Rezza and Mastrella: “Our aim is not to be understood. The protests? We live in devastating times” The two playwrights celebrate their forty-year career whilst looking to the future by Anna Bandettini 01 November 2026
Stefano Massini: “Power pretends to protect you, just as a mother does” The playwright’s “The Tsar” opens on 3 November at the Piccolo. Putin’s violent childhood and his political rise. “It’s horrifying, but it’s all true” by Anna Bandettini 31 October 2026
Eugenio Barba turns 90, and the present still belongs to him Today marks the special birthday of the director and founder of the Odin Teatret. From Turin to the Berlusconi family, there will be performances, meetings and events to celebrate him. Meanwhile, a new production is in the pipeline by Anna Bandettini 29 October 2026
Anna Mazzamauro: “Miss Silvani is more famous than me. Now I’m finally going to stuff her into a trunk” A long career and the difficulty of breaking free from her most famous character. Her return to the stage in Rome with “Brava. Bravissima… anche meno”, her relationship with her daughter, with ageing, and with her career. “There’s no such thing as friendship amongst actresses: just venting spleen i… by Emilio Marrese 28 October 2026
‘The Elephants in the Room’: caring for others to escape loneliness Francesca Astrei’s play at the Teatro India in Rome. The review by Rodolfo di Giammarco 28 October 2026
Michele Mariotti: “Classical ballet isn’t a museum. Come behind the scenes, where we sweat and argue” The Maestro is booked until 1 November with *Falstaff* at the Rome Opera, and is about to begin his three-year term as principal conductor of the RAI (Italian national public broadcasting company) National Symphony Orchestra in Turin. “When I was young, basketball was my whole life; opera won me ov… by Gregorio Moppi 27 October 2026
Curtain down, theatres on strike: national mobilisation, demonstration in Rome on 9 November Protest actions across Italy, from Turin to Catania: the protest for the renewal of the national collective agreement, for pay rises and for the recognition of greater protections will continue until 30 October by Andrea Silenzi 27 October 2026
What a miracle, Binasco’s Goldoni The last play written in Italy by the playwright before his flight to Paris. The director crafts an entertaining, delicate and profound production exploring the desire for change and freedom, revealing its hidden truths, as in the epilogue by Anna Bandettini 24 October 2026
Pink Trousers, the anti-bullying musical At the Sistina from 29 October. The merit of this production: to attract a young audience, it features a jukebox of 14 contemporary songs by Rodolfo di Giammarco 24 October 2026
‘Romanzo criminale’: the gang’s rise in the realm of opera has begun The opera, which De Cataldo adapted from his book into a libretto, with music by Nicola Piovani, made its world premiere at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino by Gregorio Moppi 23 October 2026
‘The Sentimental Diary of a Woman’: Pacifico brings Ornella, recklessness and joy to the stage More a recital than a concert: emotions and impressions, experienced and reworked whilst Vanoni was writing her memoir, ‘Vincente o perdente’, a book of anecdotes and reflections on her life by Anna Bandettini 23 October 2026
‘Faust, Done but Not Said’, a tribute to the sacredness of the body. The review The production directed by Romeo Castellucci, staged for the RomaEuropa Festival at the Teatro Argentina in Rome by Rodolfo di Giammarco 22 October 2026
