Teatro Marconi 2026-2027 Season, September 28 to December 31, 2026

The Teatro Marconi 2026-2027 season has seven titles on the bill for the fall and up to New Year's Eve, from September 28 to December 31, 2026, at Viale Guglielmo Marconi 698/E, in the Marconi district, Municipio XI. The theater is reached by metro line B, at the stop the theater itself calls EUR Marconi, and by buses 791 and 170. For those arriving by car there is a large parking lot reserved for spectators, and inside there is a bar. Evening performances usually start at 21:00, Sunday ones at 17:30. Prices vary from title to title: 15 euros full price and 12 reduced for the shows of the Comic Off series and for Linee, tra i bordi, 25 and 20 euros for Lenny, ipotesi di un omicidio, up to the 45 euros of the midnight performance on December 31. Tickets are bought on the theater's official website, under Buy online for each show, or at the box office, open Monday to Saturday from 17:00 to 20:00 and Sunday from 16:00 to 18:00. For information the number is 06 5943554 and, for messages only, WhatsApp 375 7717111.

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

The 2026-2027 season lineup at Teatro Marconi

The calendar published by Teatro Marconi for the 2026-2027 season lines up seven appointments between late September and New Year's: two comedies and a drama from the Comic Off series, a contest between actors, two in-house productions and a Roman musical comedy, plus the year-end show for families. It is a bill built for the neighborhood audience: modest prices, regular times, few frills. Those looking for a big television name go elsewhere. Those who want an evening of drama a quarter of an hour from the center, with parking right at hand, have found the place.

The dates at a glance

On September 28 and 29 La vita è gioco by Alberto Moravia. On September 30 Colpo di fulmine. On October 4 Actor Ace. From October 12 to 16 Linee, tra i bordi. From October 22 to November 8 Lenny, ipotesi di un omicidio. From November 13 to 29 Er carnevale de Meo Patacca. On December 31 Babbo Natale va in pensione in the special New Year's version. Other titles of the season, beyond December, will be published on the theater's website.

The Comic Off series: Moravia and Colpo di fulmine

The Teatro Marconi season opened with two shows from the Comic Off series, both external productions outside the subscription, at 15 euros full price and 12 reduced.

La vita è gioco, September 28 and 29

La vita è gioco is a two-act drama by Alberto Moravia, directed by Gianandrea De Cesare with the company CDC APS. On stage are Christian Guidi, Gianandrea De Cesare, Gabriella Luperto, Rocco Baldassini, Laura Martinelli, Mario Gieri, Giada Borgagni and Melissa Terenzi. Costumes by Bianca Aloisi, sets by Eleonora Sabbatini, music by Valerio Villani. The text pits two ways of being in the world against each other, the playful and the utilitarian: playing with life while living it, a dangerous freedom that is paid for dearly but that, according to the company's presentation, is the only one that does not disappoint. Two performances, at 21:00.

Colpo di fulmine, September 30

Colpo di fulmine, from the comedy by Valerio Di Piramo, is directed by Angelita Puliafito with the company C'era un'altra volta: Roberto Mangano, Stefano Ascoli, Antonio Scognamiglio, Giovanni Mazzarella, Claudia Colognese, Sabrina Ragusa, Manuela Marchesin, Patrizia Anselmi and Roberta De Rocco. It is a comedy of errors set in a funeral home, where among improbable clients and eccentric characters there are those seeking a soulmate, those living by their wits and those who simply got the wrong address. A single performance at 20:30.

Actor Ace, the contest between actors on October 4

Actor Ace was a contest between actors on the stage of Teatro Marconi, Sunday, October 4 at 21:00, outside the subscription. The novelty of the edition was that the audience joined the game: three spectators in the hall were chosen to form the official jury of the evening and decide the winner. It was the lightest title of the bill and also the one that most resembled an outing among friends: you went, you watched, you might end up judging.

Linee, tra i bordi: the production on war

Linee, tra i bordi is a text by Arianna Cozzi, directed by Felice Della Corte, artistic director of Teatro Marconi, produced by the company Mania Teatro, and it ran from October 12 to 16. On stage were Kevin Di Sole, Alessio Antelmi, Alice Corti, Francesca Polenta, Riccardo Musto and Massimiliano Viola Grosso.

The show shifts the emphasis from the motive to the purpose of wars, to show that there is no purpose: nobody wins, nobody loses, and the moment a war begins humanity is already defeated. The soldiers enter a circle of orders, executions and guilt from which one exits only by ceasing to be combatants and becoming men again. The central line is a simple sentence, "You win the war if you don't fight it."

