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This does not intend to be a slavish replica of my Italian website. The latter mainly offers news and scripts to Italian theatrical operators, the former intends to be a voice from the Italian theatre for my English speaking friends and correspondents. Both sites offer navigators a ground for discussion on Theatre – the way [...]
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SNOW IN ROME
We all knew it would snow. Even Mr. Alemanno, our mayor, knew, as he issued the nonsensical order to keep students at home last Friday, but the schools open – just in case. Nobody expected, however, that it would become Inferno – and much worse than Dante’s. I closed the office at the sight of the [...]
TEARS AND BLOOD
… is what awaits us with the new, serious government led by Mr. Mario Monti. We will know the details – hopefully - on Monday next, but we all know for sure that a long period of Lent will follow the too long and too clownish Carnival of the Berlusconi Era. Are you happy that Berlusconi’s gone? – [...]
What will happen to Teatro Ateneo?
Within to-morrow, October 18th, the University of Rome should let their decision about the future of Teatro Ateneo be known. For the first time in more than thirty years of activity, Teatro Ateneo was not confirmed as a research centre by the University of Rome, as it should automatically happen every six years. Closed for refurbishing, [...]