L’arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome, April 21, 2027

L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo comes to Teatro Brancaccio in Rome, Via Merulana 244, on Wednesday, April 21, 2027 at 21:00, for one night only. The theater is reached by Metro A, Vittorio Emanuele stop, a few minutes' walk away, or by Metro B, Cavour stop. Lines 16, 75, 714, 717 and C3 stop on Via Merulana. The prices published by the theater range from €32 (second balcony) to €58 (Poltronissima A). Tickets are sold at the box office at Via Merulana 244, open Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 to 19:00, or from the show page on the venue's official website, which links to the presale network authorized by the organizers.

Language: performed in Italian. No English version or English surtitles are announced.

A lively comedy, a Neapolitan actor the Rome audience has known for 30 years across film, television and stage, a hall of almost 2,000 seats that has seen Totò and Proietti pass through. The night of April 21 has all the ingredients of popular comic theater in the best sense of the term: a simple story, a mechanism that jams, a protagonist forced to do what he has always condemned. Here you'll find the plot, the company, Izzo's biography and everything you need to plan your evening in Esquilino.

L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo at Brancaccio in brief

L'arte della truffa is staged at Teatro Brancaccio on Wednesday, April 21, 2027 at 21:00: a single date, with no further performances, in a season in which Brancaccio alternates large-scale musicals, concerts and comedy.

Date, time and hall

The calendar published by the theater lists a single performance, Wednesday, April 21 at 21:00. It is in the main Brancaccio hall, not Brancaccino. The theater does not publish the running time. For a two-act comedy of this kind, plan on a late-evening exit and arrange your trip home accordingly.

Prices by section

The price list published by Teatro Brancaccio for L'arte della truffa is as follows, full price: Poltronissima A €58, Poltronissima B €52, Poltrona A €46, Poltrona B €38, I Balconata A €42, I Balconata B €38, II Balconata A and B €32. Two points deserve attention. The central first balcony costs less than Poltrona A, and for a full-stage comedy it gives a straight-on view of the whole set. Poltrona B and I Balconata B cost the same: the choice depends on if you prefer to be closer or to have the overall view.

What L'arte della truffa is about

L'arte della truffa is a lively comedy about an upright businessman forced to ask his con-man brother-in-law for help: the theater describes it as a story of paradoxical, comic and moving moments, built around a con for a good cause.

The plot

The life of Gianmario and his wife Stefania is turned upside down by the arrival of her brother, Francesco. The couple has to take him into their home so that he can get house arrest. Gianmario is a straight-laced businessman, and he has a specific reason to fear his brother-in-law's presence: he works for high-ranking Vatican prelates, and a known con man under his roof is the last thing he needs. Then the unexpected happens, a financial setback, and the irreproachable man discovers he needs exactly his brother-in-law's skills. He has to accept, at least in part, the rules he has always criticized, because now they are the only ones that can save his reputation.

The comic mechanism

The premise is a comedy classic: two opposite characters shut in the same house, forced to work together. The honest man has to learn to lie, the liar becomes the only one you can trust. The theater reveals that the con will lead Gianmario to rethink his relationship with his brother-in-law, and that is the heart of the show: the laughs come from the role reversal, the emotional side from a family bond being mended. It is a pattern Neapolitan theater has known for generations and that, in the hands of an actor with Izzo's comic timing, always works.

The Vatican in the background

There is a detail that weighs more in Rome than elsewhere: Gianmario's clients are high-ranking Vatican prelates. Seeing this comedy in Rome, in a hall that stands between Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano, adds a particular flavor. The Rome audience has an old and ironic relationship with the world of the Church, and the joke about the monsignor resonates here in a way it wouldn't in Milan or Bari.

The company and the writers of L'arte della truffa

L'arte della truffa is written by four authors, Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia and Vincenzo Sinopoli, directed by Augusto Fornari, with Biagio Izzo in the lead.

