Festival Map

Children’s Theatre Showcase in Abruzzo, Marche and Umbria

Festival dates
Pescara – From 9 to 12 July 2024

Festival takes place in turn in the three regions, Abruzzo, Marche and Umbria. When it takes place in Umbria it is organised by Fontemaggiore and hosted within the Children’s Theatre Festival “Gelatine”.

Year of birth
2006 – “Palla Al Centro” – Children’s Theatre Showcase of Abruzzo, Marche and Umbria

2013 – “Gelatine” Children’s Theatre Festival

Reference age group
3-14 years old

Typology
Showcase for operators
Festival for the territory

Programming
National

International

Festival Cities/Locations
Children’s Theatre Festival “Gelatine”: mainly Perugia and Spello

Cadence, period and duration

• Annual (each year in a different Region between Marche, Abruzzo and Umbria)
• Period: end of June or beginning of July
• 
Duration: 3/4 days

Festival Poetics
“Gelatine” enriches the area’s summer cultural offer, promotes Children’s Theatre through pop-price admission tickets, and brings those who do not usually enjoy it closer together and builds their loyalty. During “Palla al Centro” (Umbrian edition), Fontemaggiore hosts some fifty theatre operators from all over Italy, giving promotion opportunities to participating companies. In order to foster a national vision of the area’s forges, it hosts a number of CURA (Umbrian centre for artistic residencies) projects.

Prevalent languages
Open to all languages, prevalence of Actor’s Theatre.

Method of identifying participating companies
“Palla al Centro”, Children’s Theatre Showcase in Abruzzo, Marche and Umbria: Call for proposals

Other planned activities
Children’s Jury