At the “Teatrino di Vetriano”, on the 17th of October, the Compagnia Teatrale Marcignanese presents “Un’avventura pe i’ pizzicagnolo Beppe”, by Mario Marotta.
The “Teatrino” di Vetriano which was reopened in 2002 thanks to the commitment of the “Fondo per L’Ambiente Italiano”, is a stage matched by no others. Nicknamed the “Bomboniera”, it is cited in the Guiness Book of Records for being the smallest theatre in the world. Its area of 71 squared metres can seat 99 spectators divided between the sixty seats situated in the stalls and the thirty-nine available among two floors of boxes.
Details:
Leaving from the walls surrounding Lucca, follow signs for CASTELNUOVO GARFAGNANA, follow the ss12 road (Abetone-Brennero) for 15KM until you see signs for Decimo.
Leave the ss12 road and take the local road for Pescaglia, follow this road for 4KM until you come to the deviation on the right for Vetriana and Colognora, continue along this country road for 3KM until you reach Vetriano
Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano
su prenotazione
In 1890, an engineer called Biagini donated his barn to be used to build a theatre in Vetriano which at that time had a population of 400 people. A village society worked on its construction. It was made up of 18 people who each deposited a down payment of two lire and then fifty cents per month until the work was completed. The “teatrino” became a very important cultural centre for the village and the people were rightly very proud of it. During the post second World War period, the theatre started to fall into decline until a share of the ownership was ceded to the Town Council in 1983. Restructuring work was interrupted almost immediately and the building became unfit for use. In 1997 the Biagini inheritors donated their share of ownership of the theatre to the FAI, and a year later, restructuring work was taken up again following the project offered by the architect Guglielmo Mozzoni. The “teatrino was officially reopened on the 28th September 2002.