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BARBE À PAPA TEATRO - the Compagnia
Barbe à Papa Teatro is a cultural association founded in Palermo and active since 2018. It deals with theatrical productions, training, and the creation of artistic and cultural projects. Barbe à Papa Teatro was founded by: Chiara Buzzone, Federica D’Amore, Totò Galati, Roberta Giordano, and Claudio Zappalà, to whom Nathan Tagliavini was added as technical director. The company has already produced the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020) and L’arte della resistenza (2022). The three shows form the trilogy Generation Y. 2024 sees the debut of La ricetta di Danilo (2024), a show focused on the figure of Danilo Dolci, for the centenary of his birth. Barbe à Papa Teatro is an independent group that does not have a permanent headquarters and has made the nomadism that characterizes it a value and a distinctive trait, as well as the origin of its artistic research. It mainly produces its works between Palermo and Partinico, and in all those places willing to offer a space for artistic residency. Its goal is to work exclusively on original dramaturgies that arise from the work of the company. The productions of Barbe à Papa Teatro are designed for an international audience and the texts are translated into English and French.
Barbe à Papa Teatro debuted in Palermo with Il coro di Babele in March 2019, a show that won numerous national awards and participated in the Festival Off Avignon 2022 and 2023. Mi ricordo debuted at Teatro Libero in Palermo in 2020, as the winner of the “Per un teatro necessario” call and in 2022 won the Milano Off Fringe Festival. L’arte della resistenza debuted in Ferrara in 2022, as the winner of the “Chiamata OffIine 2021” residency call.
Between 2021 and 2022 the company, winner of the "Start and Go" call promoted by the Municipality of Genoa and Teatro Pubblico Ligure, trained with Hangar Piemonte in the field of business management and cultural project management.
The company also organizes training workshops for actresses and actors, and workshops dedicated to children and adolescents. In 2020 it collaborated with the association Partinico Solidale, organizing training sessions for children and teenagers.
In 2022 it won the Europe Creative call which will fund “La Nomad House”, a project involving several European and North African countries and led by the Belgian company Les Nouveaux Disparus.
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BARBE À PAPA TEATRO - the Compagnia
Barbe à Papa Teatro is a cultural association founded in Palermo and active since 2018. It deals with theatrical productions, training, and the creation of artistic and cultural projects. Barbe à Papa Teatro was founded by: Chiara Buzzone, Federica D’Amore, Totò Galati, Roberta Giordano, and Claudio Zappalà, to whom Nathan Tagliavini was added as technical director. The company has already produced the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020) and L’arte della resistenza (2022). The three shows form the trilogy Generation Y. 2024 sees the debut of La ricetta di Danilo (2024), a show focused on the figure of Danilo Dolci, for the centenary of his birth. Barbe à Papa Teatro is an independent group that does not have a permanent headquarters and has made the nomadism that characterizes it a value and a distinctive trait, as well as the origin of its artistic research. It mainly produces its works between Palermo and Partinico, and in all those places willing to offer a space for artistic residency. Its goal is to work exclusively on original dramaturgies that arise from the work of the company. The productions of Barbe à Papa Teatro are designed for an international audience and the texts are translated into English and French.
Barbe à Papa Teatro debuted in Palermo with Il coro di Babele in March 2019, a show that won numerous national awards and participated in the Festival Off Avignon 2022 and 2023. Mi ricordo debuted at Teatro Libero in Palermo in 2020, as the winner of the “Per un teatro necessario” call and in 2022 won the Milano Off Fringe Festival. L’arte della resistenza debuted in Ferrara in 2022, as the winner of the “Chiamata OffIine 2021” residency call.
Between 2021 and 2022 the company, winner of the "Start and Go" call promoted by the Municipality of Genoa and Teatro Pubblico Ligure, trained with Hangar Piemonte in the field of business management and cultural project management.
The company also organizes training workshops for actresses and actors, and workshops dedicated to children and adolescents. In 2020 it collaborated with the association Partinico Solidale, organizing training sessions for children and teenagers.
In 2022 it won the Europe Creative call which will fund “La Nomad House”, a project involving several European and North African countries and led by the Belgian company Les Nouveaux Disparus.
