25 \u2013 26 OCTOBER 2018
\nVENICE, ISLAND OF SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE
\nInternational Conference Giovanni Poli.\u00a0The Essential Stage<\/p>\n
On 25 and 26 October 2018, the Institute of Theatre and Opera is holding\u00a0an international conference entitled \u201cGiovanni Poli. The Essential\u00a0Stage\u201d. The scholars and experts in the field attending the event will
\nanalyse the career and work of the Venetian actor and stage director,\u00a0celebrated for having revived and enriched the great Venetian theatre\u00a0tradition and Commedia dell\u2019Arte. The acquisition of the Giovanni Poli
\nArchive, at the behest of his heirs and celebrated with a public presentation\u00a0on 20 October 2017, has provided the Institute of Theatre and\u00a0Opera with a key resource for research work into Venetian and Italian
\ntheatre of the second half of the 20th century. Together with the university\u00a0lecturers and researchers, who will illustrate the results of studies\u00a0carried out on archival materials, women and men of theatre will speak
\nabout their experience of working with the director and playwright.
\nDuring the conference, an exhibition curated by Maria Ida Biggi will\u00a0display a selection of materials from the archives of Giovanni Poli and\u00a0Mischa Scandella in the exhibition room of the Manica Lunga Library.
\nMoreover, Stefano Poli will direct a revival of the historical manifesto\u00a0play La commedia degli Zanni, written and directed by his father Giovanni.
\nProduced by the Teatro Ca\u2019 Foscari at Santa Marta and staged with the participation of\u00a0young actors and the collaboration of the Teatro a l\u2019Avogaria, the play will be performed on 25\u00a0and 26 October at the Teatro Ca\u2019 Foscari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"cini_tax_event_categories":[1594],"cini_tax_institutes":[20],"cini_tax_event_locations":[1464],"class_list":["post-66242","cini_events","type-cini_events","status-publish","hentry","cini_tax_event_categories-convegni-e-seminari-2","cini_tax_institutes-theatre-and-opera","cini_tax_event_locations-island-of-san-giorgio-maggiore"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n