During Carnival 2005, Venezia INscena decided to create a company selecting actors from different countries (France, Spain; Ireland, Italy) among the hundreds of students of the International Commedia dell'Arte Workshop that Adriano Iurissevich and his collaborators held in Venice since 1996 (next edition will be the eleventh). It was time to open a new chapter of the story, to take the risk of producing a commedia and some of the best former students, now professional actors were put toghether. Two scenarios have been set up and performed in theatres and in the open air in the Carnivals of Venice and Milan and in a few festivals in Italy and abroad (Madrid, Lisbona, Almeria, Olite....)
The linguistic and cultural variety of the group (Commedia dell'Arte as "Armony of different languages") and the 25 year experience of the director and his collaborators guarantee quality, energy, ritm and....amusement.
The company performed in theatres and national and international festivals like:
Carnevale di Venezia 2005-2006-2007; Comune di Milano, Teatro Carcano: Carnevale Ambrosiano 2006; III Festival Internazionale di Commedia dell'Arte di Alcalà de Henares(Madrid, Spagna); Notturni d'arte 2005 Palazzo del Bo (Padova);IV Festival Internazionale di Commedia dell'Arte di Lisbona (Portogallo); XXIII Festival di Almeria (Spagna); Teatro in Campo 2005 a Venezia; Festival de Teatro Clasico de Olite (Spagna); Festival de Teatro Clasico de Olmedo (Spagna)

Actor, director and teacher in Italy, Spain, England, and Israel. Acts under Benno Besson, Peter Greenaway, J.Sanchis Sinisterra among others Works with the Tag of Venice, the Stabili of Veneto and Genoa, the Gran Teatro di Carlo Cecchi, the Telemaco company (Madrid), the Gaslit Theatre Company (London), the Habimah Theatre of Jerusalem, and in film and television. He has taught at the most important European universities and schools (Accademia Nazionale "Silvio d'Amico", Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, Real Escuela de Arte Dramatico de Madrid, Royal Scottish academy of Music and Drama, ENSATT de Lyon, and the Habimah National Theatre of Tel Aviv ). Founded and directs "Venezia Inscena - Centro di formazione teatrale" and in 2007 the "House of Comedy", centre for study and production of Commedia dell'Arte with the collaboration of experienced theatre professionals. Without neglecting excursions into contemporary theatre, his specialty is Commedia dell'Arte, which he has been teaching and practicing now for more than twenty years. For nine years he has been director of an important international laboratory of Commedia dell'Arte, which attracts numerous Italian and foreign students to Venice every year. Translates and publishes texts of Jose Sanchis Sinisterra e Juan Mayorga, spanish contemporary playwrights

i have been interested in Commedia dell'Arte since 1981. My approach to the Commedia is both objective and entertaining. I hate the neo-Romantic interpretation, from still life to carnival for tourists, in favor of an exciting real and concrete approach. The Commedia dell'Arte was the foundation of Modern Theater in its organizational aspects and in its formal expression, as well as in its ethical and idealistic [ideological] values. It is treated for what it is: life produced on the stage, embodied, with the energy of "Total Theatre" which arouses fascination, admiration, and stimulation all over the world. (A.I.)