artistic residencies
Past Residencies:
Explore the theatre companies that have been part of the Foundation’s residency programme over the years.
La morte della Tizia
Project by Divano project
2026
Inspired by the figure of the Pythia as portrayed by Dürrenmatt, the work begins with the performer’s attempt to trace the mother she never knew. Poised between autobiography and fiction, tarot reading becomes a means of reclaiming her identity: a way to discover and reinvent her own origins.
I doppi
Project by I doppi
2026
A work that delves into the wounds of our society: a mosaic of shattered lives that, in their darkest moments, find the courage to stage an unexpected rebellion. Five scenes, five lives and a single common thread: resistance against a power that refuses to take “no” for an answer.
In mutande
Project by Agemò teatro
2026
A sharp monologue combining stand-up comedy and storytelling theatre, retracing the major speculative bubbles of Western history and using irony to expose the mechanisms of finance. Economic issues are made accessible through an interactive performance that invites the audience to reflect on its own relationship with finance and money.
Una formula magica per fermare tutte le cose
Project by Clara Sutton
2026
A theatrical exploration of the relationship between love, loss and memory, in which three actors and multimedia fragments engage with Pier Vittorio Tondelli’s Camere separate to examine the paradox of writing as the only bridge capable of connecting the living and the dead.
Vivo ma non vivo in me
Project by Maria Chiara Vita
2026
A visceral theatrical investigation exploring the fine line between the sacred and the profane. Drawing inspiration from the mystical ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Ávila, the protagonist turns her body into a battlefield, continually oscillating between prayer and delirium, pain and carnal pleasure.
Ballata per un Minotauro
Project by Nicola Lorusso
2026
A project born from the challenge of rewriting Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Minotaur. In this reinterpretation, the Minotaur is not a devouring beast but a soul staging its own tragic present—a lost being, at once human, animal and actor, desperately attempting to recognise itself in the reflection of a fragmented existence.
tandom
Project by Bianca Berger
2026
Selected by PREMIO Schweiz 2025, tamdom emerges from choreographic research that brings together mathematics, biology, and dance, taking processes associated with Alzheimer’s disease as its starting point. The work translates these dynamics into movement, space, and sound, creating a sensory experience.
Undeclared work
Project by Eman Hussein
2026
This work in progress, one of the projects selected by PREMIO Schweiz 2026, explores the physical and emotional experiences of migrant construction workers, transforming the repetitive gestures of labour into choreography that gives voice to exhaustion, vulnerability and resilience.
Mi rifaccio vivo
Project by Francesco Daglia
2026
The winning project of the 2026 Artistic Residency Award, presented to Accademia Teatro Dimitri alumnus Francesco Daglia, is a contemporary and irreverent reinterpretation of Il fu Mattia Pascal,poised between the real world and digital identity. Combining physical theatre and comedy, the work explores what it means to exist in an increasingly dematerialised society.
Saudade e Kebab
Project by La Petite Mort teatro
2025
Two lonely souls cross paths in the night: a Brazilian delivery rider who faces a world that does not understand him with optimism, and Lea, cynical and disillusioned, who finds solace in food. Two distant worlds that, perhaps, through their brief encounter, may change forever.
Ludoman: storia di un supereroe del gioco d’azzardo
Project by Marco Trotta
2025
An ordinary man discovers a power: gambling. Like a superhero, he feels invincible, until the thrill turns into an obsession. A personal story that becomes universal, blending investigation and personal testimonies to reveal the true face of gambling addiction.
R3: l'eterno ritorno dell'uguale
Project by Spaletta/Vicardi/Rotella
2025
A contemporary Richard III, born perfect but obsessed with power and recognition. Social climbing, cosmetic surgery, the media: everything is a performance, leading ultimately to self-destruction. A performance that explores the construction of toxic masculinity and the allure of evil, taking it to its most extreme form.
LELE
Project by Colombo/Pace
2025
A sense of lightness and poetry meets the theme of mental health, exploring the taboos and challenges surrounding depression and giving a voice to those who struggle to find their place in a society that moves too fast.
Tre
Project by Annalisa Limardi
2025
On one side, three sisters bound together by a complex web of complicity, conflict, and family responsibilities; on the other, a society that struggles to look beyond its prejudices towards disability. How can these two worlds be brought into dialogue?
Il nostro grido
Project by Ariele Celeste Soresina
2025
A journey accompanied by music and irony, following women as they embark on a personal and collective path that challenges imposed social roles, awakens consciences, and deconstructs prejudices in the pursuit of a more just and inclusive society.
1914 : Au front au nom de l'humanité
Project by Mirjam Gfeller
2025
With a project inspired by the life of Marie Curie, Mirjam Gfeller, an alumna of the Accademia Teatro Dimitri and winner of the 2025 Artistic Residency Award, explores themes of marginalisation and resilience, shedding light on the challenges Curie faced as both a woman and a foreigner in the scientific world during the First World War.
