Teatro Nucleo exists since 1974 as an international laboratory for the art of the actor. Since 1978, the group, founded in Argentina, has been living and working in Ferrara, Italy. Ever since then it has been a constant presence on the international theatre scene with its productions, and a consistent promoter of projects aimed at overcoming political-cultural barriers and boundaries.Teatro Nucleo integrates the work the actor does on his or herself with elements of different cultures and sciences, in the attempt to get nearer to the utopia of the creative liberation of the human being. It is working systematically to find an immediate dialogue between actor and spectator, advocating theatre as a form of communication under threat from the technocratic culture.

Teatro Nucleo means theatre as a workshop of fictions and utopias, where the present-future of a humanity united through creativity can be experimented on; to this end, committed to performances and initiatives aimed at everyone, both in the theatres and in the streets of the world. In close contact with women and men, youngs and adults in open and desperate crises, theatre has revealed its therapeutic virtues above suspicion, regaining by pratice a strong sense which seemed to be loose.

Since the beginning Teatro Nucleo has brought its theatre practice in the places of sufferance: to people in therapy suffering from psychic handicaps and drug addictions. From this twenty years long experience arises CETT, the Center for theatre in therapies, a place where operators of this fields may try out new methodologies and encounter one another.

In its own centre in Ferrara the Nucleo is a crossroads of multiple theatre realities. For four years it has organized the Festival "Copparo and the Theatres". In 1989, together with other 8 theatre companies from East and West Europe and Africa, it has created MIR CARAVAN, a travelling theatre village on wheels, 200 persons, artists and technicians from 19 nationalities, 100 vehicles and caravans, 4 theatre tents and an open-air theatre, the productions of every company and a collective performance created on the road: "Odissea 89". Five month travelling and ten 10 cities-caravanserai: Moskau, Leningrad, Warsaw, Praha, Berlin, Copenhagen, Basel, Lausanne, Blois and at laest Paris, supported by the cities and the governments of the crossed nations.

The theatre of the magnificient utopias is the actual Nucleo repertory with outdoor performances appreciated by the public and the international criticism, like "Quijote!"- inspired by the great novel by Cervantes, a theatre feast with characters, great machines and fire; "Francesco" or the utopia of brothership, the legend of the saint returning in the streets of the metropoles; "Mascarò", inspired by the the novel of the same name by Haroldo Conti, writer and friend assassinated by the argentinean military dictatorship in 1976 ; "Tempesta", inspired by "The Warsaw Ghetto" by Mary Berg, a play about the events that led to the Holocaust of the jews in Europe; and at least "Frankenstein", a show inspired by Shelley's famous novel which, shunning all romantic charm offers a grotesque and frenzied vision of the dramatic story of the Doctor and his creature.

Teatro Nucleo wants to bring in the squares and streets the poetry, the richness and complexity of a theatre made by actors, a theatre that wants to fight against barbarism, dreariness, sadness, for a better quality of life.

PRODUCTIONS 1975 / 2000

1975

HERODES
directed by Horacio Czertok

1980

CHIARO DI LUNA
monodrama of Cora Herrendorf
directed by Horacio Czertok

I FUNESTI
Storic drama
directed by Cora Herrendorf and Horacio Czertok

PUCCIO AND PAOLONE CLOWNS
clowns performance
directed by Cora Herrendorf and Horacio Czertok


1981

LUCI
streets performance
directed by Cora Herrendorf and Horacio Czertok

ERESIA
dedicated to Witold Gombrowicz
directed by Cora Herrendorf and Horacio Czertok


1982

ROMANZO DI LUPI
from the drama of Ramon de Valle-Inclan
directed by Horacio Czertok


1983

INCONTRO CON ANNA
from the "Diary of Ana Frank"
directed by Cora Herrendorf

FA MALE IL TABACCO
monologue of Anton Cechov
directed by Horacio Czertok


1984

SOGNO DI UNA COSA
about the life of Rosa Luxemburg
directed by Cora Herrendorf and Horacio Czertok


1985

FAHRENHEIT PROJECT
street action
from "Fahrenheit 451" of Ray Bradbury
directed by Horacio Czertok


1986

A MEDIA LUZ
from "The Servants" of Jean Genet
directed by Cora Herrendorf


1987

VOCIFER/AZIONE
theatre concert
dedicated to Demetrio Stratos
directed by Cora Herrendorf


1989

SINFONIA DI UN RICORDO
about the life of Antonin Artaud
directed by Cora Herrendorf


1990

QUIJOTE!
open spaces theatre
from the novel "Don Quijote de la Mancha"
of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra
directed by Cora Herrendorf


1993

ALL'ALBA
dramatic cabaret
inspired by the poetic work of Leòn Felipe
directed by Cora Herrendorf


1994

FRANCESCO
open spaces theatre
inspired by the life of Francesco d'Assisi
directed by Cora Herrendorf


1995

MASCARO'
open spaces theatre
inspired by the novel of Haroldo Conti
directed by Cora Herrendorf and Horacio Czertok


