One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere, November 13 to 15, 2026

One more kiss, dear, a show directed by Giovanni Caloro, is on stage at Teatro Trastevere from Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15, 2026, as part of the venue's 2026/27 season. Performance times aren't published on the season page: the theater is the reference, at 06 5814004. Teatro Trastevere is at Via Jacopa de' Settesoli 3, 00153 Rome, in the San Francesco a Ripa area, between Viale di Trastevere and the Tiber. By public transport you arrive on Viale di Trastevere, with lines and times to check on ATAC's route planner. A full-price season ticket costs 13 euros, plus a 2-euro membership card, according to the theater's website. Tickets are sold from Teatro Trastevere's season page, which links to the authorized presale network, or by booking at 06 5814004 or writing to info@teatrotrastevere.it.

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

One more kiss, dear at a glance: dates, prices, information

One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere runs for three days, Friday, November 13, Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2026.

The dates

Teatro Trastevere's season page gives the dates from November 13 to 15. Performance times aren't listed: for One more kiss, dear, ask the theater before making plans.

The price

For the 2026/27 season the theater publishes a single price: full ticket 13 euros, plus 2 euros for the membership card. Teatro Trastevere is run by a cultural association, and membership is the condition for attending shows. You can sign up online from the website or on arrival.

The direction

The show is signed by Giovanni Caloro, listed as director. The season page doesn't give the author of the text or the name of the performer: that information isn't published.

What you'll see in One more kiss, dear

One more kiss, dear looks like a monologue, but it isn't: there's always a single character on stage, but the story unfolds through a series of dialogues.

One character, many interlocutors

According to the theater's presentation, the protagonist holds a series of conversations with figures who are more or less dear to her. The audience sees one person on stage but hears a web of relationships: the others exist through her, in her answers, her questions, her silences. It's a dramatic choice that puts the actress at the center and asks the audience to imagine those who can't be seen.

The show's questions

The theater presents the show through the questions it asks and leaves to the audience. How far is attachment a way of caring for the other? How far can you go in desiring someone? Is love eternal? And hate? It's up to the audience, the theater writes, to find the answers.

Love and its reverse

The four questions sketch a theme: the line between loving and possessing, between care and control, between desire and obsession. It's a theme as old as theater, tackled here in its barest form, a woman alone speaking with the people in her life. In our view it's the kind of show that finds its true scale in a 99-seat hall.

The title

The title is in English and sounds like a tender request: one more kiss, dear. It has the tone of a line addressed to someone who is leaving, or whom you'd like to hold back. For a show that asks how far you can go in desiring someone, it's already a statement.

Teatro Trastevere, home of One more kiss, dear

Teatro Trastevere is a 99-seat hall at Via Jacopa de' Settesoli 3, created in 2009 from the restoration of an old Trastevere cinema by the Teatro Trastevere cultural association.

From cinema to theater

The theater tells its own origin like this: a small group of friends and artists, long active in Rome's theater scene, decided to recover an abandoned space, a historic Trastevere hall that was once a cinema, and give it back a cultural role. The work took years and was shared with colleagues who each contributed according to their skills.

The place of ideas

The subtitle the theater has given itself is Il posto delle idee, "the place of ideas". It presents itself as a reference point for off theater and contemporary playwriting, with a strong focus on training: alongside the season there are workshops and series such as Dopamina, Germogli, La città di tutti and Trastevere Comedy. The artistic director is Marco Zordan.

The hall

The technical sheet published by the theater lists 99 seats and a stage of about 7 by 5 meters. For a show with a single performer on stage it's the right size: from every seat you see face and hands, you hear the pauses, you catch the shift from one imaginary interlocutor to the next without amplification.

A members' theater

Teatro Trastevere is run by a cultural association: the audience takes out a 2-euro annual membership card, added to the ticket. It's the model of many small Roman theaters, which live on memberships and a loyal audience.

For the spectator the card is also a bond with the venue: its duration and any member benefits should be asked about at the theater when signing up. Those who discover the hall with One more kiss, dear can come back for Riflussi the following week, or for one of the spring titles. It's also a way to get to know the program of a venue that bets on new plays and emerging companies, far from the big names of commercial programs.