The cast

Alongside Izzo are Carla Ferraro, Roberto Giordano, Ciro Pauciullo, Arduino Speranza and Adele Vitale. It is a company of six actors, a typical size for a touring comedy: enough to fill Gianmario and Stefania's house with secondary characters, few enough for each character to have their own space. Carla Ferraro and Roberto Giordano are the names the theater highlights right after the lead.

Augusto Fornari's direction

Augusto Fornari directs and is also one of the authors of the script. Having the director on the writing team means the pace of the scenes is planned on paper, line by line. With Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia and Vincenzo Sinopoli, Fornari also wrote Finché giudice non ci separi, another comedy Izzo has been performing since 2025: the collaboration between the actor and this group of writers is therefore a partnership and not a one-off meeting.

Sets, lighting, music and costumes

Sets are by Massimo Comune, lighting design by Luigi Raia, music by Gruppo SMP and costumes by Federica Calabrese. An indoor comedy lives on its set: Gianmario's house, middle-class and respectable, is in fact the seventh character, the place where order is broken apart by the brother-in-law's arrival.

Who Biagio Izzo is

Biagio Izzo was born in Naples on November 13, 1962 and is an actor, comedian, cabaret performer, playwright and television host. He grew up in the area around Vesuvius, between Ercolano and Portici.

Early years: odd jobs and cabaret

Before the stage Izzo worked as a bricklayer, a blacksmith and a house painter. In 1983 he formed a comedy duo with another cabaret performer, Ciro Maggio: they were called Bibì e Cocò. The pair became popular on the Neapolitan scene thanks to appearances on local TV and cassette tapes of comic and absurd songs, so much so that they were hired to perform at weddings, often at several ceremonies on the same day. It is a very tough school: the wedding-banquet comic has to win over an audience that didn't come for him.

TeleGaribaldi and television

Success came with TeleGaribaldi, on the Campania regional channel Canale 9, and then with Pirati and Pirati Show on TeleNapoli34. Nationally he had already made himself known with Macao, the Rai 2 program hosted by Alba Parietti. In those years he opened Cabaret Portalba in Naples, in the former Teatro Bruttini. In the 2000s national television adopted him: Buona Domenica on Canale 5, then in 2006 Ballando con le stelle as a contestant, and in 2007 his first national hosting job with Stasera mi butto on Rai 1, alongside Caterina Balivo, with whom he hosted Miss Italia nel mondo the following year.

Film: from Salemme to the Christmas movies

His film acting debut came in 1998, in Vincenzo Salemme's L'amico del cuore. In the early 2000s he joined Neri Parenti's Christmas movies with Boldi and De Sica: Body Guards in 2000, Merry Christmas in 2001, Natale sul Nilo in 2002, Natale in India in 2003. In 2004 he was in Carlo Vanzina's In questo mondo di ladri, with Carlo Buccirosso and Ricky Tognazzi, and in 2005 in Salemme's Cose da pazzi. Then came Matrimonio alle Bahamas, La fidanzata di papà, Un'estate al mare, Leonardo Pieraccioni's Io e Marilyn and Eduardo Tartaglia's La valigia sul letto.

Recent years: Rubini, Sorrentino, Siani

In recent years the directors who cast him have changed in weight. Sergio Rubini wanted him in I fratelli De Filippo, in the role of Vincenzo Scarpetta. In 2024 he worked with Paolo Sorrentino in Parthenope, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and acted with Alessandro Siani and Leonardo Pieraccioni in Io e te dobbiamo parlare. The same year he was in the cast of Dobbiamo stare vicini, with Francesco Paolantoni and Paolo Conticini. For an actor who started in wedding cabaret, the Sorrentino film is a sign of recognition that goes beyond the comedy audience.

Theater: a repertoire built over 20 years

The stage is where Izzo has built the most solid part of his career. With writer Bruno Tabacchini he signed a long series of comedies, many of them directed by Claudio or Pino Insegno: Tutto per Eva, solo per Eva in 2004, C'è un uomo nudo in casa in 2006, Due comici in paradiso in 2007, Il re di New York in 2008, Una pillola per piacere in 2009, Un tè per tre, Guardami guardami, Tutti con me, Esse o esse and Come un cenerentolo. Then the return to Salemme with Bello di papà in 2016, Giuseppe Miale di Mauro's productions of Dì che ti manda Picone, Autovelox and I fiori del latte, Tartassati dalle tasse with Tartaglia, Due vedovi allegri with Carlo Buccirosso in 2021, and Balcone a tre piazze between 2023 and 2024. L'arte della truffa has been on stage since 2024.

