Beyond the stage – For schools
A shared project involving students and teachers.
A programme of activities in and for schools, where the forms of theatrical communication and the themes explored by the season serve as cues for didactic programming shared with teachers and students from lower and upper secondary schools.
In particular, the PCTO – Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e per l’Orientamento (Courses for Cross-Disciplinary Skills and Orientation) allow an examination from a range of viewpoints – text, mechanisms of performance, interference with the city and the environment – of some of the productions by the Piccolo. Through the active involvement of classes, engaged directly by the theatre’s artists and operators, the courses are designed to encourage original re-interpretations and in-depth studies.
Blitz | lezioni-spettacolo (Staged Lectures)
Staged Lectures in classes, held by the actors from some of the productions by the Piccolo, to focus on the main themes of the shows, involving the students in theatrical exercises and discussions with the artists.
Laboratori di visione (Viewing Workshops)
Encounters at school dedicated to productions and based on an analysis and deciphering of theatrical expression, promoting the receptivity and critical capacity of the students.
Quaderni didattici (Digital Dossiers)
Digital dossiers offering in-depth study, dedicated to the productions and enhanced with multimedia content and contributions created for use in class.
PCTO | Il barone rampante
A course exploring the language of directing, based on the theatrical edition of Calvino’s novel directed by Riccardo Frati, offers an in-depth reading and the development of original applications by students.
PCTO | Three workshop on Miracolo a Milano
Beginning with a viewing of the play and the interdisciplinary materials offered by the three forms of representation (literature, theatre, cinema) of the title piece, three workshops are dedicated to the new production directed by Claudio Longhi. The first, dramaturgic in nature, encourages the classes involved to explore rewriting and/or original writing; the second is based on the creation of a project (sets, costumes) in which to process the cues received and related to the viewing of the play. The third offers a course based on an encounter between the theatre and the city, from the film by Vittorio De Sica to today, through forms of urban, historical and iconographic “exploration”.
PCTO | Escaped Alone
The project by lacasadargilla serves as a springboard for a writing workshop involving young participants in the many themes examined by the piece by Caryl Churchill, the many questions regarding the near and “previous” future, and the disturbing environmental events suggested by the apocalyptic context in which the characters live.
PCTO | Variazioni sul modello di Kraepelin
The play by Davide Carnevali focuses on the theme of memory, beginning with the personal story of a man who is losing track of his own life to touch on the collective history of Europe; cues that will be picked up on in a workshop of ideas in which to practice stage writing.