A 24-year-old man escapes from a maximum-security prison and follows a frenzied path through the dark tunnels of modern society: an absurd and contradictory world, bereft of feeling, that must be purged at all costs.The young man assumes the role of an exterminating angel,engendering fear and a strange attraction that are destined to result in death.

Based on the true story of a serial killer, Roberto Zucco is a masterpiece by the French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès, whose own untimely death came at the age of 41.It is a parable about violence, in 15 scenes full of sarcasm, tenderness and hopelessness.Efi Theodorou ushers in a new period at the New Theatre, bringing a topical, original and daring approach to a modern repertory.