One more kiss, dear in Teatro Trastevere's season

Teatro Trastevere's 2026/27 season is made of short runs, each on stage for a few days, with a majority of contemporary plays and independent companies.

Before and after

The season opened in October with Aldo Nicolaj's Il Belvedere, followed by Valentina Luporini's Basilico e altri rimedi. In November, before One more kiss, dear, comes Shake it out from the 5th to the 8th. After it, from November 20 to 22, Riflussi ovvero la tragicomica esistenza dell'infermiere Vladimiro. The program continues until May, with titles such as Il senno di Osvaldo, about Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, and Memorie di un pazzo, from Gogol.

A hall for new plays

Shows by emerging directors and companies are Teatro Trastevere's signature. One more kiss, dear, with its form halfway between monologue and dialogue, fits this calling.

San Francesco a Ripa and Trastevere around the theater

Via Jacopa de' Settesoli is a short street beside the church of San Francesco a Ripa, in the part of Trastevere facing the old river port of Ripa Grande.

Who was Jacopa de' Settesoli

The street is named after Giacoma Frangipane de' Settesoli, known as Jacopa, a Roman noblewoman born around 1190 and died in Assisi around 1239, a Franciscan tertiary. She was a friend and supporter of Francis of Assisi, who called her Brother Jacopa. A street named after a 13th-century woman is a rarity in Rome's street names.

The church of San Francesco a Ripa

A few steps from the theater is the church of San Francesco a Ripa. It stands where there was a hospice for the poor dedicated to San Biagio, where Francis of Assisi stayed during his visits to the pope between 1209 and 1223. The complex was given to the Friars Minor in 1229. The current church is the result of Onorio Longhi's works from 1603 and of Mattia de Rossi's rebuilding, completed in 1701.

Bernini's Blessed Ludovica Albertoni

Inside the church, in the Paluzzi Albertoni chapel, is Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, carved between 1671 and 1675 and lit by hidden side windows. It's one of the most intense sculptures in Rome, two minutes from the theater.

Trastevere on foot

From Via Jacopa de' Settesoli you can walk to Santa Cecilia in Trastevere and, in a quarter of an hour, to Santa Maria in Trastevere. On Sunday mornings the Porta Portese market takes place right next door.

The port of Ripa Grande

The name of the church and of the area comes from the river port of Ripa Grande, active on the Tiber until the 19th century. Walking along the river toward Ponte Sublicio before the show means following what was for centuries the city's water gate.

How to get to Teatro Trastevere for One more kiss, dear

Teatro Trastevere is a few steps from Viale di Trastevere, the axis served by public transport in the southern part of the district. Check lines and times on ATAC's route planner.

By public transport

Viale di Trastevere links the district with the historic center on one side and with Trastevere station on the other. To choose the line, the nearest stop and evening or Sunday runs, ATAC's planner is the most reliable tool.

On foot

From Testaccio you cross Ponte Sublicio and arrive in a few minutes. From Tiber Island the walk along the river is short and pleasant. A taxi drops you at the entrance.

By car

Trastevere is largely a limited traffic zone and parking at night is hard. It's best to leave the car outside the district. On Sunday afternoon things improve, but it's still tricky.

Tickets for One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere

A full-price ticket for One more kiss, dear costs 13 euros, plus 2 euros for Teatro Trastevere's membership card.

Where to buy

Tickets are sold from the season page on the theater's website, which links to the authorized presale network. You can also book by phone at 06 5814004 or write to info@teatrotrastevere.it.

Membership

To attend shows you take out the membership card. The website lets you do it online: better to do it beforehand, so as not to lose time at the entrance.

Book ahead

With 99 seats and only three days of performances, the Saturday show fills up easily. Groups should write to the theater a few days in advance.

How to plan your One more kiss, dear evening

One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere is on over a mid-November weekend: plan the evening around a walk through the district and dinner before or after, depending on the time the theater gives you.

Friday and Saturday

If the performance is in the evening, have dinner afterward: Trastevere is packed at night, and the best-known trattorias fill up early. Before the show there's time for a stroll to San Francesco a Ripa and Santa Cecilia.