Television today

Since 2019 Izzo has been in the cast of Stasera tutto è possibile on Rai 2, and he was part of Made in Sud. He was a team captain on La sai l'ultima? on Canale 5. In 2015 he won Si può fare!, Carlo Conti's program on Rai 1. In 2021 he took part in Tale e quale show, finishing last, and was later invited back as a guest for duets with Gabriele Cirilli, Francesco Paolantoni and Massimo Bagnato. In 2026 he is one of the contestants on Pechino Express on Sky Uno.

A curious fact about L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome, April 21, 2027

Cons have followed Biagio Izzo since long before this show. In 2006 he starred in a TV movie directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore titled Domani è un'altra truffa. Two years earlier he was in the cast of Carlo Vanzina's In questo mondo di ladri. And in 2019 he staged Tartassati dalle tasse, directed by Eduardo Tartaglia. The theme of the Italian who gets by between taxes, debts and small tricks is, for Izzo, almost a personal line of work, and L'arte della truffa is its most complete version for the stage.

The second curious fact concerns his beginnings. The duo Bibì e Cocò, formed in 1983 with Ciro Maggio, was in such demand at Neapolitan weddings that it appeared at several ceremonies on the same day. It is an apprenticeship that explains a lot about Izzo's craft: a comic who has made distracted guests laugh, between a toast and the cutting of the cake, can hold a hall of 2,000 people without raising his voice.

The third concerns his partnership with the writers. Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia and Vincenzo Sinopoli wrote both L'arte della truffa and Finché giudice non ci separi for Izzo, on stage since 2025. Two comedies, the same quartet of writers, the same director: a small workshop of scripts tailored to one actor. It is a way of working Italian comic theater knows well, and it explains why the lines seem born on stage and not at a desk.

Teatro Brancaccio: the hall and its layout

Teatro Brancaccio, at Via Merulana 244, has had its current layout since 1937: two foyers, a large orchestra and two balcony levels, for about 2,000 seats at the time. It is one of the largest halls in Rome for drama and comedy.

Orchestra and balconies

The hall reads in three bands. The orchestra is divided into Poltronissima and Poltrona, each in sections A and B. Above are the first balcony, divided into A and B, and the second balcony. For L'arte della truffa the theater has published prices for all three levels, including the second balcony at €32: the cheapest option for a large group.

Where to sit for a comedy

My view is clear: for a comedy of words, where expressions and timing count, the orchestra is worth the price. Poltronissima B, at €52, gives almost the same closeness as A while saving a little. If you prefer the overall view and want to spend less, choose I Balconata A, €42, which faces the stage head-on. The second balcony is far, but for a show where you laugh more than you watch it remains a decent choice. The balconies are reached on foot: there are no elevators to the upper sections.

Brancaccino and the theater complex

Brancaccio is the main hall of a larger complex: Brancaccino, a theater of about 100 seats with telescopic seating devoted to contemporary drama and children's theater, a park area for training and a terrace over Via Merulana. The theater is home to the production center Viola Produzioni and hosts acting, musical and dance academies.

Something nobody tells you about L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome, April 21, 2027

Brancaccio's house rules ask spectators to arrive at least one hour before the start. For Biagio Izzo's 21:00 performance that means being on Via Merulana at 20:00. It sounds overly cautious, but with a hall this size, two foyers, visual checks on bags and backpacks and a cloakroom where umbrellas must also be left, on sold-out nights the line at the entrance is real.

