Emanuela Pistone regista e attrice catanese, promotrice di progetti interculturali sin dal ’94.
ITA – Emanuela Pistone
Stagione teatrale 2024/2025
Stagione teatrale 2023/2024
Isola Quassùd www.isolaquassud.com
ENG – Emanuela Pistone
– Graduated in Languages and specialized in Literary Translation, she is a theater director, actress, acting coach, playwright, cultural operator from Catania
– After an initial training in Catania under the guidance of Edo Gari, she moves to Rome where her Maestriare the composer Nicola Piovani, the playwright Vincenzo Cerami, the theatre director Armando Pugliese
– In addition to the theater, as an actress she has various experiences in Rai, both radio and TV, and in cinema; as a director she collaborates in all editions of the prestigious Europe Prize for Theater in many European cities; she participates as a director and actress in various editions of the international contemporary drama festival In Altre Parole created by Pino Tierno
– Since 2022 she collaborates with Syracuse Academy – Studying Abroad as an expert speaker in Theater and Migrations
– She lives between Rome and a small village on the slopes of Etna
2024/2025 Theater Season
– In March 2025 she returns to the stage with the award-winning Esercizi di Stile at the Futura Hall of the Teatro Stabile in Catania
– In December 2024 she takes part in the In altre parole festival and curates the mise en espace of Che ci importa del mondo by Irene Canale, a text that wins the Podium Award First Edition at Teatro Manzoni in Rome
– In October 2024 for Hangar Teatri in Trieste she is directed by Fulvio Falzarano in Karpatenflecken by the award-winning author Thomas Perle
2023/2024 Theater Season
– In September 2024 Esercizi di Stile is a finalist for Best Show at the Premio Le Maschere del Teatro Italiano and wins the Best Lights Award by Gaetano La Mela
– In March 2024 she is director and performer, together with Francesco Foti and Agostino Zumbo, of Esercizi di Stile produced by Teatro Stabile di Catania
– In October 2023 her text La Baia dei Sogni/L’Albatros is staged, directed by Cinzia Maccagnano, at the Citè de La Culture in Tunis and at the Teatro Sangiorgi in Catania, as part of the European Project Accademia del Teatro Stabile di Catania in partnership with the Tunisian Citè de La Culture
Isola Quassùd www.isolaquassud.com
– In 2004, Emanuela Pistone creates Isola Quassùd, a cultural association which has continued to work in the last 20 years in favor of the socio-cultural inclusion of migrant people through countless projects and collaborations. The association encourages and supports youth creativity through good practices in theatre, culture and the arts. IQ is accredited by the University of Catania, La Sapienza of Rome, the University of Milan for internships and training courses
– Among the most significant projects: Isola Quassùd Liquid Company (active 2013/2018) the first multi-ethnic theater company formed by young migrants in Sicily, supported for two editions by the MigrArti call of the Italian Ministry of Culture (MIBACT) and by FURS (Single Fund Regional for Entertainment)
– In 2021, the Isola Quassùd Home Restaurant project (2013-2018) earned the association the participation in the award-winning television series Searching for Italy created and directed by Hollywood star Stanley Tucci for CNN and the BBC (here is a very short excerpt)