Great classics reinterpreted with a contemporary twist, by authors such as Natalia Ginzburg and Yasmina Reza, civic theater, dance, and music. Twelve titles feature in the 2026-2027 Prose, Dance & Music Season, organized by Cedac at the Gavì Ballero Civic Theater in Alghero, under the artistic direction of Valeria Ciabattoni. From October to April, some of the leading lights of the national scene will take their turns on the stage, including Pamela Villoresi, Paolo Rossi, Ettore Bassi, Ugo Dighero, Giampiero Ingrassia, Lucia Vasini, and Alice De André. A press conference will be held today in Mayor Raimondo Cacciotto's office, with Culture Councilor Raffaella Sanna and the president of the Alghero Foundation, Graziano Porcu. The curtain rises on Sunday, October 25th with "Questo matrimonio non s'ha da fare," a melodrama for narrator and piano based on Alessandro Manzoni's "The Betrothed."
Ettore Bassi, accompanied by pianist and composer Marco Beretta, leads the audience into Manzoni's universe, from Renzo and Lucia, Don Rodrigo, Fra Cristoforo, and the Unnamed. On November 23rd, Aeschylus's "Prometheus" arrives, adapted and directed by Gabriele Vacis, who also narrates. The myth of the rebel Titan becomes an opportunity to reflect on freedom, the relationship with authority, and knowledge. On December 15th, civic theater takes center stage with Luca Sommi and his "Viva la Costituzione," a monologue dedicated to the Constitution and the principles upon which the Republic is founded. 2027 opens on January 16th with satire, featuring Paolo Rossi and Caterina Gabanella in "Onora i padri e paga la psicologa," a journey through autobiography, invention, music, and comedy. On January 25th , "Napoleon - The Emperor's Ghost," written and directed by Franco Franchini, will be the show's premiere. Napoleon, now a legend, retraces his love affairs, battles, glory, and downfall. The show will be repeated the following day as a school matinee.
On February 11th, Ugo Dighero and Mariangeles Torres will star in "Three Variations of Life" by Yasmina Reza. An evening with friends turns into a confrontation of ambitions, resentments, and frustrations, told three times through different perspectives. On February 24th , Pamela Villoresi and Giulio Corso will stage "Elettra, 1944," written and directed by Giancarlo Nicoletti. Following the trail of the "Oresteia," the myth is relocated to occupied Rome, where the conflict between parents and children intertwines with that between fascists and partisans and the wounds of war. From prose to dance: March 3rd sees the arrival of "Poetry in the Park," a creation by Marco Carrer for balletXtreme Dance Company, set to music by Bizet and Chopin. Dance, poetry, and music meet in an imaginary dialogue with Gabriele D'Annunzio, Alda Merini, and Antonia Pozzi. On March 18th, the program features a female-led reinterpretation of Molière's "The Bourgeois Gentleman," adapted and directed by Lorenzo De Iacovo. Jourdain plays a young woman on a relentless climb to success, in a version that brings the social satire of the great French classic into the present. On March 31st, dance returns to the spotlight with "Pupo" by Sofia Nappi, a Komoco and Sosta Palmizi production inspired by Pinocchio.
The puppet's metamorphosis becomes a reflection on growth, the discovery of one's limits, and the transition from childhood to adulthood. On April 15th, Alice De André arrives in Alghero with "Alice (non canta) De André," an autobiographical show in which Fabrizio's granddaughter and Cristiano's daughter explores, with irony and depth, her relationship with an important family legacy and the desire to build her own identity. A journey through memories, songs, "scents of Sardinia," and the weight of a surname that inevitably precedes its bearer. The grand finale is April 26th with Natalia Ginzburg's "Ti ho sposo per allegria," starring Giampiero Ingrassia, Marianella Bargilli, and Lucia Vasini. A brilliant comedy about couples and family dynamics that, through Giuliana and Pietro, conveys all the irony and depth of the writing of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century Italian culture. There's also room for younger audiences with the 2026-2027 Children's Theatre Season, featuring performances, workshops, and meetings from September to May. The program engages children and young people of all ages, from kindergarten to high school, with titles such as "Nina and the Sea," "Digital Generation," dedicated to adolescents' relationship with new technologies, "Tinta," "Prometeo," and "Napoleon."
The program also includes a performance-lesson with dancer Carola Puddu, the intergenerational workshop "Il Filo del Sorriso" by Mario Zucca, and the T-Challenge, a theater contest that will see students from the Angelo Roth Institute of Alghero perform a show under the direction of director Giuseppe Ligios and compete in the regional final at the Teatro Massimo in Cagliari. Artistic director Valeria Ciabattoni announced that priority will be given to existing season ticket holders, after which the box office will open for new applications. The program is organized by Cedac with the patronage and support of the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Sardinia, the patronage of the Municipality of Alghero, the support of the Alghero Foundation, and the contribution of the Fondazione di Sardegna.
