“The role of the artist is to make revolution irresistible”    We are workers within the fields of art and knowledge. On June 14, 2011, we occupied the Teatro Valle, the oldest theater in Rome, to save it from privatization and to denounce the state of emergency of Italian culture and politics. During these [...]

Venice Lido, September 2, 201168° Venice Film Festival PRESS RELEASEOCCUPATION of the MARINONI THEATRE   We are Workers in the arts and entertainment.On June 14th we occupied the Teatro Valle in Rome, as a symbol for the dramatic situation of Art in Italy, to save it from an uncertain future and risk of privatization. We [...]

Rome, 29 July 2011 The Occupation of Teatro Valle, Rome- where we have got so far It is the 14th of June. A Tuesday. The thirteenth of June, at three in the afternoon, the referendum was concluded; the Italian people overwhelmingly expressed that water is a ‘commonwealth’, and reaffirmed – as in ’85 – that [...]

Rome, July 5, 2011 TEATRO VALLE OCCUPATO – PROPOSAL FOR A NEW TEATRO VALLE On 14 June 2011, Lavoratrici e Lavoratori dello Spettacolo, a group of workers of art and entertainment, film / theater / dancers / technicians, have occupied the Teatro Valle to save it from an uncertain future. The occupiers have issued an [...]

THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011 Outrage Over a Storied Roman Theater’s Future By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO ROME — Real-time drama is taking place at the Teatro Valle, the storied theater here where Pirandello’s “Six Characters in Search of an Author” was first performed 90 years ago. For nearly two weeks the space has [...]

Rome, June 21, 2011 OCCUPATION OF TEATRO VALLE – WHY * Because Teatro Valle, a historical importance value for the city of Rome and for the entire country, is risking, after the suppression of the Ente Teatrale Italiano decided by the last budget law, to be entrusted to privates who would betray its identity of [...]