Il Teatro di Chris Thrope: Un progetto di Jacopo Gassmann
24-29 Oct. Jacopo Gassmann directs two Italian adaptations of plays by celebrated Manchester theatremaker and playwright Chris Thorpe at Teatro Palladium - Università Roma Tre, with the support of The...
14-29 Oct. The Italian version of Grease, the 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, celebrates its 20 anniversary with a production directed by Saverio Marconi. Starring Guglielmo Scilla with s...
Much Ado About Nothing at Globe Theatre
5-15 Oct. The four-month Shakespearean programme at Rome’s Silvano Toti Globe Theatre, under the artistic direction of popular Roman actor Gigi Proietti, ends on a high-note for Rome’s English speaker...
23 Sept-22 Oct. The 24th edition of Rome’s annual appointment with contemporary drama offers a selection of successful productions from international drama festivals and takes place in numerous venues...
English Theatre of Rome: Original Monologue show
1 Oct. The English Theatre of Rome presents As luck would have it, its annual original monologue show introducing new writings along with new and returning performing artists. This year they include M...
Charles Dickens: Imprisoning, Villainy & Italy
26 Sept. Readings from Pictures from Italy, Little Dorrit, Great Expectations, and Shelleyʼs The Cenci, at Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery on Tuesday 26 September from 18.00-19.00.The readings will be by...
Rome auditions for If Lear had a Lawyer
15-16 Sept. The English Theatre of Rome is holding auditions for Don Carroll's new play If Lear had a Lawyer, casting male and female actors, all races, aged 20s-80s, either English mother-tongue or s...
6 Sept. Tram Depot in Testaccio hosts a fun evening of threatrical improvisation on Wednesday 6 September. The audience will feature in the completely impromptu "jam session" which promises to be a "h...
7-17 Sept. Now in its 12th year, this daring initiative is born of a collaboration between festivals, embassies and cultural institutes, and is supported by regional authorities.
Under the titl...
Open-air theatre in Rome's Giardini degli Aranci
1 Sept. Theatrical performances and readings from Faust to Dante will take place in the magical setting of the Giardini degli Aranci, Rome's orange garden on the Aventine hill, on the evening of Frida...
Teatro India: Ritratto di una Nazione
11-16 Sept. The first part in a series of 20 theatrical productions from around Italy is staged by Teatro India as part of Ritratto di una Nazione (Portrait of a Nation). Under the theme L'Italia al l...
Shakespeare at Rome's Globe Theatre
22 June-15 Oct. This summer’s Shakespearean programme at Rome’s Silvano Toti Globe Theatre runs for four months and includes an English-language performance. The festival is once again under the artis...
Shakespeare in words and music
24-25 June. Rome's All Saints’ Anglican Church hosts Shakespeare in words and music, with music by Morley, Arne, Pearsall and others, an English-language play on Saturday 24 June at 17.30.
This is...
22-24 June. “30 actors: survivors of the desert, the sea and the theatre.” Marking World Refugee Day, this production highlights forced immigration and involves refugees belonging to Teatro in Fuga, t...
The American Dream & The Sandbox - a Tribute to Edward Albee
23-29 May. The Rome Savoyards/Plays in Rome present The American Dream & The Sandbox - a Tribute to Edward Albee.
The American Dream is a satire on American family life, concerning a married co...
English Theatre of Rome: Phalaris's Bull
3 May. The English Theatre of Rome presents Phalaris's Bull: Solving the Riddle of the Great Big World by and with Steven Freidman, directed by David Schweizer.
The one-night-only show, described...
Gang of Magic at Teatro Vittoria
11-15 April. A live magic show featuring mentalism, comedy, card tricks and illusions by the Gang of Magic, a team of upcoming contemporary magicians. In Italian.
4-9 April. Michael Fitzpatrick directs The Secret Rapture by British playwright David Hare, presented by Wonderwall Entertainment by special arrangement with Samuel French.
When their antiquarian b...
Casting in Rome for Pygmalion, The Musical
22-23 April. Arts in English is holding auditions for Pygmalion, The Musical, between 15.30 and 18.30 on 22-23 April at Ostia Danza, Via Cardinal Ginnasi 12, Ostia.
The production will be staged in...
Lear by Edward Bond at Teatro India
28 March-9 April. Teatro India continues its series of contemporary versions of Shakespeare’s classics with Edward Bond’s reworking of Lear.
Described as a reflection on the indissoluble relations...
