Theatres

An unstoppable stream of live performances will flood Piemonte, and will make this region an exceptionally fertile land for the growth and spread of all types of theatre. Actors, renowned directors, dancers, celebrated choreographers, musicians and illustrious Maestri will find here important theatres, some of which are remarkable from an artistic and historical point of view. Here they will have the opportunity to best express their art, following in the wake of other celebrated artists who first trod these boards and who left us indelible memories of their talent and of what the word “performance” means. A lively audience, who is especially responsive to performing arts, will welcome these artists in cities and towns, on the plain, in the hills and in the mountains of Piemonte.

Biellese
Teatro Sociale Villani

Cuneo e le sue Valli
Teatro Toselli, Teatro Milanollo

Langhe e Roero
Teatro Sociale “Giorgio Busca”

Monferrato
Teatro Comunale di Alessandria, Teatro Civico di Tortona, Teatro Municipale di Casale Monferrato, Teatro Alfieri di Asti, Teatro Civico Moncalvo

Novarese
Teatro Coccia

Torinese
Teatro Alfieri, Teatro Carignano, Teatro Civico Matteotti, Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, La Casa del teatro Ragazzi e Giovani, Teatro Regio

Valli Olimpiche
Palazzo delle Feste

Vercellese
Teatro Civico di Vercelli

Places

Forte di Fenestrelle

The largest fortified structure in Europe and the longest wall-structure in the world after the Great Wall of China: a 635-meter inclination, 3 km long, 1,300,000 square meters large, 4,000 steps in the Scala Coperta (Covered Staircase), 2,500 steps in the Scala Reale (Royal Staircase), 5 drawbridges, and 183 lights to illuminate the interior.

Palaisozaki

It is the new Torino Olympic Palasport (Sports Arena) designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki for the Winter Olympics in Torino 2006. A multi-functional space, versatile and flexible which, thanks to the mobility of its platform, can turn from an ice rink into a concert, show, or convention venue.

Castello di Agliè

This sumptuous home was built, beginning in 1646 following a design by Amedeo di Castellamonte, by Filippo d’Aglie, statesman, literary man, choreographer, and adviser to Madama Reale, on the ruins of an ancient fortress.

People

Gianni Farinetti

"I was born in Bra, in the Langhe. I have a true affinity for the countryside. Piemonte is a land rich in moods and history, literary history as well: Arpino, Levi, Ginzburg, and the best loved of all, Beppe Fenoglio – but also many recent writers. In fact, no other Italian city has produced so many beginnings in the last several years as Torino."

Giorgio Faletti

"Until I reached a certain age, I thought that people from Asti were called abstemious and so when anyone asked where I was from, I calmly answered: “Abstemious’."

Wim Wenders

"I could live in Torino if they offered me an office on the top floor of the Mole Antonelliana, a location perfect for a director."

Theatres - Piemonte Feel