Vous croyez qu'il respire encore?
Project by Cie miettes de mots
2025
Selected as one of the eight projects for PREMIO SCHWEIZ 25, the performance explores the darker sides of human encounters, using irony and sensitivity to portray the fragility and absurdity of contemporary relationships, suspended between desire, contradictions, loneliness, and the search for meaning.
UN LIVE PODCAST
Project by Divano project
2024
The winning project of testinscena® 2024 challenges the concept of authorship, which has become increasingly central in an age of information overload and disinformation. Irony and critical thinking are used to portray a young generation’s sense of disorientation as it navigates the search for personal fulfillment.
Suturer le vide
Project by Fanny Déglise and Salomé Coquoz
2024
This choreographed physical theatre project, inspired by the life of artist Niki de Saint Phalle, explores the light and shadow of the creators’ relationship with childhood in a courageous attempt to reveal and narrate.
Parola vegetale
Project by KollektivARB
2024
What would happen if we considered plants as our equals and teachers? What if humans began to think like plants and plants started behaving like humans? Through this project,
Tinta. Una storia autobiografica
Project by Eleonora Cicconi and Verdiana Vono
2024
This project gives voice to a woman recounting her struggle for freedom, a freedom still threatened by a family world she belongs to but deeply does not understand—and never will.
La balena 52 hertz
Project by Collectif Humagine !
2024
Rooted in the theme of autism and so-called “neurodivergent” thinking, this project by a Geneva-based company sheds light on the challenges of integrating individuals with diagnoses and their difficulties in managing emotions within collective settings.
L’effetto migliore
Project by Astrid Rhiannon Mauri
2024
Young actress
Il cantico dei burattini
Project by Teatro la Fuffa
2024
Also inspired by Pinocchio, this project explores the same themes of modern disillusionment, featuring puppets who struggle without strings or guides, echoing the challenges of our time.
Tre giri di valzer senza far rumore
Project by Marzia Gallo and Christian Gallucci
2024
Inspired by Chekhov’s The Seagull, this work brings characters to a nostalgic childhood setting in an immobile time, accompanied by the sounds of summer’s end, the growing roar of the sea, and the muffled music of group dances.
Bestiarium
Project by Annina Mosimann
2024
Bestiarium, one of the eight projects of PREMIO SCHWEIZ 24, is a play for people of all ages. Annina Mosimann blends her experiences as a puppeteer, performer, and visual artist. This project acts as a magnifying glass for the space in which we live—space as an organism, as a living being, as a space for coexistence.
P A R T I T U R A Z E R O
Project by and with Elena Boillat
2024
Selected as one of eight projects for PREMIO SCHWEIZ 24, Elena Boillat’s two-week residency focuses on preparing for the PREMIO-Spring Kick-Off-Event 2024. The project explores body-voice dynamics, seeking languages liberated from the burden of meaning in a journey through shifting boundaries.
R.u.i.n.es
Project by SUBTERFUGA
2024
Drawing inspiration from Berber mythology, R.u.in.es, one of the eight projects of PREMIO SCHWEIZ 24, aims to transport viewers into a cavernous, subterranean space-time, imagining what might emerge from the depths of an Algerian family history fading into the past, summoning the ghosts that haunt us across generations. What buried narratives, what stories lie hidden in these abysses?
I'm not a Hero
Project by Cie Fluctus with Faustino Blanchut and Kevin Blaser
2023
Another PREMIO SCHWEIZ 24 finalist, Faustino and Kevin prepare for the Spring Kick-Off-Event 2024 in this residency. Combining humor and acrobatics, the performance asks: Where have our heroes gone, and how does heroism manifest today?
Itria
Project by Dante Alighieri Society Canton of Schwyz and Bottega del Pane Young
2023
Author and actress Aurora Miriam Scala brings to the stage—through the voice of a Sicilian woman—the so-called “Avola events”. The dramatic story of a strike that turned into a massacre.
Sarebbe una grande idea
Project by Collettivo Agere
2023
The project by Marco Trotta, Edoardo Spina, and Michele Marullo—alumni of the Paolo Grassi Municipal Theater School in Milan—explores, through the story of two brothers and their hostile relationship, the theme of the thirst for success and the determination to pursue it at any cost.
Caos cosmico quanto basta
Project by Teatro Danzabile
2023
How did it all begin? Are there other intelligent life forms in the universe? Is it possible to travel through time? This inclusive and accessible dance-theater project was created to explore the meaning of our presence here, through an exploration of the unknown and profound reflections on the entire universe.
Ecologia capitalista
Project by Dimore Creative
2023
A young man reflects on the reality around him, shedding light on a world that, day by day, is changing until it becomes unrecognizable. For a theater that is down-to-earth and accessible to the people—free of rhetoric, do-goodism, and sentimentality.
