French and Italian mother-tongue actor, I have been trained at the “Civica Scuola d’Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi di Milano”, a well-known acting academy created by Giorgio Strelher and Paolo Grassi. I  concluded my studies in 1997.

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In the following years I worked with several actors and directors (among them, M. Dioume - one of Peter Brooks’ favorite actors – in productions such as “Macbeth” at the “Teatro Stabile di Verona”;  M. Scaparro, for the “Pulcinella” at the Teatro Eliseo di Roma;  S. Mabellini for “The Passion of Romeo and Juliet” – Associazione Battello Ebbro).

 

In 1999 I gained my first experience in street theatre, which really influenced me, and in 2000 I created a character:  Monsieur Colombet, the sommelier of poetry, a kind of waiter who performs poems in wine bars & restaurants.  This show was commissioned by the “Festival Teatrale dello Spettatore” (organized by the “Teatro del Lemming”) in Rovigo in 2000.

 

From 2000 to 2003 I collaborated with the Centre Culturel St Louis de Rome as an actor and a drama teacher in French.

 

In 2001 with Maurizio Mancini,I created the “Musicalclowns” . The duo performed several shows in Rome and other towns in Lazio.

In 2004 Leris Colombaioni directed “Le parodie di Ninetto e Rataplan” for the Musicalclowns. And  in 2005 I performed my first clowning one-man-show, “Ninetto Show”.

 

In 2006 I directed “Le Petit Prince” by Saint Exupéry for "il teatro dell'aplauso" (Rome). 

 

In 2008 I wrote and performed a clowning/mime play "Fleur" together with the pianist Anna Laura Longo. The show was produced by "la compagnia dei Varii" and directed by Sandro Mabellini.

 

Then I moved to UK where I did various clowning shows and collaborated with Table Top Circus.

 

In July 2015 I moved to Edinburgh where I created the group "Acting Languages" and opened, separately, French and Italian Drama courses.

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For more information regarding Acting Languages visit the following website:

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http://www.meetup.com/Acting-Languages/
 
https://www.facebook.com/actinglanguages/
 
http://toniscalia.wix.com/actinginfrench

http://toniscalia.wix.com/actinginitalian