Also this summer, the city of Sarsina will host the 63rd edition of the Plautus Festival, one of the most important and long-lived theatre festivals in Europe, under the expert artistic direction of Edoardo Siravo.
The mission is to honour the illustrious Sarsinate Tito Maccio Plauto, the greatest Latin playwright, the "giant" that towers at the beginning of Latin literature, the undisputed "father" of comedy worldwide.
Friday, 14th July
Oh! Disse'ea by and with Roberto Ciufoli
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
Personal and intriguing rewrite of the famous poem by Homer, by a histrionic Roberto Ciufoli.
Saturday, 15th July
Curculio di Tito Maccio Plauto
Arena Plautina
Directed by Cinzia Maccagnano with Edoardo Siravo and the students of the Theatre Workshop of the Plautus Festival
Saturday, 22nd July
I Persiani di Eschilo
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
Directed by Patrick Rossi Gastaldi, with Mariano Rigillo, Anna Teresa Rossini, Silvia Siravo, Alessio Caruso, Alessandro D'Ambrosi and Stefano De Maio.
Tuesday, 25th July
Elio - Ci vuole orecchio
Arena Plautina
Elio sings and recites Enzo Jannacci. The show is not part of the season ticket and is not included in the pre-sale of the Plautus Festival. Presale on Ticketone.
Wednesday, 26th July
From head and body mime by Étienne Decroux to the gestural theatre
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
Staging by Natalie Stadelmann, with Ivan Bacciocchi accompanied by five third-year students of the school EIMCD - Saison 2023, Paris.
Thursday, 27th July
Romeo and Juliet by Marco Zoppello
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
An original subject by Marco Zoppello, who is also the director, from the famous work by William Shakespeare. With Anna De Franceschi, Michele Mori and Marco Zoppello of the company StivalaccioTeatro of Vicenza.
Friday, 28th July
PROMETHEUS from Aeschylus to Plato
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
Directed by Antonio Salerno and Valentina Donati, with Massimo Boncompagni.
Saturday, 29th July
Alichin of Malebolge by and with Enrico Bonavera
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
Directed by Christian Zecca with Enrico Bonavera.
Sunday, 30th July
Ecuba of Euripides
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
In the version and directed by Livio Galassi, with Paola Quattrini and Domenico Pantano.
Tuesday, 1st August
Concert between words, notes and invisible emotions by and with Frida Bollani Magoni
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
With readings interpreted by Maria Letizia Gorga and Giampiero Bartolini, texts by Loredana Lipperini; production Centro Diego Fabbri of Forlì. Frida Bollani Magoni with only her voice and the piano will lead us on a musical journey,
Thursday, 3rd August
The Menecmi by Tito Maccio Plauto
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
In the translation and adaptation by Nicasio Anzelmo, with Antonio Grosso, Marco Simeoli, Debora Bernardi and Plinio Milazzo.
Saturday, 5th August
Iphigenia in Aulide by Euripides
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
In the version by Francesco Sinisi, directed by Alessandro Machìa, with Andrea Tidona and Alessandra Fallucchi.
Tuesday, 8th August
The clouds by Aristophanes
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
Adapted and directed by Vincenzo Zingaro, with Fabrizio Passerini and Piero Sarpa.
Saturday, 12th August
Othello by William Shakespeare
Piazzetta Lucio Pisone
Starring Jurij Ferrini, with Rebecca Rossetti.
Friday, 18th August
The Fake Sick by Carlo Goldoni
Arena Plautina
Adapted and directed by Giorgio Caprile, with Franco Oppini, Miriam Mesturino and Roberto D'Alessandro.
