Commedia dell' Arte Production

Directed by Tony Kishawi - Performed by Full Tilt Performance Troupe 29th April - 9 May 1998

At the Street Studio, The Street Theatre ACT 
Supported by ACT Government through its Cultural Council

This is the actors' Theatre.

This is Theatre - before the playwright was invented. We could say that today Commedia dell'Arte' falls into the category of 'Physical Theatre', but I would call it just 'pure Theatre'. Just the actors getting together without a director, without the writer, and coming up with a play, actors at play!

Commedia dell'Arte' means literally 'comedy of the [actors'] 'guild' and is essentially improvised comedy, which follows a plot outline - a 'scenario', rather than written dialogue. It's usually 'right here and now' Theatre, just as 'Theatre Sports' is immediate and improvised; interacting with audience intervention.