PRINCIPIO ATTIVO TEATRO
is a professional artistic collective that operates in various fields of the performing arts. The collective is made up of actors, playwrights, set designers and pedagogues who have been working together for more than fifteen years. The work carried out in recent years and which represents the primary vocation of the company is to work on the creation of shows and events related to the new dramaturgy and in general to the original writing of shows aimed at both children and adults. Several collaborations with artists outside the company including, Valentina Diana, Gianluigi Gherzi, Fabrizio Saccomanno, Barbara Toma and Francesco Niccolini. Several awards and recognitions gained over the years, two Eolo Awards, Finalists at the Childhood Scenario Award and In-Box blue, as well as the Cervi Museum – Theater for memory awards, Resistance Festival 2020 and the “Ermo Colle” Critics Award 2022. In addition to the numerous shows produced which have achieved prestigious foreign tours (Brazil, China, Japan, Chile and Europe), the company has for several years carried out various projects and festivals, among which we mention Kids, the International Theater and Arts Festival for the new generations, which has been made in Lecce for the past ten years. The company does not lack the vocation to work on its territory by collaborating with schools, municipalities and associations in the realization of specific projects designed for different contexts. The theater is for us a means to cross the contemporaneity always experimenting with new dramaturgical devices capable of reading, interpreting and illuminating the present.
PRINCIPIO ATTIVO TEATRO SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Principio Attivo Teatro starts its activity in 2007 and gathers a group of actors and artists engaged since 20 years in theatre. The components of the group, coming from different background and experiences, received advanced professional training and work mainly in Lecce and the Salento area but also cooperate with well known companies at the national and international level.
Principio Attivo Teatro partecipates to important national Festivals and vents, bringing its shows in the most important Italian theatres. Since 2009 the collective works also internationally, presenting its productions abroad (Spain, Austria, Switzerland, France, Poland, Croatia, Turkey, Germany, United Kingdom, Chile, Brasil, Singapore, China, Japan).
In 2008 Principio Attivo Teatro obtaines important acknowledgements in the Italian theatre scene with “A Story of a Man and His Shadow“, finalist at 2008 Premio Scenario Infanzia (Childhood Scene Prize). In 2010 the same production obtaines the EOLO AWARDS as best show of the year for children and youth and the PADUA PRIZE within the XIX National Theatre Festival for children and youth. This production has now reached more than 300 reruns in Italy and abroad and continues to tour, positively welcomed by audience and critics.
In 2011 Principio Attivo Teatro obtaines a new, important recognition, just a few months after the première of a new production, receives the special mention of the critics within the 6th edition of the Festebà Festival in Ferrara with “The Red Bike“. The same show obtains in 2013 the EOLO AWARDS as best dramaturgy of the year. 2012 sees one new productions: “Hanà and Momò”, a production for younger children (3+), presented at the festival Una città per gioco (A city for fun – Vimercate 2013).
In August 2013 Principio Attivo Teatro participates to the Edinbourgh Fringe Festival, one of the most important festivals of performing arts in the world, with “A Story of a Man and His Shadow” and “The Red Bike”. Since 2014 these productions reach also South America. “A Story of a Man and His Shadow” is selected for the Festival a Mil in Santiago de Chile and “The Red Bike” tours in Brasil; in 2016 the show “Hanà e Momò” performerd in Singapore, China and Japan.
WORKS Principio Attivo Teatro shows
THE FACTORY TIME
A STORY OF A MAN AND HIS SHADOW
HANÀ AND MOMÒ
THE RED BIKE
SAPIENS
MOBILE HOME ON PEDALS
PRINCIPIO ATTIVO TEATRO
is a professional artistic collective that operates in various fields of the performing arts. The collective is made up of actors, playwrights, set designers and pedagogues who have been working together for more than fifteen years. The work carried out in recent years and which represents the primary vocation of the company is to work on the creation of shows and events related to the new dramaturgy and in general to the original writing of shows aimed at both children and adults. Several collaborations with artists outside the company including, Valentina Diana, Gianluigi Gherzi, Fabrizio Saccomanno, Barbara Toma and Francesco Niccolini. Several awards and recognitions gained over the years, two Eolo Awards, Finalists at the Childhood Scenario Award and In-Box blue, as well as the Cervi Museum – Theater for memory awards, Resistance Festival 2020 and the “Ermo Colle” Critics Award 2022. In addition to the numerous shows produced which have achieved prestigious foreign tours (Brazil, China, Japan, Chile and Europe), the company has for several years carried out various projects and festivals, among which we mention Kids, the International Theater and Arts Festival for the new generations, which has been made in Lecce for the past ten years. The company does not lack the vocation to work on its territory by collaborating with schools, municipalities and associations in the realization of specific projects designed for different contexts. The theater is for us a means to cross the contemporaneity always experimenting with new dramaturgical devices capable of reading, interpreting and illuminating the present.
PRINCIPIO ATTIVO TEATRO SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Principio Attivo Teatro starts its activity in 2007 and gathers a group of actors and artists engaged since 20 years in theatre. The components of the group, coming from different background and experiences, received advanced professional training and work mainly in Lecce and the Salento area but also cooperate with well known companies at the national and international level.
Principio Attivo Teatro partecipates to important national Festivals and vents, bringing its shows in the most important Italian theatres. Since 2009 the collective works also internationally, presenting its productions abroad (Spain, Austria, Switzerland, France, Poland, Croatia, Turkey, Germany, United Kingdom, Chile, Brasil, Singapore, China, Japan).
In 2008 Principio Attivo Teatro obtaines important acknowledgements in the Italian theatre scene with “A Story of a Man and His Shadow“, finalist at 2008 Premio Scenario Infanzia (Childhood Scene Prize). In 2010 the same production obtaines the EOLO AWARDS as best show of the year for children and youth and the PADUA PRIZE within the XIX National Theatre Festival for children and youth. This production has now reached more than 300 reruns in Italy and abroad and continues to tour, positively welcomed by audience and critics.
In 2011 Principio Attivo Teatro obtaines a new, important recognition, just a few months after the première of a new production, receives the special mention of the critics within the 6th edition of the Festebà Festival in Ferrara with “The Red Bike“. The same show obtains in 2013 the EOLO AWARDS as best dramaturgy of the year. 2012 sees one new productions: “Hanà and Momò”, a production for younger children (3+), presented at the festival Una città per gioco (A city for fun – Vimercate 2013).
In August 2013 Principio Attivo Teatro participates to the Edinbourgh Fringe Festival, one of the most important festivals of performing arts in the world, with “A Story of a Man and His Shadow” and “The Red Bike”. Since 2014 these productions reach also South America. “A Story of a Man and His Shadow” is selected for the Festival a Mil in Santiago de Chile and “The Red Bike” tours in Brasil; in 2016 the show “Hanà e Momò” performerd in Singapore, China and Japan.
WORKS Principio Attivo Teatro shows
THE FACTORY TIME
A STORY OF A MAN AND HIS SHADOW
HANÀ AND MOMÒ
THE RED BIKE
SAPIENS
MOBILE HOME ON PEDALS