Buio, immersive audio-guided performance by Carmentalia at Teatro Tor Bella Monaca, Nov 18, 2026

In short. On Wednesday, November 18, 2026, Teatro Tor Bella Monaca (Via Bruno Cirino, 00133 Rome, corner of Viale Duilio Cambellotti) hosts «Buio» in the Sala Piccola, an immersive audio-guided performance by Compagnia Carmentalia for sighted,…

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On Wednesday, November 18, 2026, Teatro Tor Bella Monaca (Via Bruno Cirino, 00133 Rome, corner of Viale Duilio Cambellotti) hosts «Buio» in the Sala Piccola, an immersive audio-guided performance by Compagnia Carmentalia for sighted, low-vision and blind audiences, in two sessions. The price is not listed on the official page.

Buio immersive performance: watercolor illustration of a nearly dark theater hall with blue beams of light on the stage — Illustration generated with artificial intelligence: it is not a photograph of Teatro Tor Bella Monaca or of the event.

Updated October 26, 2026.

Official presentation of Buio

Una performance immersiva audioguidata adatta a un pubblico vedente, ipovedente e non vedente, che utilizza la privazione della vista dal punto di vista simbolico – ma anche molto concreto. […]
Lo spettacolo, riscritto in chiave contemporanea sia per ambientazione che per tematiche, getta lo spettatore in un ambiente oscuro, in cui l’unica guida sono i rumori, le parole e gli odori.
Service translation:
An immersive audio-guided performance suited to sighted, low-vision and blind audiences, which uses the deprivation of sight in a symbolic but also very concrete way. […]
The show, rewritten in a contemporary key in both setting and themes, throws the spectator into a dark environment in which the only guides are sounds, words and smells.
Text from the official Teatri in Comune page, source

The plot starts from «I Ciechi» (The Blind) by Maurice Maeterlinck, a text from 1891 with gothic atmospheres. A group of blind people lost on an island is deprived of the guidance of the elderly priest, the only one who can see, who had led them there. The characters are forced to face their own loneliness and fragility.

According to the official page, «Buio» is an immersive, multisensory show designed for about 25 people at a time. At the entrance, each spectator receives a blindfold and a wireless headset through which they hear the entire show.

How the Buio performance works

Because the audience is about 25 people at a time, the evening is split into two sessions, the first at 6 p.m. and the second at 9 p.m., as indicated in the official text.

The dramaturgy is by Chiara Boscaro and Marco Di Stefano, directed by Di Stefano, and rewrites «I Ciechi» in a contemporary key. The voices are Giulio Forges Davanzati, Alessia Sorbello, Andrea Trovato, Grazia Maria La Ferla and Francesca Astrei. Roberto Picerni did the editing and sound design, and Mauro Pala is the sound technician.

The production received a contribution from Regione Lazio for Lo Spettacolo dal Vivo 2026.

Where Buio takes place: Teatro Tor Bella Monaca

For this performance the theater uses the Sala Piccola, the more intimate of its two halls. The Teatri in Comune website lists 98 seats for the small hall and 282 for the large one, with a rehearsal room completing the spaces.

Teatro Tor Bella Monaca opened on December 9, 2005 and since February 2013 has been part of the Casa dei teatri e della Drammaturgia Contemporanea system run by Zètema Progetto Cultura. Another title in the program is Favola sismica by Matteo Caniglia (November 3 and 4, 2026), which comes before this date. The venue's calendar also includes Psichedelico by Manuele Morgese (October 27 and 28, 2026).