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An Istrian native, she is active in contemporary European theatre as a director, actress, dramaturg and theatre theorist The first woman to direct Mittelfest Agata Tomšič will take the artistic reins at Mittelfest when the term of the current artistic director, Giacomo Pedini, expires on 1 October 2026. The director, actress, dramaturg, project manager and […]

14-17 May Mittelyoung / 16-26 July MittelfestCividale del Friuli Direzione artistica Giacomo Pedini At its xxxv edition, Mittelfest, with the theme PAURA (FEAR), challenges our instinct for control, probing the depths and mysteries of human nature, ancient narratives and contemporary scenarios, opening up possibilities for the unexpected. Mittelfest 16-26 July: The festival presents 32 artistic […]

At its 34° edition, with the theme Tabù (Taboo), Mittelfest explores our boundaries, honouring and breaking them, and the resultant fear, with all its possibilities and variables.

Double open call for the fifth edition of Mittelyoung
Mittelfest seeks young artists and also new curatores

Mittelfest, now in its 33rd edition, closes the ‘trilogy of chaos’ and, after ‘the Unexpected’ (Imprevisti) and ‘the Inevitable’ (Inevitabile), explores the theme of DISORDERS (DISORDINI), and how to find new paths

he work passes immediately to the group of curatores, who are also under 30: they will evaluate almost 100 theatre and dance projects, more than 50 of music and about 20 of circus, to form the programme of Mittelyoung 2024, consisting of 9 shows that will have to portray Disorders, the theme 2024.

The three plays that make up the Inabili all Morte (Unable to Die) trilogy created to mark areas in Italy and Slovenia being awarded the European Capital of Culture 2025 have been announced

Tomorrow, 14 December, the international open call officially opens to participate in the fourth edition of Mittelyoung, a Mittelfest project dedicated to Mitteleuropean artists under 30 who are called to propose theatre, music, dance and circus performances dedicated to Disordini (Disorders

Mittelfest unveils the theme for the 33rd Mittelfest (19 to 28/7) and the 4th Mittelyoung (16 to 18/7).