Theatre Biennale
Àlex Rigola Director of the Theatre section
In May 2010, the Board of the Venice Biennale appointed Àlex Rigola as Director of the Theatre sector for the two-year period 2010-2011. Rigola was entrusted a project that includes workshops and seminars as preliminary steps towards the realization of a Festival to take place in 2011.
Àlex Rigola has a deep knowledge of modern and contemporary drama, from Alfred Jarry and Eugene O’Neill to David Mamet, Tom Stoppard, Heiner Müller, and Bernard-Marie Koltès. He has been the Director of the Teatro Lliure of Barcelona since 2003.
Àlex Rigola has a deep knowledge of modern and contemporary drama, from Alfred Jarry and Eugene O’Neill to David Mamet, Tom Stoppard, Heiner Müller, and Bernard-Marie Koltès. He has been the Director of the Teatro Lliure of Barcelona since 2003.
Theatre Biennale
7 workshops to be held between 12 Oct. and 31 Dec. 2010
Aimed at professional actors and lasting a week each, the 7 workshops will consist of a first phase, taking place in Venice between 12th October and 31st December in the restored Sala delle Colonne at Ca’ Giustinian and at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale. The call for applications will be published on the Venice Biennale website in the first days of September.
Theatre Biennale
History of the Theatre Festival
The basic idea that gave birth to the Festival in 1934, was to perform classic works of a Venetian subject in the scenery of Venice. Among the first performances was Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, directed by Max Reinhardt. As of the second edition of the Festival, in 1936, the event took place annually. At the end of the 40's, works by Sartre and Cocteau were performed in French. In 1958, Ionesco’s The Lesson and Beckett’s Endgame raised much controversy.
