If you’re traveling through Venice February 20-March 8, be sure to pencil the 40th International Theatre Festival into your Italy vacation. The performances at the festival conclude Biennale di Venezia director Maurizio Scaparro’s two-year project dedicated to the Mediterranean. The first part of the project, the International Theatre Workshop, allowed stage veterans and leading intellectuals to collaborate with students and scholars to create theatre which, echoing Picasso, helps us realize the truth. This installment will continue those themes through five performances. Actress Irene Papas, who has appeared in more than 70 films over her career, will be presented with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. To find out more about the festival, please visit La Biennale di Venezia’s website.
