FROM "EDICOLA FIORE" TO SAN SEVERO’S "TEATRO EDICOLA": FIORELLO’S INSPIRATION WINS OVER THE PRESTIGIOUS "LONDON DAILY NEWS" SOURCE: https://www.londondaily.news/why-londoners-should-discover-san-severo-where-a-disused-newsstand-became-teatro-edicola-the-worlds-smallest-theatre/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTWoORleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBUd1dWQ0FrTjZhOGRZOG13c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvaNbHFe6obgPGLRnzZuZu0isRySCXesHrLQvbzSgFC5G5JaSguUp5ggubC8_aem_xHxs6ZBlACaI8a-7Ns-Obw The vision of Rosario Fiorello takes tangible form in the revolutionary project conceived by Francesco Gravino of San Severo, artistic director of Foyer ’97. Fiorello’s brilliant intuition behind Edicola Fiore has found new life in the heart of Puglia, San Severo. Gravino, who leads the historic theatre company Foyer ’97, has traced directly to Fiorello and his multi‑award‑winning television series the inspiration that led him to transform an abandoned news kiosk into what promises to become the smallest theatre in the world. "Edicola Fiore" was the first to demonstrate how a space originally intended for selling newspapers could be reimagined as a genuine stage, turning the ordinary rhythms of daily life into performance. That lesson was not forgotten: when Gravino found himself before the shuttered, newspapers' kiosk in Via Matteo Tondi, he recognised the potential Fiorello had intuited years earlier. The result, inaugurated on 27 March 2026 to coincide with World Theatre Day, is Teatro Edicola: a venue with only six seats, where eleven actors rotate a repertoire ranging from Goldoni to Chekhov. Performances of ten to fifteen minutes have already drawn hundreds of curious visitors, attracting the attention of the international press, including the prestigious London Daily News, which has hailed the project as a powerful demonstration that regenerative culture does not depend on large budgets but on ideas capable of bringing a community together. The connection with Fiorello is further strengthened by his links with prominent figures in the city, such as Luca and Daniela Sardella, who have supported the initiative. It is an indirect acknowledgement confirming that the Sicilian entertainer’s vision continues to inspire new forms of theatrical expression in Italy.