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November 2026
sat21nov9:00 pmA Précieuse Name: Alcra @Spazio Matta - Pescara
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Saturday 21 November at 9 pm Spazio Matta, Via Gran Sasso 53, Pescara Part of R- Esistenti – Festival of Feminist Narratives Curated by Maglab in collaboration with Spazio Matta A
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Saturday 21 November at 9 pm
Spazio Matta, Via Gran Sasso 53, Pescara
Part of R- Esistenti – Festival of Feminist Narratives
Curated by Maglab in collaboration with Spazio Matta
A Précieuse Name: Alcra
A staged sharing of material from I am Armande! by Carla Lonzi
Created by Fiorenza Menni and Andrea Mochi Sismondi
Performed by Fiorenza Menni and Margherita Kay Budillon
A Précieuse Name: Alcra is the opening movement of Ateliersi’s diptych dedicated to Carla Lonzi, which comprises I am Armande! (2025) and Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 (2026).
The work invites audiences into the creative process surrounding Lonzi’s final research, which focused on the Précieuses movement that emerged in seventeenth-century France.
Lonzi encounters the Précieuses through Molière’s Les Précieuses ridicules and Les Femmes savantes, recognising their experience as a key point of reference for feminist thought.
Convinced that theatre reflects real situations, she looks to the stage for the kinds of relationships she recognises in her own life when “one refuses to grant men certain privileges”.
The showing invites the audience to take an active part in the exchange, with the aim of creating a space for open, attentive and thoughtful dialogue.
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fri20nov9:00 pmFiorenza Menni in "The Story of a New Name" @Umbria Libri - Terni
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Friday 20 November at 9 pm Umbria Libri – Teatro Secci, Terni Fanny & Alexander The Story of a New Name. My Brilliant Friend in Comics – Volume 2
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Friday 20 November at 9 pm
Umbria Libri – Teatro Secci, Terni
Fanny & Alexander
The Story of a New Name. My Brilliant Friend in Comics – Volume 2
A stage adaptation of the second volume of Chiara Lagani and Mara Cerri’s graphic novel based on Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend (Coconino Press)
The Story of a New Name is the new stage production by Fanny & Alexander, adapted from the graphic novel illustrated by Mara Cerri and scripted by Chiara Lagani (Coconino Press, 2026), based on the second volume of Elena Ferrante’s quartet. On stage, Chiara Lagani and Fiorenza Menni play Lila and Lenù, who face new challenges as they come of age. Lila finds herself in an unhappy marriage at a young age, while Lenù sees her studies as her only chance to make a different life for herself.
Directed by Luigi Noah De Angelis, the production unfolds around a large collage that the two protagonists make together. The story takes shape before our eyes as Mara Cerri’s landscapes and characters build up layer by layer, stepping as if by magic off the page and coming to life on stage. The result is a celebration of friendship, of breaking free from prejudice and of the power of imagination.
Performed by Chiara Lagani and Fiorenza Menni
Voice of Nino Sarratore Andrea Mochi Sismondi
Voice of Donato Sarratore Lorenzo Gleijeses
Lyrics Emanuele Wiltsch Barberio
Percussion Cristiano De Fabritiis
Illustrations Mara Cerri
Direction, set, lighting, video and music Luigi Noah De Angelis
Dramaturgy and costumes Chiara Lagani
Multimedia installation Voxel
Sound Vincenzo Scorza
Technical supervision Gianni Gamberini, Vincenzo Scorza
Production coordination and promotion Andrea Martelli, Marco Molduzzi
Administration Stefano Toma
Produced by E Production/Fanny & Alexander
In collaboration with Ravenna Festival
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sat14nov9:00 pmThe Map of the Heart @Teatro Café Müller -Torino
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Saturday 14 November at 9 pm @ Teatro Café Müller – Turin ATELIERSI The Map of the Heart by Lea Melandri created and performed by Fiorenza Menni and Andrea Mochi Sismondi
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Saturday 14 November at 9 pm
@ Teatro Café Müller – Turin
ATELIERSI
The Map of the Heart by Lea Melandri
created and performed by Fiorenza Menni and Andrea Mochi Sismondi
voice Francesca Pizzo
music arranged and reworked by Vincenzo Scorza and Mauro Sommavilla
with thanks to Lea Melandri for sharing her thinking, her support and her ability to challenge established frameworks
In the mid-1980s, the weekly magazine Ragazza In made the radical decision to entrust Lea Melandri, one of the leading figures of Italian feminism, with a correspondence column. Rather than replying directly to individual letters, she opened up a dialogue with young readers, effectively creating an early social network. Following the “scandalous reversal of the relationship between the individual and culture” pursued by Lea, Ateliersi takes an emotional journey through those letters, weaving together the urgencies and sonic daring of that era with their resonances in the present.