Vita di una santo erotomane
Project by Ensemble Teatro
2023
By bringing the story of Mattia—a young man obsessed with online pornography—to the stage, the young theater company Ensemble Teatro aims to explore the theme of self-acceptance in relation to the ideal world that virtual reality constantly presents to us.
Viva Zarola
Project by Xocolat
2023
Drawing inspiration from the classic works “Lazarillo de Tormes” and “Metamorphoses”, Mathias Britos and Felix Bachmann Quadros explore the human condition, examining the suppression of humanity, the manipulation of the senses, and the misery that erodes everyday reality, navigating between humor and depth.
Carte mute
Project by Il milione
2023
It is the encounter between two merchants one spring morning at the Central Market of the Great City, which is unusually deserted. Levante and Ponente have known each other all their lives, but this is the first time they truly see one another. The work aims to prompt reflection on human nature, encounters, and the sharing of stories.
Pigmalione
Project by Eco di fondo
2022
This ensemble explores the relationship between truth and art. What does it mean to sell your soul to the devil to make your dream come true? Can you love your work more than your own life? The project explores the true story of Kurt Gerron, a Jewish filmmaker commissioned by the Third Reich to make a documentary about the concentration camp where he himself was a prisoner.
Absence
Choreographic project by Valea Völcker
2022
“Absence” is an exploration of the presence and absence of the body in relation to natural and architectural spaces. It is a site-specific performance that incorporates elements of contemporary dance, theater, and singing.
FAME – O dell'avere i crampi all'anima
Project by Alice Redini and BUSTER
2022
A comedic monologue—at times grotesque yet at the same time candid—that seeks to explore our times and ask ourselves what we’re truly hungry for: Do we really try to fulfill our desires? Have we failed, or have we simply stopped trying? How does an artist feel? What role does an artist play in society?
24h
Project by La Confraternita del Chianti
2022
“24h” addresses the issue of addiction, not to criticize or offer solutions, but to raise questions about an increasingly rigid contemporary way of life: from the search for a precarious balance based on the use of stopgap measures to avoid facing real problems, to the difficulty of relating to others.
Amor fugge restando
Project by Collettivo Treppenwitz / Anahì Traversi
2022
In this project, the aim is to draw on a new cosmogony—as if it were a game but also a metaphor—and on the evocative, analogical power of poetry to discover how we manifest ourselves in others.
Annunciazione
Project by Le ore piccole
2022
Annunciazione tells the story of a prophecy foretelling the birth of a cursed child: the future Hitler. Klara is not only Hitler’s mother. In a scenario where individual choices have repercussions for the community, the woman, her body, and her stances become a force capable of changing the course of history.
Giostra
Project by Agemò Teatro
2022
Winner of testinscena® 2022, Giostra tells the story of a love triangle: a tale full of clichés and repetitions around which the plot unfolds. And then the predictable takes on paradoxical, chilling, cruel contours. Or maybe not, because everything changes, except for the harm we can inflict on one another.
La melodia dei pensieri
Project by Margot Prod’hom and Jeele Johannsen
2021
What can music offer philosophy in terms of accessibility? And how can philosophy enrich music? Through a process of listening, exchange, and sensitivity, a musician and a philosopher create a dialogue between their respective worlds.
Un'altra notte
Project by Marzia Pellegrini and Riccardo Trovato
2021
This work invites reflection on two major stages of life—childhood and old age—to highlight the absolute beauty of these moments at the edges of existence and to rediscover one’s inner child, which is often forgotten.
Maybe a concert
Pproject by Raissa Avilés, Balazs Varnai, and Alix Logiaco
2021
“Maybe a Concert” is a journey in which song and stage performance intertwine, blurring the boundaries between artistic forms. The original repertoire, composed by Raissa Avilés and Balazs Varnai, draws inspiration from the world of jazz ballads, with forays into indie and classical music.
Out of Me, Inside You
Project by Francesca Sproccati
2021
Working alongside Elena Boillat (assistant director) and Adriano Liriti (sound designer), the actress explores melancholy, a state of mind generally perceived as static and as an obstacle to happiness, and seeks to transform it into a gateway to the world of the senses, turning it into a collective act of remembrance and a point of departure.
Living (in) the Archive of Radical Feminism
Project by Angela Marzullo and Carlotta Storelli
2021
This project explores the theme of the origins of the Women’s Revolt movement and the work on feminist self-awareness carried out in the 1970s by art critic Carla Lonzi and painter Carla Acardi, and aims to create an installation that combines performance and the spoken word.
G (SEMPLICEMENTE)
Project by Omar Nedjari and Stefano Orlandi
2021
The goal of this project is to retrace more than thirty years of songs and monologues that Gaber brought to the stage as Signor G, a man of our time full of contradictions and second thoughts, bursts of passion and frustrations, lucid insights and clichés: telling this story thus becomes an opportunity to look within ourselves and reflect on the society in which we live.