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Turin hosts Giocoteatro Theatre Festival 2010

If you’re lucky enough to be visiting Turin in Italy this month, don’t miss the annual Giocoteatro International Theatre Festival which this year, is being held in Turin until 25 April 2010. Here you can enjoy the works of 100s of different actors who are getting involved with the project. If you enjoy theatre you’ll love this festival where you’ll catch new and quality performances for around a mere €10 (£9).

As well as fantastic theatre performances, if you fancy yourself as a bit of an actor, you can also take part in the various workshops and public performances that will be available! Also look out for several installations which will be set up at the Casa del Theatro Ragazzo which is the very heart of the whole event.

Although a great portion of the actors will be Italian there will be many international directors and actors too, so it’s a chance to capture how different interpretations are from around the world.

The Giocoteatro is likely to be very popular so make sure you get there early to buy tickets!

Do you like theatres? Or perhaps you’ve visited Turin? Let us know below!

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Celebrate Italian Liberation Day

Celebrated throughout the whole of Italy each year, Italian Liberation Day remembers 25 April 1945, which was the day the German-Fascist rule ended in Italy.

 To mark this date, during the day cities all over Italy will be overflowing with parades, important speeches and ceremonies, which will honour the revolution of partigiani and various other anti-fascist groups that helped collapse the Mussolini regime.

Of course the celebrations will be the biggest and best in Italy’s capital, Rome. Even the President himself will make a visit to the Ardeatine Caves Mausoleum in Rome, which is where it will certainly never be forgotten that the Nazis massacred 335 Romans in 1944. The rest of Rome will host various events throughout the day, so look out for posters and crowds as you explore the city.

Wherever you are in Italy, you’re sure to run into some entertaining yet still very poignant celebrations, which will surely become a highlight of your trip to Italy.

Let us know how you celebrated Italian Liberation Day below in the comment box!

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