SEGNI 2024: THE PROGRAMME IS OUT!

Renewed for its 19th edition, the event is promoted and supported by the Municipality of Mantua, the Ministry of Culture (MiC), the Lombardy Region, the Municipality of Castellucchio, the Mantuan Community Foundation and the BAM Foundation, with the patronage of the Unicef Italy Committee, the Province of Mantua, Confindustria Mantova and the Mantua Chamber of Commerce, and sees the support of sponsors such as the Gruppo Tea and Global Informatica. SEGNI Festival also sees the support of the European Commission – Creative Europe, which supports the cooperation, research and hosting activities of the ForesTEEN project, of which the association Segni d’infanzia is leader.

The Segni d’infanzia association will make Mantua a crossroads of encounters for numerous European cultural establishments that will choose SEGNI Festival in October and November as a place to meet and to meet the territory through the programme of the event while staying in the city.

SEGNI New Generations Festival, the international art and theatre review, organised by the Associazione Segni d’infanzia ETS, returns to Mantua and its province, from 6 October to 4 November 2024, in a new extended form with over 200 appointments dedicated to the ‘new generations’: shows, workshops, masterclasses, music and special events for schools, families, adolescents, and cultural operators.

The new extended form of SEGNI Festival. The festival programme will begin at the beginning of October (Sunday 6 October), with performances aimed at the entire audience on Sundays and Saturdays in Mantua and the province, and with proposals dedicated to schools already starting on Monday 7 October.

The festival programme will begin at the beginning of October, with performances aimed at the entire audience on Sundays and Saturdays in Mantua and its province, and with proposals dedicated to schools already starting on Monday 7 October. The invitation and advice to schools and teachers is to contact the Festival Box Office as soon as possible (Tel. +39.0376.2882 – Mail biglietteria@segnidinfanzia.org) for the matinee performances dedicated to schoolchildren (7 October, 21 October, 28 October, 30 and 31 October, 2 November and 4 November).

Sunday 6 and Monday 7 October will see the start of the festival dedicated to the new generations with a show entitled ‘Le Rocambolesche Avventure Dell’Orso Nicola, Del Ragnetto Eugenio E Del Moscerino Che Voleva Vedere Il Mondo E Che Rese Tutti Felici’ (‘The Rambling Adventures of Nicola the Bear, Eugenio the Spider and the Gnat Who Wanted to See the World and Who Made Everyone Happy’). On Sunday 13 October, the SOMS Theatre in Castellucchio will host ‘Poco Più in Là da Suzy Lee’, a shadow theatre show by the company beloved by the audience of Segni, Teatro Gioco Vita. Back in town, on Sunday 20 and Monday 21 October, with an unmissable proposal of international dance theatre, with Swedish and Cuban dancers on stage, at the ARS: ‘Playground’ by Memory Wax has been selected by the artistic direction of Segni during the 2024 World Congress of Assitej International and will be given its national premiere during the festival. On Saturday 26 October, SEGNI Festival will programme the territory with a repeat performance of The Firebird by DanzArea choreographed by Chiara Olivieri, in a secret location to be revealed in October. Sunday 27 and Monday 28 October sees the return to Teatro Soms in Castellucchio with Racconto Personale, from a story by Mamadou Diakitè, to narrate an important migratory journey undertaken to pursue a dream. Starting on 30 October, there will be a return to the classic rhythm of the festival with countless shows, workshops, and performances until Monday 4 November.

An event aboard a running bus, activism to the sound of music with Sara Segantin and Eugenio Cesaro (Eugenio In Via Di Gioia) and performances from around the world: what’s new 2024

THE 2024 EDITION. The most beautiful places in the city of Mantua become theatrical spaces thanks to the Festival, hosting many international shows, from Australia – a story about friendship with The Boy and the Ball – from The Netherland – such as About a Mole taken from the book ‘Who put it in my head? ‘ which tackles the theme of injustice and BB & Baby is My Teacher, by Japanese artist Makiko Ito – France – Mobil’Âme and its mixture of colours, emotions, joy and poetry and the dance performance La Fin Du Monde N’Aura Pas Lieu, which aims to highlight the necessity of human relationships – Switzerland – Kill Your Darlings, a kaleidoscopic journey into the world of body percussion.

Not to be missed are the two events staged at the Ariston Theatre, including the Principio Attivo Teatro and La Luna nel Letto co-production with La Fabbrica del Tempo, a journey that guides the spectator with the mastery of the mime-actors on stage on the big questions that arise for adults and children alike on the theme of free time, work, and passions; together with a brand new version of Little Red Riding Hood, staged on 31 October afternoon, which aims to tackle fear by living the story of the classic fairy tale from the wolf’s point of view.

Not only spectators, if you are between 15 and 25 years of age Segni provides training experiences, carrying out PCTO, internship or volunteering at SEGNI Festival. One of the projects sees the collaboration of APAM and Padiglione MZ (off programme of the festival curated by Monica Colella) in the creation of an organisational group aimed at the construction of an event realised on a running APAM bus. For more information write to segnidinfanzia@gmail.com. But SEGNI Festival also includes shows and events to be enjoyed as an audience, including the musical event ‘Abbiamo solo terra, musica e parole’ (‘We only have earth, music and words’) in which Sara Segantin – science populariser and storyteller – and Eugenio Cesaro (Eugenio in Via Di Gioia) discuss the theme of environmental sustainability in music and words in the wonderful setting of Sala dei Cavalli in Palazzo Te.

TICKET OFFICE. The ticket office will open on 27 September both online at vivaticket.com and physically, in Via Leopoldo Camillo Volta 9/B, Valletta Valsecchi (Mantova), from 9:30 to 13:30. Tuesday and Thursday, also open in the afternoon from 16:30 to 18:30. Saturday from 14:30 to 18:30. The invitation and advice to schools and teachers is to contact the Festival Box Office as soon as possible (Tel. +39.0376.2882 – Mail biglietteria@segnidinfanzia.org) for the matinee performances dedicated to schoolchildren (7 October, 21 October, 28 October, 30 and 31 October, 2 November and 4 November).

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