Ylajali by Jon Fosse at Teatro della Visitazione, Dec 2-4

Ylajali (Fame) by Jon Fosse, final show with Andrea Tidona at Teatro della Visitazione, Dec 2 to 4, 2026

In short. From Wednesday, December 2 to Friday, December 4, 2026 the Teatro della Visitazione, at Via dei Crispolti 142 in Rome, presents the final show of «Ylajali (Fame)», an unpublished text by Jon Fosse brought to Italy for the first time.

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From Wednesday, December 2 to Friday, December 4, 2026 the Teatro della Visitazione, at Via dei Crispolti 142 in Rome, presents the final show of «Ylajali (Fame)», an unpublished text by Jon Fosse brought to Italy for the first time. Admission is free.

Ylajali: watercolor illustration of a dark stage with beams of light and an audience seen from behind — Illustration generated with artificial intelligence: it is not a photograph of Teatro della Visitazione or of the event.

Updated October 30, 2026.

Official presentation of Ylajali

«2-3-December 4, 2026 ore 21 Teatro della Visitazione. Spettacolo finale del laboratorio di formazione dedicato a Ylajali (Fame), testo inedito dello scrittore norvegese Jon Fosse, Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 2023, presentato per la prima volta in Italia.»
Text from the official Cultura Roma Capitale page (service translation: “December 2-3-4, 2026, 9 p.m., Teatro della Visitazione. Final show of the training workshop devoted to Ylajali (Fame), an unpublished text by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, Nobel Prize in Literature 2023, presented for the first time in Italy.”), source

The show is the outcome of the training workshop devoted to «Ylajali (Fame)». At the center of the work is the theme of hunger, which goes from a primary need to a metaphysical and universal dimension.

The official presentation points to an intense, dreamlike and poetic reflection on marginality and deprivation, which also leaves room for the possibility of human solidarity and of meeting the other.

On stage are Andrea Tidona and two young actors under 35, selected through the workshop. There are three evenings, on December 2, 3 and 4.

The production is curated by the cultural association ZERKALO. Among the supporters is the Ministry of Culture, through the Direzione Generale Spettacolo, and the work is among the winners of the Roma Capitale notice «Lo spettacolo dal vivo fuori dal Centro, anno 2026», with SIAE as partner. As with all events of this kind, the program may change.

Where Ylajali takes place: Teatro della Visitazione

The Teatro della Visitazione is at Via dei Crispolti 142, in Municipio IV of Rome. At the same venue, from November 4 to 6, the residency told in Tramonto Occidentale by Muta Imago is on the program.

Villa Ipazia is in the same municipality, and on November 29 it hosts Madri Costituenti.

Practical information for Ylajali

Dates: Wednesday, December 2, Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4, 2026
Venue: Teatro della Visitazione, Via dei Crispolti 142, Rome (Municipio IV)
Admission: free
Cast: Andrea Tidona and two young actors under 35 selected from the workshop
Organization: cultural association ZERKALO, info@zerkaloteatro.com, phone 351 3421639
Website: zerkaloteatro.com
Getting there: use the ATAC journey planner
Notice: the program may change, as the official page states

Frequently asked questions about Ylajali

How much do tickets cost for «Ylajali»?

Admission is free, as the official page states.

On which days is «Ylajali» performed?

On December 2, 3 and 4, 2026, at the Teatro della Visitazione.

What is «Ylajali» about?

The central theme is hunger, understood first as a primary need and then as a metaphysical and universal dimension, with a look at marginality, deprivation and solidarity.