Three companies select from all Italy, six shows scheduled, three days Of theatrical performances, workshopsAnd comparisons: all this is the Sirio Festival 2024the first festival curated by the Viareggio company Res 9 Theatre in collaboration with the UILT Tuscanythe City of Viareggio and the Puccini Festival Foundationwhich will host the event at the Giacomo Puccini Grand Theatre of Torre del Lago next weekend, from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April.
The Festival was born from the desire to bring together three of the most interesting voices inside the national youth theater panoramaso as to create a exchange environmentin which young actors and directors will be able to learn about and make known different concepts of theater for enrich one’s own and others’ creativity with new nuances. On stage all actors aged 14 to 30from from North to South Italy. The Program of showson stage at the Enrico Caruso Auditorium and open to the entire public, is very rich and varied: civil theatre, reflections on man and contemporary problems, but also comedies and moments of lightheartedness at the center of the proposal.
The Turin company will inaugurate the Festival Magariaon stage Friday at 3.30pm with the show Detoxa dreamlike and evocative representation of the destruction of the planet and the disintegration of societies freely inspired by The dream of a ridiculous manby Dostoevsky. At 9.15pm instead it will be the turn of the multiple award winner Horizon of the Neapolitan company I do not know youa play about the dreams, hopes and disillusionments of three brothers traveling to America in 1950. On the day of Saturdayat 11.15am the guest show is on stage in the Sala Belvedere I report everyone. Lea Garofalo of the Pistoia company Penta Theatre, a monologue that traces the story of Lea Garofalo, champion and martyr against the horrors of the ‘Ndrangheta. At 3.30pmonce again at the Caruso Auditorium, the Shakespearean classic is on stage A Midsummer Night’s Dreamby the company TheatreFashion of Trento. At 9.15pm the show of Res 9 Theatre, Harvey by Mary Chase, after the astonishing success of her debut at Villa Paolina last August: a cornerstone of American comedy which sees at the center of the story a kind gentleman guilty of having an invisible rabbit named Harvey as his best friend. The Festival closes Sunday at 11.15am the other guest company of the Exhibition, The Theater Workshopan acting school that has been active in our area for years, with shows On the side, which offers a reflection on the theme of national identity, looked at through the lens of History, Culture, Language, Food, Borders and Music. The shows are at Free admissionwith the exception of Harvey of Teatro Res 9for which a full ticket at €12 and reduced at €10which can be purchased online or at Puccini Festival ticket office (0584 359322, This email address is protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Happy too President of UILT Tuscany Stella Paciwho sincerely thanks the Pucciniano Foundation for having granted the Sirio Festival «one of the most evocative locations in Tuscany which hosted artists from all over the world” and underlines the exceptional nature of a festival dedicated to young people and conceived, developed and coordinated by young people: “Young people are a resourcethey have a lot to say and have an exuberant heart: let them talk and listen».
«We couldn’t ask for anything better – begin the Res 9organizers of the event and “forever students” of Davide Moretti (1977-2020), to whom the Festival is dedicated – having a place like the Pucciniano available and the full support of UILT Toscana and the City of Viareggio is for us a reason for pride as well as a great act of trust, but as a reward for hard work that we have never spared ourselves. Young people are often helped more with words than with deeds: this is not the case, and this is why we want to thank the City of Viareggioin the figure ofcouncilor Sandra Meialways our supporter, the Puccinia Festival Foundationfor its openness and its interest in our reality, the UILT Tuscany and the Via Guerrazzi Committee for the essential support. We can’t wait to get started!
