Bernardo Silva

"ANSA NAZIONALE CULTURA": THE NEWSSTAND THEATRE FROM FOGGIA FEATURED IN STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S REVIEW ACTIVITY OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST THEATRE TO RESUME IN OCTOBER SOURCE: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/teatro/2026/09/19/il-teatro-edicola-del-foggiano-finisce-sulla-rivista-della-stanford-university_7b986fd6-267e-41ed-9c7b-a0c74aad9dea.html SAN SEVERO (FG) - The idea of the newsstand theatre in San Severo, in the province of Foggia, dubbed the smallest theatre in the world, has become a case study for Stanford University. The article "The Six-Seat Revolution", by the researcher from Orta Nova in the Province of Foggia, Luciano Magaldi Sardella, supervised by editor David V. Johnson, has been published in "Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)" - an award-winning publication covering cross-sectoral solutions to global problems. The piece appears in the "Dispatches" section of the "Stanford Social Innovation Review". The article describes how a rusted newsstand in San Severo was transformed into a radically new theatrical experience. "It is an achievement that rewards our work," emphasizes Francesco Gravino, artistic director of the theatre company Foyer 97. "Requests to replicate the model have come from other parts of Italy, such as Lucca and Rome. We thought of creating a cultural activity from a place that had long been disused and abandoned." "What we need is a regional law that makes it possible to repurpose these disused spaces where numerous activities could be organized. Genuine cultural outposts." Gravino and the actors of the company are preparing the new programme. "Next year our company will be 30 years old," he said, "an important milestone which we shall celebrate with some new initiatives." Six chairs, less than two square metres, performances repeated every 15 minutes, and sold-out audiences of young people and adults. An experiment that has aroused curiosity and interest in the world of entertainment as well. Between late July and early August, during the tour in Lucera (Foggia), Biagio Antonacci made a surprise stop at the newsstand theatre and sang his Iris. "It was truly a wonderful encounter that captured the attention of passers-by," Gravino concludes.

Glen Hansard (Dublin, 21 april 1970 – aldaar, 29 juli 2026) was een Ierse zanger/gitarist en acteur, bekend van de bands The Frames en The Swell Season, en als solo-artiest. Hij speelde in de prijswinnende speelfilms Once en The Commitments. Hansard ging al op jonge leeftijd van school, om zich volledig te richten op de muziek. Hij kreeg een van de hoofdrollen in de muziekfilm The Commitments van regisseur Alan Parker uit 1991. https://hvdommelen.nl/hk/HansardG.html