SUMMER FESTIVAL

“From Shakespeare to ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, through Dante, Pinocchio and Ovid, with a musical rendez-vous in the high seas, various banquets, medieval dances and the fall of Rome, here we are in our fifth edition of Teatri di Terra…”
from the ‘welcome notes’ TdT 2007

Our summer festival, Teatri di Terra (“Theatres of Earth”), was born in 2003 in order to create a network of theatrical relations in the territory, involving not just residents, but also tourists interested in theatre.
In many years of touring throughout Europe, we have known very diverse theatrical scenes. We like to invite these national and international companies to perform here, in this way creating encounters with local realities.
In fact, it is this dialogue between the familiar and the unknown which we, puglian by adoption, feel in a special position to promote.
Our festival presents to a very mixed public: families, tourists, impassioned amateurs old and young, farmers and intellectuals are welcome guests.
The shows which we select for them must be high quality as well as accessible.

MOONFEST

An important part of our summer season is the Moonfest.
A nightlong fest, from sundown to sunrise, dedicated to an encounter between nature, music, dance and food, between artists and audience, between local and international talent.

This is an event in which the spectator, wandering through a magical landscape of stone and olive trees by moonlight, is brought to a state of wonder, carried in a constant current of theatre and music, of food and clowning, from the sundown apéritiv to the sunrise croissant (accompanied by a string-quartet, naturally).

Some of the companies and artists who have performed here, 2003 – 2007:

César Brie: “The Sea in my Pocket” and “Only the Ingenuous Die of Love”
Zuecher Kur und Bad: “Midlife”
Klangheimlich: “Das waer’s gsi…”
Setaccio Theatre: “Other People’s Heaven”
La Luna nel Letto: “Sleeping Beauty”, “Oz in Wonderland”, “Pinocchio a Sud” (with Burambò and Casarmonica)
Burambò: “Here Comes the Bogeyman”, “The Mystery of Seagull Island”
Casarmonica: “The Grand Story”, “Impro vis-à-vis action”, “Kisakisaremo”, “The Clinic”, “Cupatrance”
Teatro Minimo: “Otello”, “Noble and Swine Books”, “H2O”
Armamaxa: “Braccianti” and “Orlando”
Teatro Crest: “GiantStories”
Teatro Kismet: “Witch Tales” and “The Piano”
Casa di Pietra: “Kitaradòs”
Angella Iurilli: “”Little Red Riding Hood” and “Swords and Onions”
Cellohermann: “The Pigeon on the Roof”
Tonino Zurlo Social Club with Monio Ovadia
The Seahouse: “They Come by Sea”
Faberteatro: “The Hellish Mess”
Opopò: “Improzapping”
Qualibò: “Sur”