đđ The Cambridge University Italian Society is pleased to invite you to the Gianni Rodari Virtual Theatre Show 2021, âLâalfabeto della creativitĂ : un omaggio a Gianni Rodariâ, a virtual theatrical performance on the power of creativity and imagination based on a selection of texts by Italian childrenâs literature writer Gianni Rodari, directed by Ludovico Nolfi.
CategoryItalian Play
CosĂŹ è (se vi pare) – Right you are (if you think so)
In a constant turn of exhilarating and tragic events, Luigi Pirandello (winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature) leads us to believe a version of the story and its opposite soon after, kindling our inborn desire to know and be involved in the business of others.
Interview with Ludovico Nolfi
In Italian theatre the political dimension is almost always present, even if there is no explicit declaration. Deep down theatre has always had a strong political quality directly or indirectly.
2019 – La Mandragola
This year the annual Cambridge Italian play brings to the stage a masterpiece of Renaissance comedy – The Mandrake (La Mandragola) by Niccolò Machiavelli!
2018 â Morte accidentale di un anarchico
âBut I’m mad, Inspector: certified mad! I’m a sort of amateur performance artist â my fellow performers need to be people who don’t realise they’re in my plays.â
2017 â Non ti Pago!
2017 â Non ti Pago! By Eduardo de Filippo March 19th, 3pm, 7pm in Murray Edwards College Italian with English subtitles âA man lost between dream and reality, Don Ferdinando, owner of a lottery shop, is a dedicated but unlucky gambler. When Mario, Ferdinandoâs hated prospective brother-in-law, wins a big sum after dreaming Ferdinandoâs deceased
2016 â LâUomo, la Bestia e la VirtĂš
2016 â LâUomo, la Bestia e la VirtĂš By Luigi Pirandello May 29th â 7pm in the Palmerston Room at St Johnâs College Italian with English subtitles âEveryone wears a mask. Not a literal one, maybe, but a mask nonetheless: everyone plays a role in the comedy of life. Professor Paolino, the Man, hides an
Italian Society Theatre Project: L’uomo, la bestia e la virtĂš
Everyone wears a mask. Not a literal one, maybe, but a mask nonetheless: everyone plays a role in the comedy of life. Professor Paolino, the Man, hides an illicit love affair under his respectable demeanor. Mrs Perella, his lover, wears the mask of Virtue but is not really virtuous at all; while her husband, Captain
ItSoc Theatre Project Auditions Day 1-2
Our theatre project is starting again! For the third consecutive year the Italian Society, in collaboration with Roman actor and director Ludovico Nolfi, will be staging a play at the end of Lent term, and we are looking for a cast and crew: actors, musicians, sound and lighting technicians, costume and make up artists, on
2015 â Questi Fantasmi
2015 â Questi Fantasmi By Eduardo de Filippo March 12th â 7pm in the Palmerston Room at St Johnâs College Italian with English subtitles âQuesti Fantasmiâ (âThese Ghostsâ) is a work which follows perfectly along the lines of De Filippoâs typical approach, combining his great irony with an ability to touch upon themes which make