Antonio Latella - director

Antonio Latella was born in Castellammare di Stabia in 1967. After his studies at the theatre school of the Teatro Stabile di Torino and La Bottega Teatrale in Florence he began his professional life as an actor (1986-2000). In 1998, he directed his first theatrical performance and in 2004 he moved to Berlin. In 2006, he was invited to direct the École des Maîtres, an international theatre school, directed in the past years by Jerzy Grotowski, Dario Fo, Eimuntas Nekrošius. He was artistic director of Nuovo Teatro Nuovo in Naples for the season 2010/2011. In 2011 he founded his own company, stabilemobile - compagnia Antonio Latella.

His performances have been produced and presented in many different theatres and festivals around the world such as: 11° Union des Théâtres de l’Europe, Festival d’Avignone, Salzburg Festival, Theaterformen Festival of Braunschweig/Hanover, Grec Festival of Barcelona, Shakespeare Festival of Santa Susanna, International “Scène Etrangères” Festival of Villeneuve d’Ascq, Svjetskog Kazalista Festival of Zagreb, Théâtre National Populaire Villeurbanne, Volksbuhne of Berlin, Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe - Paris, Theatre Festival of Lugano, Radialsystem Theatre of Berlin, Centro Cultural de Belém of Lisbon, Comédie de Reims, Teatrul Clasis Festival of Arad, Sibiu International Theatre Festival (Rumania), Wiener Festwochen, Schauspielhaus Wien, Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, De Internationale Keuze Van de Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Staryj Dom of Novosibirsk, Meyerhold Center Moscow, Piccolo Teatro of Milan, Spielzeit’europa Berlin, Teatro San Carlo of Naples, Teatro di Roma.

Among his most important performances: Otello (1999) and Romeo e Giulietta (2000) by William Shakespeare (Award Ubu 2001 for the project “Shakespeare e oltre”), Stretta sorveglianza (2001), I Negri (2002, Award Luca Coppola/Giancarlo Prati, Award Girulà best dramaturgy) and Querelle (2002) by Jean Genet, the trilogy on Pier Paolo Pasolini which includes Pilade (2002), Porcile (Award Vittorio Gassman – Special Award, Award “Teatro il Primo” best production) and Bestia da stile (2004), I Trionfi by Giovanni Testori (2003), Edoardo II by Christopher Marlowe (2004), La cena de le ceneri by Giordano Bruno (2005, Award Italian Association for Critics, best performance of the year), Aspettando Godot by Samuel Beckett (2007).

In 2004, he directed his first Opera in Lyon, Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi; later Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck and Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. Among his most recent performances: Studio su Medea (Award UBU 2007 best performance of the year), Moby Dick by Herman Melville, La trilogia della villeggiatura by Carlo Goldoni, Non essere – Progetto Hamlet’s portraits, Le nuvole by Aristofane, Don Chisciotte, Auguri e figli maschi! Sei sguardi d’autore sul Fondamentalismo, Lear, Don Giovanni, a cenar teco, Die Nacht kurz vor den Wäldern, Francamente me ne infischio, Un tram che si chiama desiderio (Award Ubu and Award Hystro 2012 best direction), the Russian trilogy Elettra – Oreste – Ifigenia in Tauride (winner of the Russian award PARADISE: best theatrical project, best part Georgiy Bolonev, prize of audience).