The Cambridge University Italian Society and Diaghilev Theatre Company present La Favola de Zoza a monologue by Paolo Panaro, based on “Lo cunto de li cunti” by Giambattista Basile. DATES 28th JUNE 2025, Saturday, 7 PM – Keynes Hall, King’s College 29th JUNE 2025, Sunday, 6 PM – Old Labs, Newnham College The performance will be in Italian. Click the
CategoryItalian Play
Napoli Milionaria – 14th, 15th and 16th March
The Cambridge University Italian Society and Ars in Fieri – International Theatre Company are very proud to present Napoli Milionaria by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Ludovico Nolfi 📅 Dates and times: Friday, March 14th, 7pm Saturday, March 15th, 4pm and 7pm Sunday, March 16th, 2pm 📍 Location: Palmerston Auditorium, Fisher Building, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
I giganti della montagna – 1st, 2nd March 2024
by Luigi Pirandello. The Cambridge University Italian Society announces the tenth edition of its yearly theatre production, once again under the direction of Ludovico Nolfi, head of Ars in Fieri theatre company. This year the diverse cast of forty native and non-native Italian speakers will stage I Giganti della Montagna (The Mountain Giants) by Luigi
Italian Play – Call for Participants
“Teatro significa vivere davvero quello che gli altri, nella vita, recitano male.” ― Eduardo De Filippo
Are you interested in the beauty of acting? Do you want an opportunity to perform in an Italian-language show? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!
Renowned professional theatre director Ludovico Nolfi is returning to Cambridge to put on another Italian classic, written by Eduardo De Filippo.
The initial workshop will be held online and is open to everyone!
If you would like to take part in the workshop, please fill this form by the 24 November or contact us for more information at cuitaliansoc@gmail.com.
Gianni Rodari Virtual Theatre Show 2021
🎭📜 The Cambridge University Italian Society is pleased to invite you to the Gianni Rodari Virtual Theatre Show 2021, “L’alfabeto della creatività: un omaggio a Gianni Rodari”, a virtual theatrical performance on the power of creativity and imagination based on a selection of texts by Italian children’s literature writer Gianni Rodari, directed by Ludovico Nolfi.
Così 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 – Morte accidentale di un anarchico
“But I’m mad, Inspector: certified mad! I’m a sort of amateur performance artist – my fellow performers need to be people who don’t realise they’re in my plays.”
2017 – Non ti Pago!
2017 – Non ti Pago! By Eduardo de Filippo March 19th, 3pm, 7pm in Murray Edwards College Italian with English subtitles “A man lost between dream and reality, Don Ferdinando, owner of a lottery shop, is a dedicated but unlucky gambler. When Mario, Ferdinando’s hated prospective brother-in-law, wins a big sum after dreaming Ferdinando’s deceased