Times and prices for Linee, tra i bordi

On Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, October 13 at 10:00 there were the school performances, free for classes. On Wednesday, October 14, Thursday 15 and Friday 16 the evening performances were at 21:00. The full ticket cost 15 euros, the reduced 12, and under-25s paid 10 euros. It was one of the rare cases in which a private Roman theater opens in the morning to schools without asking for anything.

Lenny, ipotesi di un omicidio: the lead title

Lenny, ipotesi di un omicidio is the longest title of Teatro Marconi's fall bill: 12 performances from October 22 to November 8, in the subscription, at 25 euros full price and 20 reduced. The text is by Giuseppe Pavia, the direction by Antonello Avallone, who is also on stage, with the Compagnia delle Arti. Performing with him are Riccardo Barbera, Giulia Di Quilio, Giuseppe Renzo, Francesca Cati and Flaminia Fegarotti.

The story of Lenny Bruce

The show starts from the end: it is August 3, 1966 and Lenny Bruce, a famous American comedian, lies on the floor of his dressing room, dead of an overdose. From there the career is traced back, begun in the 1950s, with an open, satirical comedy mixing politics, religion, sex and vulgarity. Decisive is the meeting with Honey Harlow, a stripper who performs in the same clubs: they marry, love each other, betray each other, go through drugs and after a few years separate.

Meanwhile his shows, often improvised, fill the clubs to bursting. The Manhattan district attorney, Hogan, and the archbishop of New York see in him a danger to morality and institutions. The trials begin, and Lenny Bruce becomes the champion of American free speech. The show's title advances a precise hypothesis: that his death was not only an accident.

Bob Fosse's film

In 1974 Bob Fosse dedicated the film Lenny to Lenny Bruce's life, with Dustin Hoffman. Those who have seen it will find another key in the theater: the company presents it as a comic and cynical show, moving and raw, wrapped in an impressive set.

Times for Lenny

The performances are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 21:00 and on Sunday at 17:30: October 22, 23, 24 and 25. October 29, 30, 31 and November 1. November 5, 6, 7 and 8. For an adult audience: the text spares nothing on drugs, sex and trials.

Er carnevale de Meo Patacca, in November

Er carnevale de Meo Patacca is a comedy by Claudio Natili and Carlo Giustini, directed by Natili with the company Quelli del Piano di Sopra, on stage at Teatro Marconi from November 13 to 29, outside the subscription. Meo Patacca is one of the masks of the Roman tradition, and the title promises an evening of dialect and carnival in the middle of fall.

Times and prices for Meo Patacca

Three weekends: Friday at 21:00, Saturday at 18:00 and 21:00, Sunday at 17:30, on November 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29. The full ticket costs 25 euros plus 2 presale, the reduced 20 plus 2. There is a reduced ticket at 10 euros for children and for companions of people with disabilities.

New Year's Eve at Teatro Marconi

On December 31 Teatro Marconi closes the year with Babbo Natale va in pensione, by Massimo De Giorgio, performed by the company Ridikulus, in the special New Year's version. It is part of the Bambini a teatro series and is designed for grown-ups and little ones.

The plot

Tired of children who snub gifts made with love to ask for technological presents with unpronounceable names, Santa Claus decides to retire. His wife, the Befana, to convince him to go back on his decision and save the spirit of Christmas, asks for help from the bizarre Papà Ferragosto. The story is interactive and leaves a glimmer of reflection on the meaning of the holiday.

Two performances, two prices

The first performance is at 19:00, with entry and entertainment from 18:00: full price 25 euros, reduced for disability 20. The second is at 22:00, with a toast and celebration at midnight: full price 45 euros, reduced for disability 40. For families with small children the 19:00 performance is the right one. The second is a true New Year's at the theater.

Felice Della Corte, artistic director of Teatro Marconi

Felice Della Corte is the artistic director of Teatro Marconi, which he founded in 2015. A Neapolitan, he trained as an actor and then as a director in Eduardo's theater. Before the Marconi he had already built a theater: in December 2004, with four partners, he took over a former cinema-theater in Ostia Lido in poor condition and turned it into a 288-seat drama theater, named after Nino Manfredi and inaugurated on September 30, 2005 with Un grande grido d'amore by Josiane Balasko, starring Pamela Villoresi and Pietro Longhi. In 2019 he was elected president of the Unione dei Teatri di Roma, the association of the city's private theaters of which he is a cofounder.

His work as a director is tied to a long partnership with Claudio Boccaccini and with a group of actors who often return in his seasons, among them Riccardo Barbera, who this season is in the cast of Lenny. At the Marconi he directs Linee, tra i bordi. His declared wish, on the theater's website, is always the same: to make this space a theatrical and cultural center capable of a deep relationship with the people of the area and with the city. Those who want to see his other home will find the program of Teatro Nino Manfredi in Ostia.