Sunday

Sunday lends itself to a Trastevere day: morning at the Porta Portese market, lunch in the district, afternoon at the theater, sunset over the Tiber. Those who want to climb higher can reach the Janiculum Hill.

Where to eat nearby

Around San Francesco a Ripa there are Roman trattorias, pizzerias, bakeries and bars. It's the most residential and least touristy part of Trastevere, with more reasonable prices than around Piazza di Santa Maria.

Accessibility, age and practical tips

For Teatro Trastevere's accessibility for wheelchair users, the reference is the theater itself, at 06 5814004: the hall's conditions aren't described on the website.

Who the show is for

One more kiss, dear deals with attachment, desire, love and hate: adult themes, handled in dialogue form. No recommended age is given. Older teenagers used to theater can follow it.

Mid-November weather

In mid-November rain is frequent and Trastevere's cobblestones get slippery: comfortable shoes and a folding umbrella are the most useful precaution for the walk before the show.

Arriving on time

In a 99-seat hall, arriving late means disturbing those on stage and those watching. Show up a quarter of an hour early, with your membership already sorted.

A curious fact about One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere, November 13 to 15, 2026

The first curious fact about One more kiss, dear is its form. The theater's presentation describes it with a precise formula: it looks like a monologue but it isn't. There's always a single character on stage, but the story unfolds through a series of dialogues with figures more or less dear to the protagonist. It's a theatrical paradox with a long tradition: a stage inhabited by one person speaking with someone who isn't there, and an audience that, by listening to the answers, builds the faces of the absent on its own. In a 99-seat hall this game works better than elsewhere, because the spectator is close enough to see the performer's gaze change direction with each new interlocutor. The second curious fact concerns the theater's street. Via Jacopa de' Settesoli is named after a 13th-century woman, Giacoma Frangipane, friend and supporter of Francis of Assisi, who affectionately called her Brother Jacopa. A show that asks how far attachment is care for the other is staged on a street dedicated to one of the most famous friendships in Rome's history. The third curious fact is the English title, which the theater doesn't translate and which sounds like a request to someone you'd like to hold back.

Something nobody tells you about One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere, November 13 to 15, 2026

Nobody says it, but for One more kiss, dear the performance times aren't published on the season page. You have to ask the theater, at 06 5814004 or info@teatrotrastevere.it. It's the first call to make, even before buying a ticket. The second thing nobody says concerns the price. 13 euros plus two for membership is the norm in Rome's members' theaters, and it's a price that lets you discover a new title without risking much: the card also supports a venue that since 2009 has kept open a space rescued from neglect. The third concerns the hall. With 99 seats and a stage of about 7 by 5 meters, the last row is closer to the performer than the 10th row of a big theater. For a show in which a single character talks with invisible people, this closeness is the real dramatic tool: pauses, glances and hesitations become part of the text.

My advice for One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere, November 13 to 15, 2026

My advice for One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere is above all practical: call the theater to find out the time of the performance you've chosen, and get your membership card online before heading out. Then build the evening around San Francesco a Ripa. Those choosing Sunday can arrive in the early afternoon at Piazza di San Francesco d'Assisi, go into the church, if it's open, to see Bernini's Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, and then walk to Santa Cecilia before returning to the theater. Those choosing Saturday should book dinner for after the show: the district fills up early in the evening and later on tables free up again. In the hall, sit in the central rows: in a show where the performer addresses invisible interlocutors, ideally arranged around her, a central position lets you follow the changes of direction better. And come without overly precise expectations: the theater presents the show through its questions, not its plot, and that's the right way to discover it. You leave with a question in your pocket, the one about love and hate: Trastevere, at night, has the right tables to talk it over.

