Festival Presente indicativo Milano Porta Europa
In the wake of the first edition of 2022, the international Presente indicativo Festival, now with the main subject Milano Porta Europa, returns with the Piccolo’s aim of “mapping” the lines and profiles of contemporary theatre, creating a celebration of perspectives and a special opportunity to come together and examine the profound and complex ties that have always existed between Europe and the performing arts.
The programme of shows has brought forth a multifaceted exploration of the depths and the enigmas of the Old Continent, in an succession of vanishing points and unexpected connections, raising legitimate doubts over whether the confines of Europe can truly coincide with those of our gaze.
16 artists from the European scene (and beyond).
16 shows for 16 days.
2 productions and 3 co-productions by the Piccolo, of which 2 are international.
6 Italian premières and 1 première.
8 Countries, including Italy (France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and also Argentina, Chile and UK).
11 languages, including Italian (Belarusian, Chinese, French, English, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese).
Presente indicativo | Milano Porta Europa is sustained by Fondazione Cariplo, Intesa Sanpaolo (Main Partner), Pirelli (Partner) with the support of Nuovi Mecenati – Fondazione franco-italiana per la creazione contemporanea.
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SCHEDULED SHOWS
SAIGON | Caroline Guiela Nguyen
4-5 May | Teatro Strehler
France and Vietnam are bound by intimate tales of family, love, friendship and exile that intersect in the whirlwind of history.
France and Vietnam are bound by intimate tales of family, love, friendship and exile that intersect in the whirlwind of history.
First Love | Marco D’Agostin
4-5 May | Teatro Studio Melato
A blend of irony, nostalgia, dance and theatre, Marco D’Agostin explores his first and never-forgotten love; cross-country skiing.
A blend of irony, nostalgia, dance and theatre, Marco D’Agostin explores his first and never-forgotten love; cross-country skiing.
Durante | Pascal Rambert
4-5 May | Teatro Grassi
New passions and experiences await the actors in Prima, the second act in the triptych by Rambert.
New passions and experiences await the actors in Prima, the second act in the triptych by Rambert.
Gli anni | Marco D’Agostin
4-5 May | Teatro Studio Melato
Marta Ciappina in the award-winning production by D’Agostin, a blend of dance and theatre, and a reflection on time and memory.
Marta Ciappina in the award-winning production by D’Agostin, a blend of dance and theatre, and a reflection on time and memory.
Frankenstein | Filippo Andreatta/OHT
4-5 May | Assab One
A legend in which external and internal landscapes intertwine, a monstrous rebirth that creates a new imagination.
A legend in which external and internal landscapes intertwine, a monstrous rebirth that creates a new imagination.
Avalanche | Marco D’Agostin
6-7 May | Teatro Studio Melato
Two humans experiencing the dawn of a new planet. A dance for survival, before (or after) an avalanche strikes everything.
Two humans experiencing the dawn of a new planet. A dance for survival, before (or after) an avalanche strikes everything.
Entrelinhas | Tiago Rodrigues
7-8 May | Palazzina dei Bagni Misteriosi of Teatro Franco Parenti
A never-performed monologue and a letter written between the lines of Sophocles; Tiago Rodrigues interweaves art and fiction.
A never-performed monologue and a letter written between the lines of Sophocles; Tiago Rodrigues interweaves art and fiction.
La voluntad de creer | Pablo Messiez
8-9-10 May | Teatro Grassi
ITALIAN PREMIERE
A family drama solved with the same equation that makes theatre possible; I want to believe, and so, I can.
ITALIAN PREMIERE
A family drama solved with the same equation that makes theatre possible; I want to believe, and so, I can.
The Confessions | Alexander Zeldin
9-10-11 May | Teatro Strehler
ITALIAN PREMIERE
After conversations with his mother, Alexander Zeldin tells the seemingly ordinary life of a woman, between 1943 and 2021.
ITALIAN PREMIERE
After conversations with his mother, Alexander Zeldin tells the seemingly ordinary life of a woman, between 1943 and 2021.
Limited Edition | Davide Carnevali
10-11-12 May | Nosedo, Porto di Mare, Corvetto
PREMIERE
Theatre, architecture and urban planning in a project on changes in the suburbs of Milan, between the city and the countryside.
PREMIERE
Theatre, architecture and urban planning in a project on changes in the suburbs of Milan, between the city and the countryside.
La Obra | Mariano Pensotti
10-11-12 May | Teatro Studio Melato
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Mariano Pensotti stages a striking play within a play that searches, in the present, for traces of past violence.
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Mariano Pensotti stages a striking play within a play that searches, in the present, for traces of past violence.
La Douleur | Patrice Chéreau
14 May | Teatro Grassi
A tribute by the Piccolo, on the day it celebrates its foundation, to one of the directors that made it great: Patrice Chéreau.
A tribute by the Piccolo, on the day it celebrates its foundation, to one of the directors that made it great: Patrice Chéreau.
La posibilidad de la ternura | Teatro La Re-Sentida
14-15 May | Teatro Studio Melato
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Teatro La Re-Sentida explores the possibility of tenderness to be an act of resistance against the culture of aggression.
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Teatro La Re-Sentida explores the possibility of tenderness to be an act of resistance against the culture of aggression.
Rohtko | Łukasz Twarkowski
16-17-18 May | Teatro Strehler
ITALIAN PREMIERE
A true story of forged art; a blend of theatre and cinema, Łukasz Twarkowski’s spectacular work comes to Italy.
ITALIAN PREMIERE
A true story of forged art; a blend of theatre and cinema, Łukasz Twarkowski’s spectacular work comes to Italy.
MOTHERS A SONG FOR WARTIME | Marta Górnicka
18-19 May | Teatro Strehler
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Twenty-one Ukrainian, Belarus and Polish women unite to form a choir that calls for rebirth and an acceptance of responsibility.
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Twenty-one Ukrainian, Belarus and Polish women unite to form a choir that calls for rebirth and an acceptance of responsibility.
Nina | Fanny & Alexander
18-19 May | Teatro Grassi
Singer, pianist, and civil-rights activist; Fanny & Alexander celebrates the extraordinary life of Nina Simone.
Singer, pianist, and civil-rights activist; Fanny & Alexander celebrates the extraordinary life of Nina Simone.