The team

The theater is a small enterprise of family and friends. Luigi Della Corte is the theater manager, Mariantonietta Della Corte is in charge of the box office, Elisa Fantinel handles the press office. It is a setup you feel in the hall: at the box office you talk to someone who knows the show.

Teatro Marconi: what it is like

Teatro Marconi was born in Rome in the summer of 2015 on the initiative of Felice Della Corte and a group of friends, with the aim of creating a new artistic and cultural reference point for the city. The hall was completely renovated to a design by the architect Beniamino Lavorato: stage, stalls, rehearsal rooms, box office, dressing rooms and bar. Today it has a capacity of about 350 seats, with new ergonomic armchairs, and the theater declares the ambition to stand at the level of Rome's major theaters.

The technical equipment

For those in the trade, the technical sheet published by the theater lists two digital audio mixers, Behringer X32 and Yamaha 01V96, two ETC lighting consoles, a video projector, moving heads and LED bars, a sound system with four passive speakers, four subwoofers and four front speakers, and a deliverable power of 70 kW. It is not information for spectators, but it explains why even a visiting company finds an equipped stage here.

School and training

Alongside the bill, Teatro Marconi runs training activity with the Theater School, the dance school and the music school, workshops, seminars and stages for children, teenagers and adults, and an integrated theater project. It also has a program for children and young people and one for schools, and its own app for Android and iOS. The theater has agreements with organizations and companies, including the Cral of the Roma Tre University and the FAI.

How to get to Teatro Marconi

Teatro Marconi is at Viale Guglielmo Marconi 698/E, on the stretch of the avenue toward the EUR. By public transport you arrive with metro line B, at the stop the theater lists as EUR Marconi, and with buses 791 and 170. For the route from your starting point ATAC's journey planner gives updated lines and times.

By car and parking

It is one of the theater's strong points: there is a large internal parking lot reserved for spectators. For those coming from the southern neighborhoods and the EUR, or from outside Rome, it means arriving without circling for half an hour looking for a space, a rare thing for a Roman theater.

The Marconi neighborhood

The neighborhood takes its name from the avenue and from the Ponte Guglielmo Marconi, the longest bridge in Rome at 235.7 meters, designed by Giuseppe Samonà. Work began in 1937, was interrupted by the war, resumed in 1953, and the bridge was inaugurated on February 26, 1955. On the bank of the Tiber are the Pietra Papa docks, remains of a river port active between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD. In the neighborhood there is also the municipal library Guglielmo Marconi, in Via Gerolamo Cardano, where events such as Piste nere are held.

What is around Teatro Marconi

On the other side of the bridge begins the Ostiense district. In a few minutes you reach the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, served by metro line B, and the Ostiense street art district. On the lungotevere, near the Gazometro, is Teatro India, the second venue of Teatro di Roma, carved out of the former Mira Lanza factory: in season it offers titles such as Gli elefanti nella stanza. At the Gazometro, Maker Faire Rome 2026 was held at the end of October. Closer to the center are the Pyramid of Cestius and Porta San Paolo, where the Museo della Via Ostiense is also located.

Where to eat before or after the show

Viale Marconi is a long and lively commercial axis, with pizzerias, trattorias and neighborhood places that stay open in the evening. Those short on time can count on the theater's inside bar. For a more structured dinner the Ostiense district, beyond the bridge, has one of the widest offerings in the city's southern quadrant. With the 21:00 performances it is best to dine beforehand, between 19:00 and 20:15. After the Sunday 17:30 performance you come out in time for a normal dinner.

Accessibility and children at Teatro Marconi

Teatro Marconi provides reduced rates for people with disabilities and their companions at several shows, such as the Meo Patacca and New Year's Eve. For specific needs of access to the hall it is best to call the box office, at 06 5943554, during opening hours. With children, the right titles this fall are Er carnevale de Meo Patacca, with the reduced ticket at 10 euros, and the 19:00 New Year's performance. Lenny is instead a show for adults.

A curiosity about the Teatro Marconi 2026-2027 Season, September 28 to December 31, 2026

Teatro Marconi was born in summer, and the theater tells it this way: in the sultry, sunny summer of 2015, thanks to the initiative of Felice Della Corte and a group of friends, who decided to undertake what they call a difficult but stimulating adventure. A theater opening in 2015 in Rome, while other halls were closing, is news in itself. That it does so on Viale Marconi, far from the circuits of the center, is a statement of purpose.