1996

GABBIANO
from Anton Cechov
directed by Horacio Czertok


1997

FAUST/us
Dance-Theatre
on the Faust's myth
directed by Cora Herrendorf

TEMPESTA
open spaces theatre
inspired by "The Warsaws Ghetto" by Mary Berg
directed by Cora Herrendorf


1999

GUERNICA!
Open spaces theatre
about the Spanish Civil War
Directed by Cora Herrendorf and Horacio Czertok


2000

VOCIFER/AZIONE
Homage to the American's peoples
theater concert
directed by Cora Herrendorf


2002

FRANKENSTEIN
Open Spaces theatre
inspired by the novel of Mary Shelley
directed by Cora Herrendorf

PARTECIPATION AT FESTIVALS
AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

"Incontroazione" Palermo (I) 1976
"1° Atelier di Teatro di Gruppo" Beograd (YU) 1977
"2° Atelier di Teatro di Gruppo" Bergamo (I) 1977
"Incontro di Gruppi di Base" Casciana Terme (I) 1977
"Festival Nazionale dell'Unità" Modena (I) 1977
"Atelier Latinoamericano de Teatro de Grupo" Ayacucho (Peru) 1978
"Incontro con il Teatro di Gruppo" Copparo (I) 1979
"4° Atelier de Teatro de Grupo" Madrid (E) 1979
"Internationales Theater Festival" Munchen (D) 1980
"Festival Internazionale del Teatro in Piazza" S.Arcangelo (I) 1980
"2° Festival di Copparo-Nuclei di cultura teatrale" Copparo (I) 1980
"Festival de Teatro en la Calle" Madrid (E) 1981
"3° Festival di Copparo" Copparo (I) 1981
"Theater der Welt" Koln (D) 1981
"Festival Internazionale di Teatro" S.Arcangelo (I) 1981
"5° Encuentro de Teatro de Grupo" Zacatecas (Mexico) 1981
"Festival der Clowns" Wien (A) 1982
"Festival of Fools" Amsterdam (NL) 1982
"4° Copparo e i Teatri" Copparo (I) 1982
"2° Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Teatru Ulicznego" Jelenia Gora (PL) 1984
"Festival of Fools" Amsterdam (NL) 1984
"12° Festival Cervantino" Guanajuato (Mexico) 1984
"Deutch/Ital. KulturFestival:Gramsci/Luxemburg" Hamburg (D) 1985
"Scensommar" Goteborg (S) 1985
"3° Festiwal Teatru Ulicznego" Jelenia Gora (PL) 1985
"Krakowskie Reminiscencje Teatralne Rotunda" Krakow (PL) 1985
"Open-Ohr" Mainz (D) 1985
"Freiburger Theater Festival" Freiburg (D) 1985
"Bundesgartenschau" Berlin (D) 1985
"4° Festiwal Teatru Ulicznego" Jelenia Gora (PL) 1985
"Aste Nagusia" Bilbao (E) 1986
"Sonavan le vie d'intorno..." Bergamo (I) 1986
"17° Festival de Teatro de Molina" Molina de Segura (E) 1986
"Festival de Teatro" Huelva (E) 1987
"La cittadella dei Teatri" S.Arcangelo (I) 1987
"Ferias" Santiago de Compostela (E) 1987
"Aste Nagusia" Bilbao (E) 1987
"Sonavan le vie d'intorno..." Bergamo (I) 1987
"Magdalena Project" Cardiff (GB/Wales) 1987
"Trans Europe Festival" Berlin (D) 1988
"Festival Internacional de Santander" Santander (E) 1988

"MIR CARAVANE / KAPABAH MNPA" Moskwa, Leningrad (SU), Warzawa (PL), Praha (CS), Berlin (D), Kobenhavn (DK), Basel, Lausanne (CH), Blois, Paris (F) 1989

