Theatre Biennale
Àlex Rigola Director of the Theatre section
On 12th May 2010, the Board of the Venice Biennale appointed Àlex Rigola as Director of the Theatre sector for the two-year period 2010-2011. An author of subtle rewritings of classics, that made him widely known outside the borders of Spain (such as the Shakespearean trilogy of Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, and Richard III), 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.
Mediterraneo
40th International Theatre Festival
The performances of the 40th International Theatre Festival (February 20th > March 8th, 2009) completed the two-year project that the Theatre section of the Venice Biennale, directed by Maurizio Scaparro, has dedicated to the theme of the Mediterranean. At the crossroads of a culture that is Latin, Arabic and Hebrew all together, the Venice Biennale once again offered itself as an ideal port.
Mediterraneo
The International Theatre Workshop
The International Theatre Workshop took place in Venice from October 27th to November 29th 2008, developing around the idea of theatre as a “construction site for art”, in which the works of tomorrow may take root and sediment, while offering the young and future artists an opportunity for an educational experience and a direct rapport within a research project.
