Dialects in Theatre

Thursday, November 13, 2025 – Sala della Musica, Franco Zeffirelli Foundation, Florence

Part of Piazza delle Lingue 2025: Uses and Perception of Italian Dialects Today

 

An Event at the Intersection of Language, Art, and Theatre

The Franco Zeffirelli Foundation is pleased to host, on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 6:00 PM, the event “Dialects in Theatre: History, Innovations, and Audience Reception”, which will take place in the Sala della Musica at Piazza San Firenze 5, Florence.
This appointment is part of the Piazza delle Lingue 2025 program, an initiative promoted and organized by the Accademia della Crusca under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and UniCoop Firenze, and in collaboration with the Franco Zeffirelli Foundation and the Associazione Amici dell’Accademia della Crusca.

 

Dialects and theatre: un dialogo vivo

The 2025 edition of Piazza delle Lingue focuses on the theme “Uses and Perception of Italian Dialects Today”.
It offers an opportunity to reflect on the remarkable vitality of dialects in contemporary life — from writing to music, from theatre to cinema — as authentic expressions of Italian cultural and linguistic heritage.

During the November 13 event, speakers will include:

• Paolo D’Achille, President of the Accademia della Crusca
• Stefania Stefanelli, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Following the discussion, the audience will enjoy the performance:
“Milite Ignoto quindicidiciotto”, a theatre-story performance written, directed, and performed by Mario Perrotta, an intense theatrical journey that combines linguistic research, historical memory, and stage narrative.

Program

• 4:30 PM → Guided Tour of the Zeffirelli Museum
  An exclusive path to explore the artistic and scenographic heritage of the Maestro, where theatre, opera, and cinema converge.
• 6:00 PM → Talk: “Dialects in Theatre”
• Following → Performance: Milite Ignoto quindicidiciotto by Mario Perrotta

 

free Entry with Reservation

Participation in the event and the guided tour is free, with mandatory reservation until full capacity, available at: coopfi.info/eventi

 

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