The curiosity of this season is yet another. The lead title of the fall tells of a comedian tried for the words he used on stage, while the house production, Linee, tra i bordi, tells of war from the point of view of those who fight it. Two serious texts in a bill that otherwise bets on comedy. It is a balance rarely seen in neighborhood theaters, and here it is deliberate: alongside laughter, the theater tries to keep a window open on uncomfortable themes. The audience of Viale Marconi, it seems, follows it.

Something nobody tells you about the Teatro Marconi 2026-2027 Season, September 28 to December 31, 2026

The Meo Patacca has a formula designed for families: the reduced ticket at 10 euros for children, which in a family of four makes a real difference. It is information found only on the show's page, at the bottom, under the prices.

The second thing is even more useful to teachers. The two morning performances of Linee, tra i bordi, on October 12 and 13 at 10:00, were free for schools. A contemporary text on war, directed by the theater's artistic director, offered free to classes: a rare gesture, worth remembering for teachers in future seasons.

The third concerns the box office. The theater has a WhatsApp number, 375 7717111, that accepts only messages: for a quick question about seats or times it is the most convenient channel. And the physical box office opens in the afternoon, from 17:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday and from 16:00 to 18:00 on Sunday: no point showing up in the morning.

The advice I give you for visiting the Teatro Marconi 2026-2027 Season, September 28 to December 31, 2026

If you have to choose a single title this fall, choose Lenny, ipotesi di un omicidio, and take the Sunday performance at 17:30. It is the most ambitious title of the bill, the longest running and the one with the most structured cast, led by Antonello Avallone, who directs and acts. The Sunday afternoon lets you arrive calmly, park without problems in the theater's lot and get out in time for dinner.

If instead you come as a group or with high school students, go for Linee, tra i bordi: modest price, 10 euros for under-25s, and a theme that lends itself to discussion on the way out.

One practical tip applies to everyone: buy online. Every show page on the theater's website has its own purchase button, and for the most requested evenings, such as the 22:00 New Year's performance, it is best not to wait. Arrive at least 20 minutes early: the inside bar is the right place for a coffee before the lights go down.

Another well-known fact, yet rarely mentioned

That Teatro Marconi and Teatro Nino Manfredi in Ostia have the same artistic director is known to many among the southern quadrant's subscribers. Less known is that the Marconi is the second theater built by Felice Della Corte, 10 years after the first. In Ostia, in December 2004, he took over with four partners a former cinema in poor condition and turned it into a 288-seat drama hall, inaugurated in September 2005. The Marconi, with its roughly 350 seats, is therefore the evolution of an experience already made.

The little-cited fact is the link between the two theaters and the Unione dei Teatri di Roma, the association of private theaters that Della Corte helped found and of which he became president in 2019. Those going to the Marconi enter a hall whose director represents Rome's private theaters. And the program bears the imprint of that world: external companies, in-house productions, schools, families, all in the same bill.

The right photo to take at the Teatro Marconi 2026-2027 Season, September 28 to December 31, 2026

The right photo at Teatro Marconi is taken in the hall, before the lights go down, and not during the show, when the phone must be kept off out of respect for the performers. From the back of the stalls, with the curtain still closed, you get the whole renovated hall and the stage in one shot: it is the image that best tells a 350-seat theater, big enough to have a real stage, small enough to see well from every row.

The second photo is of the show's poster, at the entrance, with your ticket in hand: for Lenny, with the show's official postcard, it works well. The third is taken outside, after the show, on the Ponte Marconi, if you head back toward Ostiense: the longest bridge in Rome, in the evening, with the lights on the Tiber, closes the evening.

For New Year's Eve, the photo is just one: the midnight toast in the hall, after the 22:00 performance. It is the only evening of the year when taking a photo in the stalls is the most natural thing in the world.

Some important events that took place here in history

The history of Teatro Marconi is short and documented. In the summer of 2015 Felice Della Corte and a group of friends start the project. The hall is completely renovated by the architect Beniamino Lavorato, with new stage, stalls, rehearsal rooms, box office, dressing rooms and bar. The opening to the public comes in October 2015. Since then the theater has paired the bill with the Theater School, dance, music and workshops.

The history of the neighborhood is longer. The Ponte Guglielmo Marconi, which gives the avenue its name, was begun in 1937, interrupted by the war, resumed in 1953 and inaugurated on February 26, 1955, and restored in 1975. Earlier still, on the banks of the Tiber, the Pietra Papa docks were a river port active from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD, and tradition places Cleopatra's landing there.

And then there is the story that is on stage this year. On August 3, 1966 Lenny Bruce died in his dressing room. In 1974 Bob Fosse dedicated the film Lenny to him, with Dustin Hoffman. From October 22 that story comes alive again on Viale Marconi.

