The two playwrights celebrate their forty-year career whilst looking to the future

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”

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

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…

Francesca Astrei’s play at the Teatro India in Rome. The review

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…

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

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

At the Sistina from 29 October. The merit of this production: to attract a young audience, it features a jukebox of 14 contemporary songs

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

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