BARBE À PAPA TEATRO - the Compagnia
Barbe à Papa Teatro is a cultural association founded in Palermo and active since 2018. It deals with theatrical productions, training, and the creation of artistic and cultural projects. Barbe à Papa Teatro was founded by: Chiara Buzzone, Federica D’Amore, Totò Galati, Roberta Giordano, and Claudio Zappalà, to whom Nathan Tagliavini was added as technical director. The company has already produced the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020) and L’arte della resistenza (2022). The three shows form the trilogy Generation Y. 2024 sees the debut of La ricetta di Danilo (2024), a show focused on the figure of Danilo Dolci, for the centenary of his birth. Barbe à Papa Teatro is an independent group that does not have a permanent headquarters and has made the nomadism that characterizes it a value and a distinctive trait, as well as the origin of its artistic research. It mainly produces its works between Palermo and Partinico, and in all those places willing to offer a space for artistic residency. Its goal is to work exclusively on original dramaturgies that arise from the work of the company. The productions of Barbe à Papa Teatro are designed for an international audience and the texts are translated into English and French.
Barbe à Papa Teatro debuted in Palermo with Il coro di Babele in March 2019, a show that won numerous national awards and participated in the Festival Off Avignon 2022 and 2023. Mi ricordo debuted at Teatro Libero in Palermo in 2020, as the winner of the “Per un teatro necessario” call and in 2022 won the Milano Off Fringe Festival. L’arte della resistenza debuted in Ferrara in 2022, as the winner of the “Chiamata OffIine 2021” residency call.
Between 2021 and 2022 the company, winner of the "Start and Go" call promoted by the Municipality of Genoa and Teatro Pubblico Ligure, trained with Hangar Piemonte in the field of business management and cultural project management.
The company also organizes training workshops for actresses and actors, and workshops dedicated to children and adolescents. In 2020 it collaborated with the association Partinico Solidale, organizing training sessions for children and teenagers.
In 2022 it won the Europe Creative call which will fund “La Nomad House”, a project involving several European and North African countries and led by the Belgian company Les Nouveaux Disparus.
BARBE À PAPA TEATRO - the Compagnia
Barbe à Papa Teatro is a cultural association founded in Palermo and active since 2018. It deals with theatrical productions, training, and the creation of artistic and cultural projects. Barbe à Papa Teatro was founded by: Chiara Buzzone, Federica D’Amore, Totò Galati, Roberta Giordano, and Claudio Zappalà, to whom Nathan Tagliavini was added as technical director. The company has already produced the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020) and L’arte della resistenza (2022). The three shows form the trilogy Generation Y. 2024 sees the debut of La ricetta di Danilo (2024), a show focused on the figure of Danilo Dolci, for the centenary of his birth. Barbe à Papa Teatro is an independent group that does not have a permanent headquarters and has made the nomadism that characterizes it a value and a distinctive trait, as well as the origin of its artistic research. It mainly produces its works between Palermo and Partinico, and in all those places willing to offer a space for artistic residency. Its goal is to work exclusively on original dramaturgies that arise from the work of the company. The productions of Barbe à Papa Teatro are designed for an international audience and the texts are translated into English and French.
Barbe à Papa Teatro debuted in Palermo with Il coro di Babele in March 2019, a show that won numerous national awards and participated in the Festival Off Avignon 2022 and 2023. Mi ricordo debuted at Teatro Libero in Palermo in 2020, as the winner of the “Per un teatro necessario” call and in 2022 won the Milano Off Fringe Festival. L’arte della resistenza debuted in Ferrara in 2022, as the winner of the “Chiamata OffIine 2021” residency call.
Between 2021 and 2022 the company, winner of the "Start and Go" call promoted by the Municipality of Genoa and Teatro Pubblico Ligure, trained with Hangar Piemonte in the field of business management and cultural project management.
The company also organizes training workshops for actresses and actors, and workshops dedicated to children and adolescents. In 2020 it collaborated with the association Partinico Solidale, organizing training sessions for children and teenagers.
In 2022 it won the Europe Creative call which will fund “La Nomad House”, a project involving several European and North African countries and led by the Belgian company Les Nouveaux Disparus.
CLAUDIO ZAPPALÀ - Author, director and actor
Claudio Zappalà, actor, playwright and director from Catania, born in 1987. He studied at the ITACA – International Theatre Academy of the Adriatic and graduated from the School of Performing Arts Trades at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, studying, among others, with Emma Dante, Gabriele Vacis, Christian Di Domenico, Sandro Maria Campagna. He has worked as an actor in shows by Emma Dante, ricci/forte, Armando Pugliese, Simone Luglio. In 2016, his first play Aspettando Antigone was staged—with which he won the first edition of the Cendic-Segesta award—directed by Mauro Avogadro. The text Aspettando Antigone was published by Il Glifo publishing house, in the collection Aspettando Antigone e altri racconti. In 2018, he founded the company Barbe à Papa Teatro and in 2019 debuted in the dual role of author and director with the show Il coro di Babele, winner of the 2019 Residenza Bellandi residency and the 2019 Milano Off Fringe Festival. With Barbe à Papa Teatro he also created Mi ricordo (2020), co-produced by Teatro Libero di Palermo, again in the dual role of author and director. From 2017 to 2020 he worked at the School of Performing Arts Trades at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, coordinating educational activities, and since 2019 he has collaborated in managing the activities of La Vicaria, the home of the Sud Costa Occidentale company of Emma Dante. He leads workshops for professional actors and has worked as a teacher in the Theatre Literacy course directed by Emma Dante and at the Scuola Buio in Sala Acting School in Catania.
