The 57th season of the INDA Foundation at the Greek Theatre in Siracusa
The 57th season of the INDA Foundation at the Greek Theatre (17 May – 9 July 2022) will open with the staging of two tragedies, ‘Agamemnon’ by Aeschylus (458 BC) directed by Davide Livermore and translated by Walter Lapini and ‘Oedipus Rex’ by Sophocles (415 BC) directed by Robert Carsen and translated by Francesco Morosi, […]
Read more
Dark Dante – Book Presentation with Maggie Rose
Author Maggie Rose presents online her book Dark Dante on Thursday, 31st March 2022 at 5.30 pm (UK time), in conversation with Itala Vivan and Adele D’Arcangelo. Maggie Rose’s mystery thriller, based in Florence, explores Dante’s epic poem Inferno, and shows its startling relevance in contemporary Italy. Dark Dante unfolds in Florence in the spring of […]
Read more
Mario Biondi in Edinburgh
On the occasion of his upcoming UK tour, we are delighted to welcome Italian pop, jazz and soul singer Mario Biondi to the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh on Wednesday, 30th March 2022 at 11.30 am for a live interview with experienced Scottish music journalist John Dingwall. Mario Biondi will discuss his new album Romantic […]
Read more
Rainbow – A private affair by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Beppe Fenoglio and Luigi Meneghello are rightly considered two of Italy’s greatest writers. They both participated in the Resistance movement in the Second World War and wrote of their experiences in works such as Il partigiano Johnny and I piccoli maestri. To mark the centenary of their birth the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will […]
Read more
Fenoglio, Meneghello and Great Britain
Beppe Fenoglio and Luigi Meneghello are rightly considered two of Italy’s greatest writers. They both participated in the Resistance movement in the Second World War and wrote of their experiences in works such as Il partigiano Johnny and I piccoli maestri. To mark the centenary of their birth the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will […]
Read more
The Decameron | Pasolini 100 at Edinburgh Filmhouse
Two special screenings mark the centenary of the birth of Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini, in association with Edinburgh Filmhouse. The Decameron (Il Decameron) Friday, 18th March 2022 at 8.25 pm Filmhouse, Cinema 2 A richly textured epic based on eight varied and colourful tales by 14th-century Italian writer […]
Read more
Hawks and Sparrows | Pasolini 100 at Edinburgh Filmhouse
Two special screenings mark the centenary of the birth of Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini, in association with Edinburgh Filmhouse. Hawks and Sparrows (Uccellacci e Uccellini) Thursday, 17th March 2022 at 8.25 pm Filmhouse, Cinema 2 What holds this exasperating, playful, intellectual, faux-naif and overwhelmingly Italian fable together is simply […]
Read more
A Pa’… Ninetto Davoli on Pier Paolo Pasolini | Pasolini 100
Ohi, Ninarieddo, ti ricordi di quel sogno… di cui abbiamo parlato tante volte… Io ero in macchina, e partivo solo, col sedile vuoto accanto a me,e tu mi correvi dietro; all’altezza dello sportello ancora semiaperto, correndo ansioso e ostinato, mi gridavi con un po’ di pianto infantile nella voce: “A Pa’, mi porti con te? […]
Read more
Pasolini 100
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh is delighted to bring you the series of events ‘Pasolini 100’ to celebrate one of the key figures of Italian culture, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), on the occasion of his 100th anniversary. Thursday 17th March 2022 A Pa’… Ninetto Davoli on Pier Paolo Pasolini in conversation with Prof. Davide Messina […]
Read more
Gëzim Hajdari at StAnza Poetry Festival 2022
Albanian-born poet Gëzim Hajdari – exiled in Italy since 1992 and honorary citizen of Frosinone – will take part in 2 events at this year’s StAnza Poetry Festival. POETRY CAFE FOR BREAKFAST: POETRY IN EXILE with Marjorie Lotfi, Gezim Hadjari, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Hannah Lowe in conversation Fri 11 March 10:00am – 11:00am This event will feature […]
Read more