Who has passed through the Teatro Marconi 2026-2027 Season, September 28 to December 31, 2026

The stage of Teatro Marconi, this fall, hosts a good part of the Roman independent scene. Felice Della Corte, founder and artistic director, directs Linee, tra i bordi with the company Mania Teatro and the young Kevin Di Sole, Alessio Antelmi, Alice Corti, Francesca Polenta, Riccardo Musto and Massimiliano Viola Grosso. Antonello Avallone, with the Compagnia delle Arti, brings Lenny as director and performer, alongside Riccardo Barbera, an actor tied for years to Della Corte's seasons.

With the Comic Off series come the Compagnia CDC APS of Gianandrea De Cesare, who takes on Moravia, and the company C'era un'altra volta directed by Angelita Puliafito. In November there is the company Quelli del Piano di Sopra of Claudio Natili, with the Meo Patacca written with Carlo Giustini. At New Year's the company Ridikulus with the text by Massimo De Giorgio.

And then there are the authors, who pass through their words: Alberto Moravia, with his drama on play and freedom, and Lenny Bruce, the American comedian who became a symbol of free speech, told by Giuseppe Pavia. In the stalls, as always, the neighborhood audience, the schools, the families: the reason the theater was born.

How to organize the evening at Teatro Marconi

For couples

A Thursday or Friday performance at 21:00, dinner beforehand along Viale Marconi and the walk back over the Ponte Marconi: it is the simplest evening. For Lenny it is the ideal format.

For families

The Saturday 18:00 performance of the Meo Patacca, with the reduced ticket at 10 euros for children, leaves time for a pizza after the show. At New Year's, the 19:00 performance with entry and entertainment from 18:00.

For schools and groups

The free matinees of Linee, tra i bordi on October 12 and 13 at 10:00 were the offer for classes. For adult groups it is best to contact the box office and ask about the agreements active with organizations and companies.

Frequently asked questions about the Teatro Marconi season

Where is Teatro Marconi in Rome?

Teatro Marconi is at Viale Guglielmo Marconi 698/E, in the Marconi district, Municipio XI. You get there by metro line B, at the stop the theater lists as EUR Marconi, and by buses 791 and 170. The theater has a large internal parking lot reserved for spectators and a bar.

Which shows are on at Teatro Marconi in fall 2026?

Teatro Marconi has on the bill La vita è gioco (September 28 and 29), Colpo di fulmine (September 30), Actor Ace (October 4), Linee, tra i bordi (October 12 to 16), Lenny, ipotesi di un omicidio (October 22 to November 8), Er carnevale de Meo Patacca (November 13 to 29) and Babbo Natale va in pensione on December 31.

How much do Teatro Marconi tickets cost?

Teatro Marconi tickets vary by show: 15 euros full price and 12 reduced for Comic Off and Linee, tra i bordi, with under-25s at 10 euros for the latter. 25 and 20 euros for Lenny. 25 and 20 plus 2 presale for the Meo Patacca. 25 or 45 euros for New Year's Eve.

Where do you buy Teatro Marconi tickets?

Teatro Marconi tickets are bought online on the theater's official website, with the Buy online button of each show, or at the box office, open Monday to Saturday from 17:00 to 20:00 and Sunday from 16:00 to 18:00. For information: 06 5943554 or WhatsApp 375 7717111, messages only.

What time do shows start at Teatro Marconi?

Evening shows at Teatro Marconi usually start at 21:00, Sunday performances at 17:30. There are exceptions: Colpo di fulmine at 20:30, the Meo Patacca also on Saturday at 18:00, the school performances at 10:00 and New Year's Eve at 19:00 and 22:00.

Does Teatro Marconi have parking?

Yes, Teatro Marconi has a large internal parking lot reserved for the public, as well as a bar. It is a concrete advantage over the theaters of the historic center, especially for those arriving from the EUR, the southern neighborhoods or from outside Rome.

What is Teatro Marconi doing for New Year's 2026?

On December 31, 2026 Teatro Marconi presents Babbo Natale va in pensione by the company Ridikulus in two performances: at 19:00, with entry from 18:00, at 25 euros, and at 22:00 with a toast at midnight, at 45 euros. The reduced ticket for disability costs 20 and 40 euros.

The final advice

Teatro Marconi is the theater I recommend to those who live south of the Tiber and to those who want an evening of drama without the stress of the center. This fall the title to invest in is Lenny. For families, the Meo Patacca. Arrive early, park inside, have a coffee at the bar and enjoy a show in a hall where you see well from every row.

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