Lampedusa

Text of the day: “And do the migrants not understand Europe is fucked? And Italy is double-fucked? And the south of Italy is triple-fucked? My younger brother, much smarter than me, degree in biochemistry (I think), and he had to go to London to find work… as a chef. He says the sous-chef is a biologist from Spain and the kitchen porter is a geneticist from Greece, and in their free time between courses they work on a cure for cancer. It’s a joke. They don’t get any free time.” (Stefano in Anders Lustgarten’s Lampedusa)

Anders Lustgarten Hightide Festival Italy Lampedusa migration political theatre Soho Theatre state of the nation