Another well-known fact, yet not often mentioned

It's well known that Trastevere is the district of small theaters, cellars and off venues. Less often mentioned is that many of these halls were born by recovering closed neighborhood cinemas. Teatro Trastevere is one of these cases: the theater's website speaks of a historic Trastevere hall, once a cinema, abandoned and recovered from 2009 by a group of artists. It's a fate shared by many Roman halls, where the neighborhood cinema became a theater, a rehearsal room, a cultural space. The second rarely cited fact concerns the street. Via Jacopa de' Settesoli recalls Giacoma Frangipane de' Settesoli, friend of Francis of Assisi. It was she who arranged for Francis to stay at the San Biagio hospice, where San Francesco a Ripa stands today, during his visits to Rome between 1209 and 1223, and she who promoted the restoration of the complex given to the Friars Minor in 1229. The third fact: the remains of Giorgio de Chirico have rested in the same church since 1992. A metaphysical painter buried next to a theater of contemporary drama, on a street named after a medieval woman: it's the kind of layering that makes Trastevere a neighborhood to discover on foot.

The right photo to take at One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere, November 13 to 15, 2026

The right photo of an evening at One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere is taken in Piazza di San Francesco d'Assisi, in front of the church of San Francesco a Ripa. In the middle of the square stands a column erected in 1847 by Pius IX, with a wrought-iron cross: frame the column in the foreground and Mattia de Rossi's facade behind it. In mid-November darkness comes early and the square, with its lamps lit, becomes a stage. The second photo is of the street sign, Via Jacopa de' Settesoli, next to the theater door: a photo that tells two stories, one from the 13th century and one of today's theater. The third, for those arriving on Sunday morning, is of the Porta Portese market, a few steps away, with its stalls and crowds: a deliberate contrast with the hush of the hall. In the hall, during the show, no photos: in a 99-seat theater, with a single performer on stage, a phone screen can be seen from every row and breaks the dialogue with the invisible interlocutors the show builds.

Some important events that happened here in history

The corner of Trastevere where Teatro Trastevere stands has an eight-century history. Here stood a hospital and hospice for the poor dedicated to San Biagio, dependent on the Benedictine monastery of Santi Cosma e Damiano. Between 1209 and 1223 Francis of Assisi stayed there during his visits to the pope, thanks to Jacopa de' Settesoli. In 1229 the complex, restored at Jacopa's initiative, was given to the Order of Friars Minor and became the center of Franciscan devotion in Rome. From 1603 Onorio Longhi rebuilt the choir, transept and aisles. From 1681 Mattia de Rossi rebuilt the nave, and the church was consecrated in 1701. Between 1671 and 1675 Bernini carved the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni. During the French occupation many works left for France, including Annibale Carracci's Pietà, now in the Louvre. In 1847 Pius IX had the column erected in the square. The port of Ripa Grande, which gave the area its name, remained active on the Tiber until the 19th century. In the 20th century the hall that now houses the theater was a cinema. Its recovery began in 2009, and since then the Teatro Trastevere association has programmed contemporary theater, workshops and series there.

Who has passed through One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere, November 13 to 15, 2026

This corner of Trastevere has seen figures few theaters can claim as neighbors. Francis of Assisi, first of all, a guest of the San Biagio hospice during his trips to Rome between 1209 and 1223. Jacopa de' Settesoli, the noblewoman who offered him hospitality and who gives the theater's street its name. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who worked on the Paluzzi Albertoni chapel. Baciccio, author of the altarpiece in the same chapel. Saint Charles of Sezze, who died here in 1670. Giorgio de Chirico, buried in the church since 1992. Then, closer to our time, the group of artists who from 2009 turned an abandoned cinema into a theater, with artistic director Marco Zordan and the Teatro Trastevere association. On the hall's stage this season, Mariella Rotondaro and Josko Conte have appeared in Aldo Nicolaj's Il Belvedere, along with the company of Basilico e altri rimedi, Valentina Luporini's first play. In mid-November it's the turn of Giovanni Caloro and One more kiss, dear. Right after, nurse Vladimiro of Riflussi arrives.

More sights nearby

Those with time before or after the show have plenty of options on foot. Across the river is Tiber Island. Climbing toward Monteverde you find Villa Sciarra. Along Via della Lungara, Villa Farnesina. Check opening times for each place on the official websites first, especially in November, when gardens close early.

