Romeo Castellucci

Born in Cesena (Italy) in 1960, Romeo Castellucci studied painting and stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. In 1981, together with Claudia Castellucci and Chiara Guidi he founded the theatre collective Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio. He has directed numerous productions which he has authored himself and for which he also designed the sets, costumes and lighting. Well known as a theatre auteur whose works aim at a holistic perception of the totality of the arts, Castellucci has drawn on his own experience in the theatre in several theoretical writings on stage direction. The dramatic structure of his productions is not fettered to the primacy of literature but rooted in his understanding of theatre as a plastic art that is complex and visionary. In 2005 Romeo Castellucci was the director of the theatre section of the Venice Biennale and in 2008 he was an associate artist of the 62nd edition of the Festival d’Avignon.