Commedia dell’Arte comes alive when played passionately by characters, as a sort of spiritual need. It is a spectacular dance of contrasts. In my 40 years of work as an actor, I have always discovered its delightful poetry, ...

Commedia dell’Arte comes alive when played passionately by characters with an unquenchable need. Commedia is a theatre of contrasts. It moves from Order to Disorder, Chaos, Disaster and back to Order and a Happy Ending. ...

Around 1930 we find autobiographic writings produced by actors who lived the season of the theatre of variety. Memories which are precious documents to rebuild an important kind of show in an empirical vision, from the ...

Commedia dell’Arte is a sort of spiritual need for me. In my 40 years of work as an “actor/person”(because each actor is a unique person actor),I always discover its vitality, delightful poetry and wisdom.

One of the first voices of the twentieth century that invoked the essence of the theater as the man in action, in his entirety as body mind, is that of Antonin Artaud. His writings reflect his tormented existential and ...