The rules are strict with latecomers too: once the show has started, entry to the hall is not allowed, and latecomers wait in the foyer until the first suitable break. In a comedy built like L'arte della truffa, where the first part introduces the characters and sets the mechanism going, missing the start means not understanding why the audience around you is laughing. The brother-in-law arriving at the house, Gianmario's fear for his Vatican clients: these are the premises of everything that follows.

The second thing few people read: the rules ban bulky containers over 17 liters not authorized by staff. A work backpack with a laptop is likely to end up in the cloakroom, and at the exit the line to collect it is long. The third: tickets are issued in the buyer's name, after registration, and cannot be transferred without agreement from the theater. If you buy for friends or colleagues you need to know this beforehand, not at the door.

How to get to Teatro Brancaccio for L'arte della truffa

Teatro Brancaccio is at Via Merulana 244, in Esquilino, less than a kilometer from Termini station and a short walk from the Vittorio Emanuele stop of Metro A.

By metro

The theater gives two stops. Metro A, Vittorio Emanuele stop, is the closest: you come out on Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and reach Via Merulana in a few minutes on foot. Metro B and B1, Cavour stop, are the alternative if you are coming from the Monti or Colosseum side, with a slightly longer walk. From Termini, where the two lines cross, you can also walk to the theater by way of Santa Maria Maggiore.

By bus

On Via Merulana, at the Merulana/Brancaccio and Merulana/Mecenate stops, lines 16, 75, 714, 717 and C3 pass. At the Labicana/Merulana stop, at the corner with Via Labicana, lines 3, 53, 75, 85, 87, 186, 571, 810, C3 and the night bus N10 pass. For the trip back after the performance, which ends late in the evening, the N10 is the line to note down.

By taxi

The nearest taxi stands listed by the theater are in Largo Brancaccio, in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II at number 113, on Via Principe Amedeo at 138, on Via Giolitti at 6 and on Via Venosta. At the end of a full night the Largo Brancaccio stand empties in a few minutes: better to move toward Piazza Vittorio or book by phone.

By car

The car is the option I advise against. The theater lists no partner parking, and in the evening Esquilino is a neighborhood where parking is hard. If you are coming from outside Rome, you're better off leaving the car near a Metro A or B station and continuing by metro to Vittorio Emanuele or Cavour.

My tip for L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome, April 21, 2027

Buy right away and choose the central first balcony or Poltronissima B. It's a single date, on a Wednesday, and the single dates of TV comedians at Brancaccio tend to fill up in the last few weeks starting from the central sections. If you wait, you'll get the side seats.

The second thing is to plan the evening around the time. You go in at 21:00, but the theater asks you to be there at 20:00. That leaves two options: an early dinner at 19:00 in the streets around Via Merulana, or a light aperitivo and dinner after the show in the Monti district, a quarter of an hour's walk away. For a group of friends I recommend the second: you leave the theater with the jokes still in your head, and talking it over at the table is part of the evening.

Third: if you are coming as a group, start with the theater's Ufficio Promozioni and not with the online network. Brancaccio has an office devoted to groups, companies and partner deals, reachable at 06 80687232. For a party of colleagues or an association it is the right channel to get seats together.

Last tip: no backpacks, a folding umbrella, a coat you can keep on your lap. In April in Rome the evening can get cool, but the cloakroom at the end of a sold-out comedy is a line nobody wants to stand in.

Tickets for L'arte della truffa: box office, presale, groups

Tickets for L'arte della truffa at Teatro Brancaccio cost from €32 to €58 and are sold through the official channels listed by the theater: the box office at Via Merulana 244, the official website, the call center and authorized sales points.

Box office and hours

The Teatro Brancaccio box office is at Via Merulana 244 and is open to the public Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 to 19:00. On Sunday it opens at show time, if there is a performance, and on Monday it is closed. April 21 is a Wednesday: if you want to buy in person, you can do so on the previous days, in the afternoon.

Online and by phone

The show page on the Brancaccio website takes you to the authorized presale network. The theater's rules also list the call center at 06 80687231 among the official channels. Registration is required to buy, and tickets are issued in the buyer's name. The theater warns that tickets bought from unauthorized channels may not give access to the hall.