CLAUDIO ZAPPALÀ - Author, director and actor
Claudio Zappalà, actor, playwright and director from Catania, born in 1987. He studied at the ITACA – International Theatre Academy of the Adriatic and graduated from the School of Performing Arts Trades at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, studying, among others, with Emma Dante, Gabriele Vacis, Christian Di Domenico, Sandro Maria Campagna. He has worked as an actor in shows by Emma Dante, ricci/forte, Armando Pugliese, Simone Luglio. In 2016, his first play Aspettando Antigone was staged—with which he won the first edition of the Cendic-Segesta award—directed by Mauro Avogadro. The text Aspettando Antigone was published by Il Glifo publishing house, in the collection Aspettando Antigone e altri racconti. In 2018, he founded the company Barbe à Papa Teatro and in 2019 debuted in the dual role of author and director with the show Il coro di Babele, winner of the 2019 Residenza Bellandi residency and the 2019 Milano Off Fringe Festival. With Barbe à Papa Teatro he also created Mi ricordo (2020), co-produced by Teatro Libero di Palermo, again in the dual role of author and director. From 2017 to 2020 he worked at the School of Performing Arts Trades at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, coordinating educational activities, and since 2019 he has collaborated in managing the activities of La Vicaria, the home of the Sud Costa Occidentale company of Emma Dante. He leads workshops for professional actors and has worked as a teacher in the Theatre Literacy course directed by Emma Dante and at the Scuola Buio in Sala Acting School in Catania.
CHIARA BUZZONE - Actress
She was born in 1989 in Caltagirone. She trained between Italy and France. She graduated as an actress at the Padiglione Ludwig, directed by Roberto Valerio. She deepened her studies with: Alessio Maria Romano, Bruno De Franceschi, Pierpaolo Sepe, Veronica Cruciani, Virgilio Sieni, Mimmo Cuticchio, Daria Deflorian, Lucia Calamaro, Jan Fabre Teaching Group, Emma Dante. She made her debut in Paris in the show Variations Moliéresque by Claude Viala and has worked as an actress for Italian and international directors. She specializes as an actress/performer and in 2018 co-founded the company Barbe à Papa Teatro. Graduated with honors in modern literature, she also carries out research work on texts as a translator. She acts in Italian and French.
CHIARA BUZZONE - Actress
She was born in 1989 in Caltagirone. She trained between Italy and France. She graduated as an actress at the Padiglione Ludwig, directed by Roberto Valerio. She deepened her studies with: Alessio Maria Romano, Bruno De Franceschi, Pierpaolo Sepe, Veronica Cruciani, Virgilio Sieni, Mimmo Cuticchio, Daria Deflorian, Lucia Calamaro, Jan Fabre Teaching Group, Emma Dante. She made her debut in Paris in the show Variations Moliéresque by Claude Viala and has worked as an actress for Italian and international directors. She specializes as an actress/performer and in 2018 co-founded the company Barbe à Papa Teatro. Graduated with honors in modern literature, she also carries out research work on texts as a translator. She acts in Italian and French.
FEDERICA D'AMORE - Actress
She was born in Palermo in 1993. She graduated as an actress in 2017 at the Scuola dei Mestieri dello Spettacolo of the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, directed by Emma Dante. Since 2017 she has collaborated with the Sud Costa Occidentale company, working on seven productions directed by Emma Dante. She gained experience in the audiovisual field, debuting in the role of Lucia Borsellino in the docufilm Adesso tocca a me (2017), directed by F. Micciché, broadcast in prime time on Rai 1. Actress/performer in shows directed by Donatella Finocchiaro, Virgilio Sieni, Mamadou Dioume (CICT Peter Brook), Andrea Battistini, Rosario Palazzolo, and Roger Vontobel. She trained, among others, with Beatrice Libonati and Jan Minarik (Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch), Eugenio Barba, Ricci/Forte, Sandro Maria Campagna, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Paolo Rossi, Maurizio Donadoni, Mimmo Cuticchio, and Elio Germano. In 2020 she won the Artisti 7607 scholarship and attended the advanced training course Acting in English - Advanced conducted by Aurin Proietti. She is co-founder of Barbe à Papa Teatro, where she is responsible for communication and an actress in the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020), L'arte della resistenza (2022); she leads the company's physical training.
