Direction Giorgio Strehler
resumed by Stefano de Luca
Set design Ezio Frigerio
Costumes by Franca Squarciapino
Music Fiorenzo Carpi
Lighting Claudio De Pace
Mimic movements Marise Flach

Milan, Teatro Grassi
23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 October, 1, 2 November 2025

Produced by Piccolo Teatro di Milano · Teatro d’Europa
Italian and English surtitles by Prescott Studio (25, 26.10)

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«Arlecchino» comes back home to via Rovello
From the presentation notes of Piccolo Teatro in Milan

«Arlecchino by Giorgio Strehler, with sets by Ezio Frigerio and costumes by Franca Squarciapino, comes back home in Via Rovello» The most-seen Italian play in the world will be performed by young actors from the Piccolo School of Theatre. They are mentored by the director Stefano de Luca who, together with Enrico Bonavera, third actor playing the role of Arlecchino, has introduced them to the secrets of Goldoni and Strehler’s theatre. The result is a play that is both ancient and timeless, that – with a blend of fun and ritual, memory and future – tells an everlasting tale of lovers, of parents and children, of masters and servants, of love and death, together with duels, mistaken identities, laughter and the poignant awareness of time passing. […]
Arlecchino is a play that also proves to be an idealistic passing of the baton between generations of artists since the company staging the play is characterised by actors born between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. This highlights the leading role of the Piccolo Theatre School in drama education and in transmitting to students theoretical knowledge as well as stage secrets».