The 53rd International Theatre Festival runs from 31 May to 15 June 2025, directed by Willem Dafoe. The programme features daily events with the most important protagonists ot the contemporary theatrical scene, along with the productions made in the context of the Biennale College Teatro, the training project aimed at young artists.
Willem Dafoe began his artistic career at age 19 when he joined Theatre X (1975-1977), one of the first experimental theatre groups in the US. In Europe, where he lived in 1976, he was at the legendary Mickery Theatre in Amsterdam, the heart of alternative international theatre. In 1977 in New York he co-founded The Wooster Group with which he performed for over twenty years until 2003.
All the performances of the 53rd International Theatre Festival, Theatre is Body - Body is Poetry.
Talks with the protagonists of the Festival.
Seminars, discussions and lectures.
Film screenings at the Spazio Cinema.
Miet Warlop
After All Springville
Milo Rau
Medea's Children
Fabrizio Arcuri, Caterina Balucani
Sleeping Beauty
Gob Squad
Creation (Pictures for Dorian)
Luanda Casella
Elektra Unbound
Romeo Castellucci
Domani
FC Bergman
Het Land Nod
Bashar Murkus & Khashabi Ensemble
Milk
Armando Punzo
Naturae
