About us
ALL'INCIRCO – PUPPETS AND MARIONETTES was born in 2011 from the meeting of Gianluca Palma (artisan, musician, psychomotricist) and Mariasole Brusa (theatre artist with a degree in philosophy, playwright and director), as a research project on puppet theater and the art of a path that aims to integrate different and complementary techniques (puppets, marionettes, clowning, theatre, shadows, live music) focusing on the narrative power of the image and the relationship between body and object. The research on the puppet and the marionette originates from typical elements of the Italian and global tradition but is mainly aimed at contemporary outcomes. All prop materials (scenes, puppets, marionettes...) are handcrafted, often with recycled materials, by the members of the company. The stories represented are original and designed to involve, through the universal language of the image, both children and adults with the desire to create accessible performances but at multiple reading levels.
Since 2012, more than ten shows have been produced and staged, presented in various Italian municipalities, theater reviews, schools and national and international festivals, winning various awards and recognitions. Since 2014, research has focused on string marionettes and the possibilities of hybridization between different scenic languages. Since 2015 All'InCirco has collaborated with the historic Teatro del Drago Company of Ravenna, participating in the organization of the Arrivano dal Mare International Festival, and in the production and staging of various shows, in Italy and abroad. In 2015 All'InCirco collaborated with the opera singer Rodolfo Sant'Andrea (winner of the critics' prize at Sanremo 1980) in the production of the show Don Giovanni Opera Buffa, a contemporary remake of Mozart's opera which questions gender identity. Since 2017 All'InCirco has collaborated with the Compagnia Instabili Vaganti in the creation of projects and exhibitions in the Bologna area, taking care of the artistic direction. In 2017 the Company was a finalist in the Gianni Damiano National Children's Theater Award, within the Lunathica International Festival with the show Storie Appese a Un Filo. In 2018, the Ecomonsters Puppet Show was produced (which currently has over 300 performances), which features robotic puppets entirely made with recycled objects, a show ranked 3rd at the international festival "Fiere del teatro 2019" in Sarmede (TV) and 1 ° classified at the "EuroPuppetFestiValsesia 2021" festival in Valsesia (VC). In 2019 the show Dante3021 won the "Young artists for Dante" call promoted by Ravenna Festival. In 2021, Pu-Pazzi d'Amore was created, a show in which multiple techniques of puppetry converge and which has already had over 100 performances. In 2024 Gianluca Palma built the sets for the show SPINNU (winner of the SIAE Per chi Crea competition) of which Mariasole directed. In 2024 he also began a collaboration with animation cinema: Mariasole worked together with Caterina Salvadori on the direction of the animated short film MUD for which Gianluca built puppets and sets. Also in 2024, Mariasole won the Under 35 Director's Call for BIENNALE COLLEGGE THEATER with the GOLEM project, for which Gianluca built the puppets. The show will debut in Venice at the 2025 Biennale Teatro.
We have been here!
Province in which we have worked, with our shows or within other companies' productions.
