2012 Programme
Event #16
Gianfranco Capitta, Luca Ronconi
Theater of knowledge
Luca Ronconi is the “Grand Master” of Italian theater. After spending ten years as an actor and another fifty as director, he left a mark on Italian theater (and not only Italian) that he has reinvented and relaunched. His genius has pushed him toward uncharted territory— unknown or little-known works of the past as well as great classics of Western drama. Ronconi knows how to bring literary texts to life onstage with unsuspected dramatic power by using all the tools theater has to offer: actors, space, text. In this dialogue with Gianfranco Capitta, Luca Ronconi tells about artistic background and his creative experience.
is a visual arts critic and writes for il manifesto daily. He has written essays about his favorite stage personalities, in particular Harold Pinter. He is keen on making theater known through the radio and tv. He has written the four parts of the tv
series Atto unico on the newer generation of Italian playwrights. He has also designed a number of festivals, such as the Orestiadi, staged in Gibellina, Sicily, from 1999 to 2004, and was responsible for the project of the National Drama Festival of Naples (2007). His books include Interpretazione e creatività, written with stage and screen actor Toni Servillo and published by Laterza in 2008 in their ‘Festival della Mente’ series.
is currently art director of Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, after directing the city theaters of Turin and Rome. Unanimously viewed as Italy’s leading stage director he has staged a number of memorable productions in Italy and in Europe. His Orlando furioso of 1969 made him famous all over the world, and since then he has investigated in depth all sorts of texts, from Greek tragedies to contemporary drama. His book on Teatro della conoscenza, written with G. Capitta, is about to be published by Laterza in the series “i Libri del Festival della Mente”.
Event #3
Anna Salvo
Sorrow is like a telescope that helps us look into the distance: creatività and suffering
Event #4
Andrea Moro
I speak, therefore I am Like the starry sky: visions of language across the centuries
Event #28
Mauro Agnoletti, Ilaria Borletti Buitoni
Culture, environment, landscape. For a possible, sustainable future