"Festival de Teatro Clasico" Almagro (E) 1990
"Aste Nagusia" Bilbao (E) 1990
"Faust auf Faust" ZDF/3SAT (TV Production) Mainz (D) 1990
"Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Teatralny Malta" Poznan (PL) 1991
"Festival Internacional de Teatro" Malaga (E) 1991
"III° Festival de Tardor" Olimpiada Cultural Barcelona (E) 1991
"EXPO '92" Sevilla (E) 1992
"Segni Barocchi" Foligno (I) 1992
"Riverside Festival" Stockton on Tees (GB) 1992
"Chalon sur la rue" Chalon sur Saone (F) 1992
"Art dans la rue" Morlaix (F) 1992
"Potsdamer Sommer" Potsdam (D) 1992
"Printemps des Comediens" Lunel, Montpellier (F) 1993
"Furies Festival" Chalon sur Marne (F) 1993
"Festival de Thèatre Contemporain" Lausanne (CH) 1993
"Eclat-Festival Europeen de Theatre de Rue" Aurillac (F) 1994
"Tollwood Festival" Munchen (D) 1994
"Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Teatralny Malta" Poznan (PL) 1994
"Il Teatro e il Sacro-5a edizione" Arezzo (I) 1994
"12° Festival d'Estagel" Estagel (F) 1994
"Festival Europe et Thèatre de Rue" Bagneres de Bigorre (F) 1994
"New Movement Festival" Volgograd (R)1994
"Sztuka Ulicy" Warzawa (PL) 1995
"Festival del Teatro Rinascimentale e Medievale" Anagni (I) 1995
"Festival delle Arti" Belluno (I) 1995
"Il Teatro e il Sacro" 6a edizione Arezzo (I) 1995
"2° Festival Internazionale del Teatro Urbano" Roma (I) 1995
"Zygomat" La Roche sur Yon (F) 1995
"Open Ohr Festival" Mainz (D) 1996
"Festival Arte in Strada" Thessaloniki (GR) 1996
"Ul Suu in Cadrega" Stabio (CH) 1996
"Stuka Uliczy Festiwal" Warzawa (PL) 1996
"XIIème Festival de Theatre Europeen" Grenoble (F) 1996
"Alles Theater" Gera (D) 1996
"Straat Festival" Vlissingen (NL) 1996
"Festival Il Teatro e il Sacro" Arezzo (I) 1996
"Festival Internazionale Teatro Ragazzi" Porto Sant'Elpidio (I) 1996
"Festival Il Filo d'Arianna" Belluno (I) 1996
"Tra il Sole e la Luna" Montone (I) 1996
"Girovagando Festival" Sassari (I) 1996
"Sonavan le vie d'intorno.." Bergamo (I) 1996
"Bodensee Festival" Friedrichshafen (D) 1997
"Malta Festival" Poznan (PL) 1997
"XIII° Festival de Théâtre européen" Grenoble 1997
"Il Teatro e il Sacro" Arezzo (I) 1997
"Festival delle ville" Mira (I) 1997
"Girovagando" Sassari (I) 1997
"Oltre i Confini Festival" Quartu sant'Elena (I) 1997
"Capitale Europea della Cultura" Salonicco (GR) 1997
"Millenium 997/1997" Gdansk (PL) 1997
"Sztuka Ulicy" Wrszawa (PL) 1998
"Asti Teatro" Asti (I) 1998
"Festiwal La Strada" Kalisz (PL) 1998
"Il Teatro e il Sacro" Castel Fiorentino (I) 1998
"Festival delle Ville" Mira (I) 1998
"Les Zygomates" La Roche sur Yon (F) 1998
"Anniversario della Notte dei Cristalli" Bremen (D) 1998
"Festival della Riviera"Castiglioncello (I) 1999
"Ricorda" Festival di Cultura Ebraica Senigallia (I) 1999
"Il Teatro e il Sacro" Arezzo (I) 1999
"Dramma Medievale Europeo Festival" Camerino (Mc) 1999
"KleistFest" Frankfurt Oder (D) 1999
"Impuls '99" Bregenz (A) 1999
"Girovagando Festival" Sassari (I) 1999
"Madang '99" Kwachon (South Korea) 1999
"Bitef '99" Beograd (YU) 1999
"Hallamasch '99 Festival der Kulturen" Wien (A) 1999
"Ricordo della notte del Pogrom" Dachau (D) 1999
"Tournée" Argentina 1999
"Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro" Bogota (Colombia) 2000
"Festival Le Strade del Teatro" Abbiategrasso (I) 2000
"La Strada Festiwal" Kalisz (PL) 2000
"Open Ohr" Mainz (D) 2000
"Sztuka Uliczy" Warszawa (PL) 2000
"Festival del Caribe" Cancun (Mexico) 2000
"Theater und Religion" Hannover (D) 2000
"Bologna 2000" Bologna (I) 2000
"Festival du Rêve" Porto Vecchio - Corsica (F) 2001
"Festival Internacional del Carrer" Villa Real (ES) 2001
"Moscow Theater Olimpics" Mosca (RU) 2001
"Volterra Teatro" Peccioli (I) 2001
"Earagail Festival" Donegal (IR) 2001
"Sommer Köln" Köln (D) 2001
"Waves" Vordingborg (DK) 2001
"Grinzane-Cavour Festival" Alba (I) 2001
"Visioni Festival" Civitella (I) 2001
"Madankuk Festival" Gwacheon (Corea) 2001
"Malta Festiwal" Poznan (PL) 2002
"L'Arlecchino Errante" Pordenone (I) 2002
"Ul Suu in Cadrega" Stabio (CH) 2002
"Festival du Rêve" Porto Vecchio - Corsica (F) 2002
"Visioni" Castiglion Fiorentino (I) 2002
"Festival de Teatro de Calle" Zacatecas (Mexico) 2002
"Festival de las Artes" Culiacan (Mexico) 2002
"Festival Cervantino" Guanajuato (Mexico) 2002
"Giornata della Memoria" Bussero (I) 2002