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thu05nov5:00 pmIRRESISTIBLE CARLA LONZI (talk) @Museo Biblioteca dell'Attore - Genova
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Thursday 5 November at 5 pm Museo Biblioteca dell’Attore – Genoa as part of the Festival dell’Eccellenza al Femminile IRRESISTIBLE CARLA LONZI The “mother” of feminism in Italy a conversation
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Thursday 5 November at 5 pm
Museo Biblioteca dell’Attore – Genoa
as part of the Festival dell’Eccellenza al Femminile
IRRESISTIBLE CARLA LONZI
The “mother” of feminism in Italy
a conversation
with Silvia Neonato (journalist), Annarosa Buttarelli (writer), Fiorenza Menni (actress and director)
The event will open with the presentation of the Museo Biblioteca dell’Attore’s first Equal Opportunities Committee.
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December 2026
tue22dec9:00 pmShut Up. Or Rather, Speak @Teatro Rasi | Ravenna Teatro
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martedì 22 dicembre, alle 21.00 Teatro Rasi | Ravenna Teatro Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist 1972-1977 Ateliersi continues its
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martedì 22 dicembre, alle 21.00
Teatro Rasi | Ravenna Teatro
Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist 1972-1977
Ateliersi continues its exploration of Carla Lonzi, one of the central figures of Italian feminism, through her diaries. Written between 1972 and 1977, they bring together memories, dreams, letters sent and unsent, poetry, phone calls, political reflections and intimate confessions. For Lonzi, writing is an essential act of inquiry and authenticity: a way of confronting the conflicts between patriarchal society and the “unexpected subject” that is woman. To enter these texts is to witness a woman’s intimate history while finding ourselves at the heart of our collective history: that of Italy in the 1970s, with its events and revolutions.
Conceived and directed by Fiorenza Menni, with dramaturgy by Sara De Simone and Caterina Venturini, the performance draws on over a thousand pages of thought and experience. Beginning in the present, it gradually leads us into the atmosphere of the consciousness-raising practices of feminist collectives in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Three performers weave together voice, song and spoken word in a shared space of listening, where the author’s voice invites us once again to question freedom, desire, relationships and the power of words.
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sun20decAll DayShut Up. Or Rather, Speak @Arena del Sole - Bologna
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 world premiere Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977
world premiere
Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna
Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at 9 pm
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December at 7 pm
Sunday 20 December at 6 pm
Ateliersi continues its exploration of Carla Lonzi, one of the central figures of Italian feminism, through her diaries. Written between 1972 and 1977, they bring together memories, dreams, letters sent and unsent, poetry, phone calls, political reflections and intimate confessions. For Lonzi, writing is an essential act of inquiry and authenticity: a way of confronting the conflicts between patriarchal society and the “unexpected subject” that is woman. To enter these texts is to witness a woman’s intimate history while finding ourselves at the heart of our collective history: that of Italy in the 1970s, with its events and revolutions.
Conceived and directed by Fiorenza Menni, with dramaturgy by Sara De Simone and Caterina Venturini, the performance draws on over a thousand pages of thought and experience. Beginning in the present, it gradually leads us into the atmosphere of the consciousness-raising practices of feminist collectives in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Three performers weave together voice, song and spoken word in a shared space of listening, where the author’s voice invites us once again to question freedom, desire, relationships and the power of words.
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sat19decAll DayShut Up. Or Rather, Speak @Arena del Sole - Bologna
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 world premiere Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977
world premiere
Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna
Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at 9 pm
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December at 7 pm
Sunday 20 December at 6 pm
Ateliersi continues its exploration of Carla Lonzi, one of the central figures of Italian feminism, through her diaries. Written between 1972 and 1977, they bring together memories, dreams, letters sent and unsent, poetry, phone calls, political reflections and intimate confessions. For Lonzi, writing is an essential act of inquiry and authenticity: a way of confronting the conflicts between patriarchal society and the “unexpected subject” that is woman. To enter these texts is to witness a woman’s intimate history while finding ourselves at the heart of our collective history: that of Italy in the 1970s, with its events and revolutions.
Conceived and directed by Fiorenza Menni, with dramaturgy by Sara De Simone and Caterina Venturini, the performance draws on over a thousand pages of thought and experience. Beginning in the present, it gradually leads us into the atmosphere of the consciousness-raising practices of feminist collectives in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Three performers weave together voice, song and spoken word in a shared space of listening, where the author’s voice invites us once again to question freedom, desire, relationships and the power of words.
