Gommalacca Teatro

The characteristic feature of Gommalacca Teatro, historically predisposed to use the practices and meanings of performing art as a tool for activation and social innovation of the territories in which it operates, is that of dialoguing with peripheral and marginal contexts with respect to the principal centers of cultural production.
The synthesis of the company’s artistic and pedagogical work, lies in the encounter with people and the relationship between artistic intervention and public space in local and global environment.

Founded and directed by Carlotta Vitale and Mimmo Conte, Gommalacca Teatro is a professional theater company based in Potenza – Basilicata active throughout the regional and national territory, that works in the field of performing arts, contaminating artistic practice with the techniques of non-formal education and visual arts.

The main target groups of the theatre-training projects and performances developed in recent years in the area include: citizens, students aged 6-18, disadvantaged groups (educational poverty, school drop-out), teenagers in penal institutions, the unemployed, the disabled; from 2012 onwards: audience training, citizen involvement through stage research workshops, urban games, participatory art; more recently: the definition of a reference “theatre community”, connected to the general cultural activities of the city and the company.

Moreover, as a founding member of #reteteatro41 – network of theatre companies that works with communities, especially with young generations – Gommalacca Teatro is one of the main representatives in Basilicata for theatre and socio-cultural planning and development.

Website and Social Media

Website: gommalaccateatro.it
Facebook Page: @gommalaccateatropotenza