Another well-known fact, yet one rarely mentioned

Everyone knows Brancaccio is one of Rome's great theaters for comedy and musicals. Less often mentioned is the fact that for 15 years, from 1985 to 2000, this hall hosted the Fondazione dell'Opera di Roma. The stage where Biagio Izzo will play the businessman in crisis was, for 15 years, one of the homes of opera in the capital.

That fact explains the hall. A theater that has handled opera has a wide orchestra, two deep balconies and a stage able to hold complex productions. For an indoor comedy with six actors it is almost a luxury: the set of Gianmario's house will have all the space it needs, and the actors' voices reach all the way to the second balcony.

After the Opera, management passed to the City of Rome, which entrusted the direction to Gigi Proietti until 2007. Then came Maurizio Costanzo until 2010 and Stage Entertainment Italia until 2012. Since September 2012 the artistic director has been Alessandro Longobardi, and the theater is home to Viola Produzioni.

And there is another little-told fact: Brancaccio was not born with this name. It opened in January 1916 as Teatro Morgana and took its current name only in 1937. Many Romans who have been going there for decades don't know it.

House rules at Brancaccio: what to know before you go in

The Teatro Brancaccio rules also apply to L'arte della truffa: arrive at least one hour early, no entry once the show has started, no photos or filming, no food in the hall.

Seats and documents

The rules ask you to sit only in your assigned seat: for safety reasons you may not change seats, even if there are empty ones. Staff may ask to see your ticket at any time. If you have a reduced-price ticket you must bring the document that entitles you to the reduction.

Bags, umbrellas and cloakroom

The theater has a cloakroom and a bar. Umbrellas are not allowed in the hall and must be left at the cloakroom. It is forbidden to bring in plastic bottles over half a liter, glass containers, motorcycle helmets, professional cameras, tripods and selfie sticks. Food and drinks may be consumed only at the bar.

Phones and dress

The rules forbid photographing and filming the show, even with a phone, and ask you to switch phones off. On dress, the theater asks for clothing suited to the decorum of the hall, with no strict codes. For a Wednesday evening comedy, office clothes are perfectly fine.

The right photo to take at L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome, April 21, 2027

No photos during the show: the theater's rules forbid photographing and filming the performance, even with a phone. So the right photo is taken before and after, and there are two that make the evening.

The first is the theater facade on Via Merulana with Biagio Izzo's poster lit up. Cross the street and shoot from the opposite sidewalk with a wide lens: you get the whole front of the theater and a stretch of Via Merulana, one of the longest and straightest streets in the center, stretched between Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni. The best time is between 20:00 and 20:30, when the audience arrives and the square in front of the entrance fills up. In April, at that hour, the sky still has a thread of blue light that makes the photo better than one taken in the dead of night.

The second is the hall seen from the first balcony, before the lights go down: the orchestra filling up, the curtain closed, the coats on the seats. It's the only picture of the hall you take home, and it should be taken without flash, putting your phone back in your pocket when the lights start to dim.

On a comedy night the best photo is the one with the friends you came with, under the sign, on the way out. The faces of people who have just laughed for two hours tell the story of the show better than any close-up of the stage.

Accessibility at Teatro Brancaccio

Teatro Brancaccio states that there are no architectural barriers to the orchestra: there is a ramp, an area for wheelchairs and an accessible restroom on the ground floor, reached from the orchestra foyer.

Wheelchairs and reduced mobility

For performances the theater provides, while available, four orchestra spaces for wheelchair users with a companion and two orchestra seats for people with walking difficulties. The balconies are not wheelchair accessible, because there are no elevators. Seats are booked by sending the box office the specific form with a disability certificate or the Disability Card. The box office then gives the rate set by the production. The theater points out that a regular ticket bought through other channels does not guarantee access to these seats.

Visual and hearing impairments and service dogs

For spectators with visual and hearing impairments the theater reserves orchestra seats on request, while available. If you have a service dog you can ask to enter the hall with the animal by writing to the box office. For a comedy of words like L'arte della truffa, I recommend the central front rows of the orchestra to a spectator with hearing difficulties.

