Pirandello: Performativity and Role-Playing
The University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will host the 2015 general conference of the Society for Pirandello Studies. This year’s conference investigates Pirandello’s quintessential theme of role-playing across different works as well as media and within the theoretical framework of performativity, a theory that has had a profoundly transformative impact […]
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Mia Madre
Nanni Moretti Italy/France 2015 Digital – 107 minutes Rated 15 – Contains strong language Cast: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Nanni Moretti, Giulia Lazzarini. Italian and English with English subtitlesIn this smart, sensitive drama, Margherita (Margherita Buy) is a middle-aged director shooting a film with a difficult American star (played by John Turturro). Throughout this testing time, […]
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The Hidden Theatres of Le Marche by Ian Arnott
Book presentation In his book the author examines the origins of the theatre boom in Le Marche, and analyses the historic, social and architectural significance of a remarkable theatre heritage which stretches from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Why was there such a growth of theatrical activity in a relatively isolated area of Italy?As […]
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Lectura Dantis Andreapolitana
St Andrews Dante Lecture Series A Lectura Dantis (‘reading of Dante’) is a public reading and explanation of all 100 cantos of Dante’s Divine Comedy canto by canto. Each canto of the Commedia is discussed by a different scholar, and there is a wide range of expert speakers coming to St Andrews for each meeting of the Lectura Dantis […]
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Italian Women Writers: Gender and Everyday Life in Fiction and Journalism, 1870-1910
Book presentation Katharine Mitchell will be in conversation with Caterina Soffici. This study looks at the work of three of the most significant women writers of Post-Unification Italy: La Marchesa Colombi, Neera, and Matilde Serao. These writers, whose works had been largely forgotten for much of the last century, only to be rediscovered by the Italian feminist movement […]
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Noseda Conducts Mahler
Diana Damrau and Nicolas Testé sing Verdi The Edinburgh International Festival will present Mº Gianandrea Noseda conducting Mahler and Verdi, accompanied by the European Union Youth Orchestra. The European Union Youth Orchestra is an orchestra like no other. It unites Europe’s most talented young musicians under internationally renowned conductors, in an ensemble that transcends […]
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LA MERDA BY CRISTIAN CERESOLI, STARRING SILVIA GALLERANO
Frida Kahlo Productions, Richard Jordan Productions, Produzioni Fuorivia with Summerhall Frida Kahlo Productions, Richard Jordan Productions, Produzioni Fuorivia with Summerhall Winner of six major awards including the Scotsman Fringe First and Stage Best Actress. Following sell-out seasons around the world, the critically-acclaimed sensation La Merda returns for its final Edinburgh performances.Date: 25-30 AugustTime: 3.25 pm […]
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#REALITI
BigTree The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 So you want to be a part of our new reality show? Well this time it’s different: there are no TV studies, no special light effects, no great and sexy announcers to interact with.Date: 24-29 AugustTime: 10.45pm (50min)Venue: theSpacePrice: £10/£8/£5For more information click here
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Talk:Gianandrea Noseda with the EUYO at the Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh International Festival Gianandrea Noseda will take us in a journey through Verdi’s music, an excellent chance to better comprehend the personality of the greatest Italian composer, his inspiration and the technical difficulties of his scores. The Music Director of the Teatro Regio Torino, who last year led an unforgettable concert performance of Rossini’s William Tell, […]
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THE TALE OF GANESH
Gruppo del Cerchio (GdC) A chilly show that tells the mythical birth of Ganesha, the Indian god with elephant head. The traditional story is performed in a modern and enchanting way, through the narration theatre’s techniques, the mudra (codified hand gestures), short Bollywood and traditional dances and the coloured costumes from Northern India. At the […]
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