FEDERICA D'AMORE - Actress
She was born in Palermo in 1993. She graduated as an actress in 2017 at the Scuola dei Mestieri dello Spettacolo of the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, directed by Emma Dante. Since 2017 she has collaborated with the Sud Costa Occidentale company, working on seven productions directed by Emma Dante. She gained experience in the audiovisual field, debuting in the role of Lucia Borsellino in the docufilm Adesso tocca a me (2017), directed by F. Micciché, broadcast in prime time on Rai 1. Actress/performer in shows directed by Donatella Finocchiaro, Virgilio Sieni, Mamadou Dioume (CICT Peter Brook), Andrea Battistini, Rosario Palazzolo, and Roger Vontobel. She trained, among others, with Beatrice Libonati and Jan Minarik (Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch), Eugenio Barba, Ricci/Forte, Sandro Maria Campagna, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Paolo Rossi, Maurizio Donadoni, Mimmo Cuticchio, and Elio Germano. In 2020 she won the Artisti 7607 scholarship and attended the advanced training course Acting in English - Advanced conducted by Aurin Proietti. She is co-founder of Barbe à Papa Teatro, where she is responsible for communication and an actress in the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020), L'arte della resistenza (2022); she leads the company's physical training.
TOTÒ GALATI - Actor
Born in Partinico in 1988. He graduated in 2017 from the School of Performing Arts Professions at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, directed by Emma Dante. Founding Member, Vice President, and actor of the Barbe à Papa Teatro Company, for which he leads physical training; he teaches Theater and Stage Movement to young people and collaborates through theater as a practice for psychophysical well-being with the MIMESIA Center, a psychology and psychotherapy studio in Cinisi. Certified CONI instructor of Hatha Yoga for Kids. Among his training experiences: the Jan Fabre Teaching Group, Virgilio Sieni, and the dancers Jan Minarik and Beatrice Libonati of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Actor in Odissea A/R by Emma Dante, in TROILOvsCRESSIDA by Ricci/Forte, in Lingua di Cane by Giuseppe Cutino and Sabrina Petyx and the latter's Deposito Bagagli, in Il coro di Babele by Barbe à Papa Teatro. He enriches his body language as a dancer in VANGELO#2 Arte del Gesto nel Mediterraneo by Virgilio Sieni and Mimmo Cuticchio and as a stage Mime in Verdi's Macbeth directed by Emma Dante and in Guillaume Tell directed by Damiano Michieletto at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Director of the short film Tug of War PROGETTO LEGALITÀ – Regione Sicilia project Call “CIAK LEGALITÀ- A3CinemaScuola LAB-Cinema per la Scuola” and of the urban performance Ti Racconterò tutte le storie che potrò, from the text of the same name by Agnese Borsellino and Salvo Palazzolo.
TOTÒ GALATI - Actor
Born in Partinico in 1988. He graduated in 2017 from the School of Performing Arts Professions at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo, directed by Emma Dante. Founding Member, Vice President, and actor of the Barbe à Papa Teatro Company, for which he leads physical training; he teaches Theater and Stage Movement to young people and collaborates through theater as a practice for psychophysical well-being with the MIMESIA Center, a psychology and psychotherapy studio in Cinisi. Certified CONI instructor of Hatha Yoga for Kids. Among his training experiences: the Jan Fabre Teaching Group, Virgilio Sieni, and the dancers Jan Minarik and Beatrice Libonati of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Actor in Odissea A/R by Emma Dante, in TROILOvsCRESSIDA by Ricci/Forte, in Lingua di Cane by Giuseppe Cutino and Sabrina Petyx and the latter's Deposito Bagagli, in Il coro di Babele by Barbe à Papa Teatro. He enriches his body language as a dancer in VANGELO#2 Arte del Gesto nel Mediterraneo by Virgilio Sieni and Mimmo Cuticchio and as a stage Mime in Verdi's Macbeth directed by Emma Dante and in Guillaume Tell directed by Damiano Michieletto at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Director of the short film Tug of War PROGETTO LEGALITÀ – Regione Sicilia project Call “CIAK LEGALITÀ- A3CinemaScuola LAB-Cinema per la Scuola” and of the urban performance Ti Racconterò tutte le storie che potrò, from the text of the same name by Agnese Borsellino and Salvo Palazzolo.
