What Makes This Workshop Unique?
This workshop offers a fresh, dynamic approach to Commedia dell’Arte, blending tradition with contemporary theatre-making. Chiara D’Anna brings decades of teaching and performing experience, alongside a PhD exploring the legacy of Commedia in contemporary devised theatre. Her workshops focus on unlocking creativity through play, physicality, and improvisation, offering participants tools to expand their theatrical vocabulary.
Her unique approach to Commedia focusses in finding ways to apply its masks, characters, and techniques to create original, relevant work for today’s stage This makes her work accessible, adaptable, and exciting for theatre-makers interested in both traditional and contemporary performance.
As both an academic and a working artist, Chiara’s teaching is deeply informed by years of professional experience in theatre, opera, and film. This rare combination of academic rigour and artistic practice sets Chiara apart as one of the most innovative Commedia practitioners working today. Her acclaimed solo show, Don’t You Dare!, has toured internationally since 2018 addressing the silencing of women’s voices with a dynamic blend of Commedia, physical theatre, and biting political satire.
