THEATRE

The Globe Theatre hosts Rome's annual Shakespearean festival.

SHAKESPEARE AT THE GLOBE 6 AUG-27 SEPT Rome’s Shakespearean festival at the Silvano Toti Globe Theatre returns to Villa Borghese for its 17th edition this summer, with covid-19 precautions in place. The festival devoted to Shakespeare is once again under the artistic direction of popular Roman actor Gigi Proietti. This year’s Italianlanguage productions include Le opere complete di Shakespeare in 90 minuti (15, 16, 22 Sept), Shakespea Re di Napoli (2-6 Sept), La dodicesima notte (11–13, 17–20, 23–27 Sept). There are also familyfriendly morning productions aimed at children aged 4-11: Riccardino Terzo (5-6, 19-20 Sept) and Le tre streghe del Macbeth (12-13, 26-27 Sept). There is no English-language production this year. Globe Theatre, Largo Aqua Felix, Villa Borghese, www. globetheatreroma.com. SHORT THEATRE 4-13 Sept Now in its 15th year, this daring theatrical initiative is born of a collaboration between festivals, embassies and cultural institutes, and takes place in venues in Rome

from 4-13 September. The festival comprises avant-garde theatre, dance, music, performance, prose, dj sets and workshops, and is staged at La Pelanda - Mattatoio, WeGil, Teatro Argentina and Teatro India. For festival programme and full details see website, www.shorttheatre.org.