Sardegna Teatro, 4realtrue2
Acknowledgements_Felice Cimatti, Eliana Casciato, Marina Curcio

Running time_180′

Performance in collaboration with Sardegna Teatro and Basstation, as part of the BLOC programme within the Cagliari Dal Vivo – Periferie 2026 programme

Life is a dream, just a dream, the dream of a dream

Picnic at Hanging Rock