L'arte della truffa with kids

L'arte della truffa is a comedy designed for an adult and family audience, with no age guidance published by the theater: a plot about house arrest and Vatican business is understandable to a teenager, less so to a young child.

What age

A kid aged 12 and up who knows Izzo from television will have fun. For younger children the time, 21:00 on a Wednesday with school the next day, is the real obstacle. If you want to take a child to Brancaccio, the theater's program has a section of shows for kids, with times designed for them.

Tickets for minors

The theater's rules require every spectator to have their own ticket. For any reductions, ask the box office, bringing the necessary document.

Some important events that happened here in history

The history of Teatro Brancaccio begins in January 1916, when the hall opened under the name Teatro Morgana. It was built against the embankment of the gardens of the Field-Brancaccio palace, whose name comes from Isabella Field, married to Prince Brancaccio. The link with Palazzo Brancaccio is therefore physical even before it is a matter of name.

The decisive moment is 1937: the hall opened in the layout we know, with two foyers, a large orchestra and two balconies for about 2,000 seats at the time, and took the name Teatro Brancaccio. Since then it has been considered, by tradition, one of Rome's popular theaters par excellence.

The second chapter opened in 1985, when the hall became home to the Fondazione dell'Opera di Roma, which stayed until 2000. The City of Rome then took over and entrusted the direction to Gigi Proietti until 2007. Maurizio Costanzo's management followed until 2010, and Stage Entertainment Italia's until 2012. Since September 2012 the artistic director has been Alessandro Longobardi.

The most recent years are those of its transformation into a cultural hub: Brancaccino, the training area, the terrace over Via Merulana, the academies. In 2014 Spazio Impero opened, with nine rehearsal rooms, networked with the production center's other spaces, Sala Umberto and Spazio Diamante. The theater then launched an energy efficiency project funded with European Next Generation EU funds through the Ministry of Culture. Izzo's comedy arrives in a hall that in recent years has strengthened its identity as a home of popular entertainment.

Around Brancaccio: Esquilino, Monti and Via Merulana

Teatro Brancaccio is on Via Merulana, in Esquilino, between the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Colosseum and the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano: if you arrive an hour early you are surrounded by one of the most history-packed areas of the city.

Before the show

Via Merulana runs between two of Rome's major basilicas: on one side Santa Maria Maggiore, on the other St. John Lateran. On the same street are Palazzo Merulana and, a little further on, the Auditorium of Maecenas. To the north, past the metro stop, is Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II with the Alchemical Door. To the west you go down into the Monti district: to explore it at leisure there is our guide to Rione Monti. In April the light lasts into the evening, and a walk before the show, from one basilica to the other, is the best way to arrive at the theater.

Where to eat before or after the show

The area offers three options. Via Merulana and the streets around the theater have bars and neighborhood places, good for a quick meal before 20:00. Piazza Vittorio and the streets around it are the multiethnic Esquilino, with cuisines from half the world and moderate prices. The Nuovo Mercato Esquilino captures this side of the neighborhood well, but it is a daytime market. The Monti district, a quarter of an hour's walk away, has trattorias, osterias and wine bars, and it is the best choice for dinner after the performance. A practical tip: book ahead, because a whole hall leaves the theater at the same time and looks for a table in the same few blocks.

Who has passed through L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome, April 21, 2027

Some of the biggest names of Italian and international entertainment have crossed the Brancaccio stage. The theater itself recalls a few: Totò, Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi and Gigi Proietti among the actors, Fabrizio De André, Louis Armstrong and Jimi Hendrix among the musicians. It is a list that says a lot about the nature of the hall: variety and Roman cinema, songwriting, jazz and rock have all had a home here.

For a Neapolitan comedian, acting on the boards where Totò performed is no small detail. Biagio Izzo belongs to a line of actors who came from the Naples of variety shows to popular cinema and television, and the name of Prince De Curtis in the hall's memory is, for him, a lineage even before a memory.