One more kiss, dear and single-voice theater

One more kiss, dear belongs to a specific theatrical family: the show with a single performer on stage who doesn't narrate, but speaks with someone.

Monologue and soliloquy

In the classic monologue the character addresses the audience or themselves. Here, according to the theater's presentation, the protagonist converses with other figures the audience doesn't see. The difference is substantial: the audience doesn't listen to a confession, it witnesses a series of encounters of which it knows only one half.

The performer's work

In this form everything passes through the actress's body and voice: the pauses that leave room for the other's reply, the gaze that moves toward a precise point on stage, the tone that changes depending on who the interlocutor is. It's an exercise in precision that the director builds line by line.

The audience's role

The theater writes that it's up to the audience to find the answers to the show's questions. It's an explicit invitation: the spectator doesn't watch passively, but completes the dialogues, imagines the missing voices, decides which side to take. In our view it's the most interesting aspect of the proposal.

Teatro Trastevere's other activities

Alongside the season, Teatro Trastevere organizes series and training activities that make it a neighborhood cultural center.

The series

The theater's website presents several sections: Dopamina, Germogli 2026, La città di tutti, Trastevere Comedy. They're programs devoted to different languages, from comedy to the emerging scene, running alongside the main program.

Workshops and Facciamo Storie

The theater offers workshops and a project called Facciamo Storie. Training is a stated part of the venue's mission, which presents itself as a reference point for off theater and contemporary playwriting. Those living in Rome who want to get closer to the stage will find a way in here.

November in Trastevere

In mid-November the district gets its residents back: fewer tourists than in summer, quieter trattorias, squares that empty early in the evening. For a theater weekend it's the best time of year, with the advantage of finding a table without booking days ahead, at least until Saturday night.

Frequently asked questions about One more kiss, dear

When is One more kiss, dear on at Teatro Trastevere?

One more kiss, dear is on stage at Teatro Trastevere from Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15, 2026. Performance times aren't published on the season page: ask the theater at 06 5814004 or info@teatrotrastevere.it before planning your evening.

How much is a ticket for One more kiss, dear?

A full-price ticket for One more kiss, dear costs 13 euros, plus 2 euros for Teatro Trastevere's membership card, according to the theater's website. It's sold from the season page, which links to the authorized presale network, or by booking by phone.

What is One more kiss, dear about?

One more kiss, dear is a show with a single character on stage who converses with figures more or less dear to her. It asks questions about attachment and care, desire, eternal love and hate, and leaves the audience to find the answers. It's directed by Giovanni Caloro.

Who directs One more kiss, dear?

One more kiss, dear is directed by Giovanni Caloro, according to Teatro Trastevere's season page. The names of the performer and of the author of the text aren't published on the theater's website: the box office is the place to ask in advance.

Where is Teatro Trastevere?

Teatro Trastevere is at Via Jacopa de' Settesoli 3, 00153 Rome, next to the church of San Francesco a Ripa, between Viale di Trastevere and the Tiber. It's a 99-seat members' theater, created in 2009 from the restoration of an old neighborhood cinema.

How do you get to Teatro Trastevere?

You reach Teatro Trastevere by the public transport running along Viale di Trastevere, chosen with ATAC's route planner, or on foot from Testaccio across Ponte Sublicio. By car, the district is largely a limited traffic zone and parking is hard.

Do you need a membership card to see One more kiss, dear?

To see One more kiss, dear at Teatro Trastevere you need the 2-euro membership card, added to the 13-euro ticket. The theater is run by a cultural association. You can get the card online from the website before the show or on arrival.

What can you see near Teatro Trastevere before the show?

Near Teatro Trastevere are the church of San Francesco a Ripa, with Bernini's Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, and a few minutes' walk away Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. On Sunday mornings the Porta Portese market is right nearby. In a quarter of an hour you reach Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Final advice on One more kiss, dear

One more kiss, dear is, in our view, a good chance to discover Teatro Trastevere and its idea of contemporary theater on a small-hall scale: one character, many voices, four questions about love and hate. Our advice is to call ahead for the time, get your membership online, pick a central row and spend the rest of the day around San Francesco a Ripa and the surrounding district.

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