From 17 to 20 April 2023, Apulian and Albanian theatre operators and institutions meet in Barletta with the aim of sharing opportunities, common production and commercial objectives for cooperation between key players in the theatre sector.
The initiative is part of the capitalisation activities of the cross-border cooperation project TOURNEE, funded by the Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme, which sees the Municipality of Barletta as leader in partnership with the Municipalities of Tirana and Fier in Albania. The Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, Regional Consortium for Arts and Culture, supports the Municipality of Barletta in the role of technical assistance.
On the occasion, the guests, all directors or managers of Albanian municipal theaters, were invited to attend a series of theatre and music performances previously scheduled in Barletta by theatre operators and to participate in a B2B meeting with Apulian colleagues to verify the possibility of exchanges of shows, future co-productions, artistic collaborations (organisational and technical) between Albania and Puglia.
The TOURNEE capitalisation project had a prologue in the previous weeks, on the occasion of a workshop held by Miltiadh Kutali, full professor of the University of Arts of Tirana, which involved teachers and students of the Schools of Barletta "Cassandro-Fermi-Nervi", "Leontine and G. De Nittis" and the "Carlo Cafiero" High School. Already on that occasion, on March 16, a first meeting was held between Kutali and some Apulian theater companies.
From Monday 17 to Thursday 20 April, the Albanian participants in the B2B meeting will move from the Curci Theatre to the Palazzo della Marra, from the Fantàsia Theater to the auditorium of the Gos Urban Laboratory, up to a special artistic incursion at the Municipal Nursery School of Barletta, to attend some shows as per the following programme:
Monday, 17 April:
6:30 pm: Menhir Company in "LAZZARO" c/o Palazzo della Marra
Tuesday 18 April:
09:30 am, Company I Nuovi Scalzi in "SHAKE'N SPEARE" c / o Teatro Curci
10:30 am, Koreja Theatre in "LàQua", c / o Municipal Nursery School
8:30 pm, Il Carro dei ComiciCompany, in "Com'è chiara la notte", c/o Teatro Fantàsia
Wednesday 19 April:
09:30 am, Teatro Fantàsia Company in "Spedizioni Don Quixote", c/o Teatro Curci
5:00 pm, Soundiff Winds Orchestra in "Classical & Movie Songs", c/o Laboratorio Urbano Gos
8:30 pm, Fattoria degli Artisti Company in "Pulcinella ed i comici erranti", c / o Teatro Fantàsia
Thursday 20 April:
11:45 am, Room To Play Company, in "IO, PINOCCHIO", c/o Teatro Curci
4:00 pm, Sciarabbà Company in "A Senza Nome", c/o Teatro Fantàsia
Thursday, April 20 at 17.30, the B2B meeting between the Apulian theater operators and the directors of the Albanian municipal theaters will be held at the Teatro Fantàsia.
The shows included in the programme are those already planned by the Municipality and TPP in other festivals (Children's Theatre and Dance) or programmed by the Companies resident in Barletta or already selected by Public Notice as part of the Tournèe project.
The shows scheduled at the Teatro Curci are reserved for a school audience.
For information and reservations of the shows at the Teatro Fantàsia: 3403310937
For information and reservations of the show at Palazzo della Marra 3275458920
For information and concert reservations at GOS - Laboratorio Urbano 3247994620
Photo: LàQua – Eduardo De Matteis