From 23 to 27 April 2025 | BRAT venue, Porpetto (Udine)

A voyage through body, mask, and puppet theatre to rediscover the expressive power of movement and uncover the principles behind every genre of theatre.

The pre-expressive mask provides a way for people to rediscover the body as a scenic instrument and the theater as a play. Thanks to the lack of expression, gestures are amplified and tensions are revealed. Each action acquires meaning, and space becomes a place to live with awareness.

Through a process of listening and transformation, the actor becomes a malleable substance, a blank page on which any story can take shape, whether with or without a mask. The mask moves towards organicity, synthesis, and precision, improving scenic sensitivity and presence.

After a intense physical session, we will explore how the mask can become alive through breath, which is a fundamental principle of the stage. Through rhythm, form, and movement, we aim to uncover a universal language that comes from the essence of the body, one that transcends linguistic and cultural barriers, where action becomes speech and absence becomes presence.

The path will continue to explore puppet theatre, examining the connections between movement, mask, and figure. By transferring movement from the body to the object, we can animate the inanimate and bring life to what appears soulless.

A workshop for professionals and artists-in-training with the participation of five young talents from leading Ukrainian theatre academies.
Participants can bring any object or, if they have one, a puppet to work with.
The workshop will be held in comfortable, black and neutral clothes, barefoot.

From 23rd to 27th April 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (with a 1-hour lunch break).

BRAT venue, via Pampaluna 66, Porpetto (Udine)
By car: recommended exit from the A4 Porpetto/San Giorgio di Nogaro motorway.
By train: nearest station San Giorgio di Nogaro.
Activities will take place in the company’s rehearsal space, with access to a dining area, kitchen, and bathroom.
For those requiring accommodation, a dormitory is available at the BRAT guesthouse, with a contribution of 50 euros for the entire period.

He graduated in 2014 from the Accademia Teatrale Veneta and specialised in mask theatre, also learning the art of mask making. He studied puppet construction and animation at the Atelier delle Figure in Faenza and deepened his knowledge of movement through the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System. In 2015, together with Agata Garbuio, he founded the company BRAT, with which he produces shows, workshops, and cultural projects, and with which he won the Premio Scenario Infanzia 2022 for the show Nunc, which he directed and which was produced by the Teatro Metastasio in Prato. He works as an actor, mask maker, and trainer both in Italy and abroad (Scotland, Albania, Netherlands, Denmark, Romania, Slovenia, France, Indonesia). Since 2019, he has been teaching at the Accademia C. Goldoni of the Teatro Stabile del Veneto – Teatro Nazionale, and in 2024, he taught at the Accademia Dell’Arte in Arezzo. Since 2022, he has been the co-artistic director of the Epicentrico Festival.

To register, please send your CV to limitless@compagniabrat.it by Thursday, 10 April.