02 / About Me

I am an author (member of the SIAE, Italian Society of Authors and Publishers), an actor and a comedian. I use various theatrical techniques, from cabaret and mime to grammelot and visual theatre/puppetry, specially designed for open spaces as well as for indoor theatres. In 2011 I published the book: Teatro di liberazione, Edizioni La Meridiana, in which I share my knowledge and practices on making theatre. In 1981 i met the mime artist Hugo Suárez, who introduced me the world of pantomime and visual theatre and with whom i was to set up an intense professional partnership for the next years. In 1983 i moved to Paris, where i completed my training at the Théâtre Forum (Augusto Boal method). From then on, i was brought into contact with the most diverse theatrical techniques, in an endless tension between experimentation of new meta-languages, artistic creativity and social commitment. In 2004 i moved to Lima in Peru where i re-united with Hugo Suárez. There with Hugo Suárez and Anna Santa Cruz we created the company La santa Rodilla, that produced "Manologias", a non-verbal show that was a great success in numerous Puppet and Theatre Festivals around the world. In June 2005 i set up Circoforum Theatre Company and since then i am dedicated to create short stories with a comic and poetic language, often without words and with the use of the expressive potential of the human body. The stories are inspired mainly from everyday life and experiences. There is a constant creative evolution in all the projects. During the creation process funny pictures are shaped within the boundaries of theatre and mimic acts, together with a mixture of poetry, humour and a sense of the absurd. I often collaborate with other performers and artists.