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fri18decAll DayShut Up. Or Rather, Speak @Arena del Sole - Bologna
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 world premiere Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977
world premiere
Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna
Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at 9 pm
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December at 7 pm
Sunday 20 December at 6 pm
Ateliersi continues its exploration of Carla Lonzi, one of the central figures of Italian feminism, through her diaries. Written between 1972 and 1977, they bring together memories, dreams, letters sent and unsent, poetry, phone calls, political reflections and intimate confessions. For Lonzi, writing is an essential act of inquiry and authenticity: a way of confronting the conflicts between patriarchal society and the “unexpected subject” that is woman. To enter these texts is to witness a woman’s intimate history while finding ourselves at the heart of our collective history: that of Italy in the 1970s, with its events and revolutions.
Conceived and directed by Fiorenza Menni, with dramaturgy by Sara De Simone and Caterina Venturini, the performance draws on over a thousand pages of thought and experience. Beginning in the present, it gradually leads us into the atmosphere of the consciousness-raising practices of feminist collectives in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Three performers weave together voice, song and spoken word in a shared space of listening, where the author’s voice invites us once again to question freedom, desire, relationships and the power of words.
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thu17decAll DayShut Up. Or Rather, Speak @Arena del Sole - Bologna
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 world premiere Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977
world premiere
Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna
Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at 9 pm
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December at 7 pm
Sunday 20 December at 6 pm
Ateliersi continues its exploration of Carla Lonzi, one of the central figures of Italian feminism, through her diaries. Written between 1972 and 1977, they bring together memories, dreams, letters sent and unsent, poetry, phone calls, political reflections and intimate confessions. For Lonzi, writing is an essential act of inquiry and authenticity: a way of confronting the conflicts between patriarchal society and the “unexpected subject” that is woman. To enter these texts is to witness a woman’s intimate history while finding ourselves at the heart of our collective history: that of Italy in the 1970s, with its events and revolutions.
Conceived and directed by Fiorenza Menni, with dramaturgy by Sara De Simone and Caterina Venturini, the performance draws on over a thousand pages of thought and experience. Beginning in the present, it gradually leads us into the atmosphere of the consciousness-raising practices of feminist collectives in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Three performers weave together voice, song and spoken word in a shared space of listening, where the author’s voice invites us once again to question freedom, desire, relationships and the power of words.
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wed16decAll DayShut Up. Or Rather, Speak @Arena del Sole - Bologna
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 world premiere Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at
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Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977
world premiere
Teatro Arena del Sole – Bologna
Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 December at 9 pm
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December at 7 pm
Sunday 20 December at 6 pm
Ateliersi continues its exploration of Carla Lonzi, one of the central figures of Italian feminism, through her diaries. Written between 1972 and 1977, they bring together memories, dreams, letters sent and unsent, poetry, phone calls, political reflections and intimate confessions. For Lonzi, writing is an essential act of inquiry and authenticity: a way of confronting the conflicts between patriarchal society and the “unexpected subject” that is woman. To enter these texts is to witness a woman’s intimate history while finding ourselves at the heart of our collective history: that of Italy in the 1970s, with its events and revolutions.
Conceived and directed by Fiorenza Menni, with dramaturgy by Sara De Simone and Caterina Venturini, the performance draws on over a thousand pages of thought and experience. Beginning in the present, it gradually leads us into the atmosphere of the consciousness-raising practices of feminist collectives in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Three performers weave together voice, song and spoken word in a shared space of listening, where the author’s voice invites us once again to question freedom, desire, relationships and the power of words.
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thu03dec12:00 amA Précieuse Name: Alcra @Liceo Giovanni Pascoli - Bolzano
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Thursday 3 December @ Liceo Giovanni Pascoli – Bolzano A Précieuse Name: Alcra A staged sharing of material from Armande sono io! by Carla Lonzi created and performed by Fiorenza
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Thursday 3 December
@ Liceo Giovanni Pascoli – Bolzano
A Précieuse Name: Alcra
A staged sharing of material from Armande sono io! by Carla Lonzi
created and performed by Fiorenza Menni and Andrea Mochi Sismondi
Nome da preziosa: Alcra is the opening movement of the diptych that Ateliersi dedicates to Carla Lonzi, comprising the performances I am Armande! (2025) and Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 (2026).
The work invites audiences into the creative process surrounding Lonzi’s final research, which focused on the Précieuses movement that emerged in seventeenth-century France.
Lonzi encounters the experience of the Précieuses through Molière’s Les Précieuses ridicules and Les Femmes savantes, recognising it as a key point of reference for feminist thought.
Convinced that theatre reflects real situations, she looks to the stage for the kinds of relationships she recognises in her own lived experience when “one refuses to grant men certain privileges”.
The sharing of these materials includes moments of active exchange with the audience, seeking to create a free, sensitive and thoughtful space for dialogue.