Five Italian Performing Arts Festivals to Watch in Late August 2024
The summer season will conclude with five Italian festivals dedicated to contemporary circus, theatre, and dance. In Cuneo, the Mirabilia International Circus & Performing Arts Festival, running from August 28 to September 1, revolves around the theme 'Gimme Shelter', featuring acts from Compañía Los Galindos and Karcocha. Tutti Matti per Colorno, scheduled for August 30 to September 8, highlights international circus troupes at the Reggia di Colorno. B. Motion in Bassano del Grappa, from August 21 to September 1, presents 33 performances centered on identity and modernity. San Ginesio's Ginesio Fest, taking place August 18–25, emphasizes solitude through monologues. Lastly, the Crisalide Forlì Festival, occurring from August 23 to 25, will unveil 10 site-specific premieres under the theme 'Azioni Antigravitazionali', curated by Lorenzo Bazzocchi and others.
Key facts
- Mirabilia International Circus & Performing Arts Festival runs August 28–September 1 in Cuneo.
- Mirabilia's 18th edition is titled 'Gimme Shelter' after the Beatles' 1969 album.
- Artistic director of Mirabilia is Fabrizio Gavosto.
- Tutti Matti per Colorno takes place August 30–September 8 at the Reggia di Colorno.
- Tutti Matti in Emilia runs August 15–September 4 in Parma and province.
- B. Motion in Bassano del Grappa runs August 21–September 1 with 33 interdisciplinary performances.
- Ginesio Fest in San Ginesio runs August 18–25, directed by Leonardo Lidi, theme 'solitude'.
- Crisalide Forlì Festival's first part is August 23–25 at Giardino di Gualdo with 10 site-specific debuts.
Entities
Artists
- Fabrizio Gavosto
- Compañía Los Galindos
- Karcocha
- Teatro dei Venti
- Abbondanza/Bertoni
- Dewey Dell
- Biancofango
- Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
- Dana Michel
- Bernard-Marie Koltès
- Babilonia Teatro
- Domenico Ingenito
- Peppe Massa
- Dario Mangiaracina
- Leonardo Lidi
- Lucia Mascino
- Valerio Aprea
- Paolo Nani
- Tindaro Granata
- Eleonora Danco
- Rosario Lisma
- Claudio Tolcachir
- Valentina Picello
- Christian La Rosa
- Giuliana Vigogna
- Alessio Maria Romano
- Lorenzo Bazzocchi
- Eleonora Seidoli
- Sara Baranzoni
- Alos
- Ateliersi
- Demetrio Castellucci
- Nicola Galli
- gruppo nanou
- Roberto Magnani
- Opera Bianco
- Mara Oscar Cassiani
- Giacomo Piermatti
- Rocco Castellani
- Francesca Proia
- Cristina Kristal Rizzo
- Stefania Tansini
- Masque Teatro
- Laura Bevione
Institutions
- Mirabilia International Circus & Performing Arts Festival
- Teatro Necessario Circo – Centro Nazionale di Produzione di Circo Contemporaneo
- Reggia di Colorno
- Operaestate Veneto
- Teatro Stabile di Torino
- Scuola del Piccolo Teatro di Milano
- Ginesio Fest
- Crisalide Forlì Festival
- Masque Teatro
- Artribune
Locations
- Cuneo
- Italy
- Busca
- Colorno
- Parma
- Bassano del Grappa
- Vicenza
- San Ginesio
- Macerata
- Forlì
- Giardino di Gualdo
- San Colombano
- Meldola
- Gualdo
- France
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Bosnia
- Japan
- Chile