Some participations in national and international festivals, theater reviews and collaborations in productions of other companies in recent years:
Festival internazionale Titiriscena, Madrid, Spagna (2016) - collaboration
Festival internazionale Titirimundi, Segovia, Spagna (2016) - collaboration
Festival International de Marionnettes, Charleville-Mezieres, Francia (2015) - collaboration
Festival internazionale JAMC, Tunisi, Tunisia (2023) - collaboration
Jugentheatre Speyer, Germania (2022)
Giornate Rinascimentali, St Julien, Malta (2019)
Festival Internazionale di teatro di figura Arrivano dal Mare (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Festival Internazionale Lunathica di Torino (2017) (Premio Gianni Damiano)
Festival Internazionale La Luna è Azzurra, San Miniato (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Festival Internazionale I Fasti Verolani, Veroli (2017, 2021)
Festival Internazionale Mercantia di Certaldo (2016, 2018, 2021)
Festival Nazionale dei grandi Burattinai, Sorrivoli (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)
Festival Nazionale Fantàsia, Gambassi Terme (2017, 2018)
Festiva Nazionale Apriti Borgo, (2016, 2018)
Festival La Fiuma, San Benedetto Po (2019, 2021)
Festival Non solo Pezzi di Legno, Ceolini (2018)
Festival Nazionale Fricandò, Correggio, (2016)
Festival La Catena di Zampanò, Rimini, (2016)
Festival Faenza Buskers, Faenza (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024)
Teatri sull’acqua, Comacchio (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Baracca e Burattini, Emilia Romagna (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,2024)
Burattini alla Riscossa, Ravenna (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Burattini in Festa, Ravenna (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
L’Ora dei Burattini, Riva del Garda (2017, 2023)
Il paese delle Fiabe, Sarmede (2018, 2019)
TreninOFF, Bologna (2017)
Christmas Tales, Bologna (2017)
Bella Dentro, Bella Fuori, Teatro Montanari, Bologna (2017)
Teatro a Merenda, Lugo (2016, 2017)
Rassegna estiva ragazzi, Reggio Emilia (2017)
Maramao Festival dell’Infanzia, Russi (2017)
La baracca dei talenti, Teatro Comunale di Gambettola (2016, 2021)
Fole e Burattini, Forlì (2016, 2017, 2018)
Tutti a teatro, Lavis (2019, 2022)
Stradarts, Portoferraio (2019)
Il paese dei Balocchi, Santa Maria a Monte (2019)
Bascherdeis, Vernasca (2019)
An Ghin Gò, Finale Emilia (2019)
Mazzini Buskers, Forlì (2019)
Teatrino del sole, Livorno (2018, 2019, 2022. 2023)
Figuratevi, Perugia (2019, 2021, 2022)
Il miele degli angeli, Cervia (2019, 2020)
Burattini e figure, Romagna (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Giovani artisti per Dante, Ravenna (2019)
11 lune d'inverno, Peccioli (2019)
Restate in Villa, Santa Maria di Sala (2019)
Zircus, Faenza (2021, 2022)
Bagnacavallo Festival, Bagnacavallo (2021)
Classe al chiaro di luna, Ravenna (2021)
Contavalle, Altavalle (2021)
Gipsy Garden, Castrocaro e Rimini (2021, 2023)
Fratelli burattini, Firenze (2021)
Festival Palla al centro, Pescara (2021)
Estate d'Incanto, Castel Sanpietro Terme (2021)
La città dei ragazzi, Reggio Emilia (2021)
Il canto delle cicale, Brescia (2021)
La versiliana dei piccoli, Marina di Pietrasanta (2017, 2021)
Sere d'Estate, Castelbolognese (2021, 2022)
Rassegna 2021, Cesena (2021)
Le arti della Marionetta, Ravenna (2022, 2024)
Artinscena, Fiumalbo (2022)
Legno Vivo, Bergamo (2022)
Fiera di Soliera, Soliera (2022)
Luglio bambino, Firenze (2022)
Pane burro e burattini, Rimini (2022, 2023, 2024)
Villa Manin Estate, Codroipo (2022, 2023)
Echi di Fiabe, Montebelluna (2022)
A corte Ragazzi, Coriano (2022)
Un'estate con i burattini, Ferrara (2022)
Festival Le 3 Civette, Rosignano Marittimo (2022)
Tananai, Tirano (2023)
Festival dei 5 continenti La Ghironda, Matera e Ceglie Messapica (2023)
All'arrembaggio!, Cattolica 2023
La strada dei Balocchi, Argenta (2023)
Favolosa, Grosseto (2023)
Lignano in Fiore, Lignano Sabbiadoro (2023)
Pupi e Pino, Lignano Sabbiadoro (2024)
Il Fanciullino, San Mauro Pascoli (2024)
Marameo, Fermo (2022, 2024)
NotteViola, Valdidentro (2024)
Il Teatro dei Piccoli, Marina Romea (2024)
Scintille, Misano Adriatico (2024)
Estate a Vignola, Vignola (2024)
Scarti di Strada, Arsoli (2024)
Teatro del Fiume, Bibbiena (2024)
Appennini in Circo (2024)
Fiabe sotto il Cedro, Treviso (2024)
Fiabe Burattini & co, Copparo (2024)
Il Castorino, Rimini (2024)
A teatro sotto gli Alberi, San Daniele del Friuli (2024)