ROBERTA GIORDANO - Actress
She was born in Palermo in 1993. From 2014 to 2017 she worked as an actress/singer/dancer in the Classical Performances at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse, in the shows by Marco Baliani, Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Gabriele Lavia, Federico Tiezzi, Cesare Lievi. In 2016 she specialized in Commedia dell’Arte studies at the Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle in Versailles, directed by Carlo Boso. She graduated in 2017 from the Academy of Ancient Drama Art of Syracuse, INDA. In 2018 she worked as a casting assistant for the film Le sorelle Macaluso by Emma Dante, and as an actress in the TV film Tutto il giorno davanti, by Luciano Manuzzi. She was in the cast of Le Rane, directed by G. B. Corsetti, for the 2018 theatre tour. In 2019, she was a singer and puppeteer in I Sette Peccati Capitali-sti, a traveling show on the Sassi of Matera, directed by G. B. Corsetti, produced by Teatro San Carlo of Naples and Fondazione Matera 2019. In October 2020 she debuted with the monologue Jehanne X, written and directed by Paolo Pintabona, a show that was among the winners of the Parola a Palermo competition, an initiative of the Teatro Biondo Stabile of Palermo and the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Palermo. She is currently attending the Advanced Training Course in Counseling applied to Theatre Therapy, at the European Theatre Institute, Rome. Certified Hatha Yoga instructor for Fitness, National Diploma A.I.C.S. Co-founder of Barbe à Papa Teatro, where she is an actress in the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020), and L'arte della resistenza (2022); she leads the company's vocal training.
ROBERTA GIORDANO - Actress
She was born in Palermo in 1993. From 2014 to 2017 she worked as an actress/singer/dancer in the Classical Performances at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse, in the shows by Marco Baliani, Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Gabriele Lavia, Federico Tiezzi, Cesare Lievi. In 2016 she specialized in Commedia dell’Arte studies at the Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle in Versailles, directed by Carlo Boso. She graduated in 2017 from the Academy of Ancient Drama Art of Syracuse, INDA. In 2018 she worked as a casting assistant for the film Le sorelle Macaluso by Emma Dante, and as an actress in the TV film Tutto il giorno davanti, by Luciano Manuzzi. She was in the cast of Le Rane, directed by G. B. Corsetti, for the 2018 theatre tour. In 2019, she was a singer and puppeteer in I Sette Peccati Capitali-sti, a traveling show on the Sassi of Matera, directed by G. B. Corsetti, produced by Teatro San Carlo of Naples and Fondazione Matera 2019. In October 2020 she debuted with the monologue Jehanne X, written and directed by Paolo Pintabona, a show that was among the winners of the Parola a Palermo competition, an initiative of the Teatro Biondo Stabile of Palermo and the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Palermo. She is currently attending the Advanced Training Course in Counseling applied to Theatre Therapy, at the European Theatre Institute, Rome. Certified Hatha Yoga instructor for Fitness, National Diploma A.I.C.S. Co-founder of Barbe à Papa Teatro, where she is an actress in the shows Il coro di Babele (2019), Mi ricordo (2020), and L'arte della resistenza (2022); she leads the company's vocal training.
NATHAN TAGLIAVINI - Technical Director
Born in Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, in 1997. Musician and audio and lighting technician.
He is dedicated to his activity as a musician with the bands In The Mood Swings (2015) and For a Loaf of Bread (2022), of which he is also a founding member.
He graduated in 2020 from the National Academy of Cinema and Performing Arts in Bologna, studying sound engineering with Alessandro Scala.
Since 2020 he has collaborated with the Ferrara Off theater as an audio and lighting technician, and since 2021 he has worked at the audio/video service Luxonix Srl.
Since 2021 he has been the co-founding president of the cultural association Artenativae, which deals with music production and cultural events.
In 2022 he joined the company Barbe a Papà Teatro, where he is technical director.
NATHAN TAGLIAVINI - Technical Director
Born in Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, in 1997. Musician and audio and lighting technician.
He is dedicated to his activity as a musician with the bands In The Mood Swings (2015) and For a Loaf of Bread (2022), of which he is also a founding member.
He graduated in 2020 from the National Academy of Cinema and Performing Arts in Bologna, studying sound engineering with Alessandro Scala.
Since 2020 he has collaborated with the Ferrara Off theater as an audio and lighting technician, and since 2021 he has worked at the audio/video service Luxonix Srl.
Since 2021 he has been the co-founding president of the cultural association Artenativae, which deals with music production and cultural events.
In 2022 he joined the company Barbe a Papà Teatro, where he is technical director.