Proietti was not just an actor passing through: after 2000 he ran the theater on behalf of the City of Rome, until 2007, and after him management went to Maurizio Costanzo until 2010. Two showmen who made laughter a form of popular culture, and who left Brancaccio its current calling.

Today musicals and comedy are what mostly pass through Via Merulana. In the same season as Izzo the theater programs, among others, Mrs. Doubtfire il musical and Raffaella il musical: if you discover the hall with L'arte della truffa, you have good reasons to come back.

How to plan your evening at L'arte della truffa

For Biagio Izzo's 21:00 performance the ideal schedule is simple: dinner or aperitivo at 19:00, arrival at Brancaccio at 20:00, exit late in the evening and the trip home by metro or night bus.

If you are coming from outside Rome

If you arrive by train at Termini you are less than a kilometer from the theater: you can leave your suitcase at a hotel near the station and walk to Via Merulana. For a same-day return, on the other hand, a 21:00 performance makes the last regional train hard to catch: better to sleep in Rome.

As a couple or in a group

As a couple, dinner after the theater in Monti is the most pleasant choice. In a group, the right channel is the theater's Ufficio Promozioni, and dinner is better before, booking for everyone at a trattoria near Via Merulana.

Frequently asked questions about L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo

When is L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo on in Rome?

L'arte della truffa with Biagio Izzo is on at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome on Wednesday, April 21, 2027 at 21:00. It is a single date, with no further performances. The theater asks spectators to arrive at least one hour before the start, so at 20:00, and does not allow entry to the hall once the show has started.

How much are tickets for Biagio Izzo at Brancaccio?

Tickets for L'arte della truffa at Teatro Brancaccio cost from €32 to €58. The price list published by the theater: Poltronissima A €58, Poltronissima B €52, Poltrona A €46, Poltrona B €38, I Balconata A €42, I Balconata B €38, II Balconata A and B €32, full price.

Where do you buy tickets for L'arte della truffa?

Tickets for L'arte della truffa are sold at the Teatro Brancaccio box office, Via Merulana 244, open Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 to 19:00, or from the show page on the theater's official website, which links to the authorized presale network. For groups there is the Ufficio Promozioni, at 06 80687232.

Who acts with Biagio Izzo in L'arte della truffa?

In L'arte della truffa Biagio Izzo acts with Carla Ferraro, Roberto Giordano, Ciro Pauciullo, Arduino Speranza and Adele Vitale. The script is by Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia and Vincenzo Sinopoli, directed by Augusto Fornari. The production is by AG Spettacoli and Tradizione e Turismo.

What is L'arte della truffa about?

L'arte della truffa tells the story of Gianmario, an upright businessman who works for high-ranking Vatican prelates, forced to host his brother-in-law Francesco, a con man under house arrest. A financial setback leaves him needing exactly his brother-in-law's skills, in a con for a good cause that changes their relationship.

How do you get to Teatro Brancaccio by public transport?

Teatro Brancaccio, at Via Merulana 244, is reached by Metro A, Vittorio Emanuele stop, or Metro B, Cavour stop. Lines 16, 75, 714, 717 and C3 stop on Via Merulana, and at the Labicana/Merulana stop the N10 night bus also passes, useful for the trip home.

Is Teatro Brancaccio wheelchair accessible?

Teatro Brancaccio has a ramp to the orchestra, an area for wheelchairs and an accessible restroom on the ground floor. Orchestra spaces for wheelchair users and people with mobility difficulties are limited and must be booked at the box office with the specific form. The balconies have no elevator.

My final tip on L'arte della truffa

One night only, a Wednesday in April, a comedy polished by two years of touring and an actor who knows the craft from the apprenticeship of wedding gigs all the way to a Sorrentino set. My advice is not to overthink it: buy early, choose Poltronissima B or the central first balcony, arrive on Via Merulana at 20:00 with a small bag, and keep dinner for afterward, in Monti, when Gianmario's con has become the topic at the table. It's popular theater, and in Rome popular theater still has one of its best homes right here.

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