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The summer of 1985 is oppressive around the medieval Italian town of Gubbio. Thick heat is held...
Read MorePosted by Richard Newsome | 28th Jan 2023 | Devised Theatre, Directing, Essay, Finland, Italy, Translation
The summer of 1985 is oppressive around the medieval Italian town of Gubbio. Thick heat is held...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 3rd Oct 2022 | Adaptation, Directing, Italy, Review
The Trianon Viviani Theatre had offered a new chapter of the special project “Viviani on the Road”...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 13th Nov 2021 | Acting, Italy, Review
The actor Tonino Taiuti paid homage to Beckett in the Foyer of the Mercadante Theatre in Naples with Krapp’s Last Tape and an art exhibition.
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 2nd Oct 2021 | Festivals, Interview, Italy
The Real Bosco di Capodimonte is more than a public park in Naples: it is a Paradise, not far from...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 22nd Aug 2021 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Art
The Museum Complex of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco, in the ancient center of...
Read MorePosted by Ariadne Mikou | 6th Aug 2021 | Interview, Italy, Theatre and Dance
During the second edition of the artist-led Mercurio Festival in Palermo, the Italian...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 13th Jun 2021 | Covid-19, Italy, Review
The Trianon Viviani Theatre is located in the Forcella quarter of the ancient center of Naples. It...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 6th Feb 2021 | Italy, News
The Conservatory San Pietro a Majella is one of the most important and prestigious musical...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 30th Oct 2020 | Adaptation, Devised Theatre, Interview, Italy
Gianni Rodari is a cult writer and, probably, one of the most influential in the Italian...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 30th Jul 2020 | Festivals, Italy, News
Founded in Siena in 2009, The In-Box Project is part festival, part funding body, and part...
Read MorePosted by Melissa Denzer | 26th Jun 2020 | Directing, Dramaturgy, Interview, News, Ukraine
Artistic and Financial Director, Stas Zhyrkov and Director, Matteo Spiazzi, give their take on...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 11th May 2020 | Covid-19, Italy, News, Theatre and Dance
Because of COVID-19, Italian dancers’ work has abruptly stopped. In order to underline this...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 25th Apr 2020 | Covid-19, Italy, News, Transmedia
Because of COVID-19, Italian singers can only continue to work online by using live streaming. The...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 29th Nov 2019 | Adaptation, Italy, London, Review, United Kingdom
Adapting novels for the stage is a tricky business. When the novel in question happens to be...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 23rd Sep 2019 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Theatre and Opera
“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici . . .” is the most famous aria in La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi...
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 23rd Aug 2019 | Producing, Review, Rwanda
The year 1994 In 1994, Nelson Mandela had been free since 1990, but a candidate in the upcoming...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 18th May 2019 | Italy, News
Ghislieri College in Pavia is one of the oldest and most prestigious university colleges in Italy,...
Read MorePosted by Mary Moynihan, Niamh Clowry, and Féilim James | 7th Mar 2019 | Ireland, News, Theatre and Disability
The link between creative expression and positive mental health has been known for quite some time...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 29th Dec 2018 | Acting, Interview, Japan, Theatre and Film
It has been almost two years since pop group SMAP split up, but its demise after over two decades...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Portman | 13th Sep 2018 | Canada, Festivals, Italy
The Stratford Festival’s 2018 playbill is now complete—and the final entry is an absolute winner....
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