Di Filippo Marionette

Our Story

Theatre comes to life at the end of a string.

Di Filippo Marionette is an Italian-Australian theatre company that explores the endless expressive possibilities of marionette theatre, creating performances where poetry, irony, emotion and wonder come together.
Through a universal language that transcends linguistic and cultural barriers, the company tells stories that speak to audiences of all ages. Marionettes become living presences, protagonists of encounters and adventures that explore, with lightness and depth, the fragilities, contradictions and beauty of human nature.
The artistic research of Di Filippo Marionette brings together craftsmanship, technique and theatrical sensitivity, transforming movement and gesture into extraordinary forms of expression. A theatre where even the smallest movement can evoke an emotion and where wonder becomes a shared experience.
Alongside its artistic productions, the company develops educational activities through workshops and training programmes, and takes on the artistic direction of festivals and cultural projects. For twelve years, it directed the FOF – Offida Figure Theatre Festival, as well as the Fatto Festival in Lundo, Trentino, contributing to the creation of spaces for encounters and exchanges between artists, audiences and different cultures.
The company also brings its theatre into special social and human contexts, performing in prisons and hospitals. These experiences transform theatre into a means of connection, sharing and human closeness, reaching people in places where the opportunity to dream and experience wonder takes on an even deeper meaning.
Throughout its artistic journey, Di Filippo Marionette has performed in 34 countries and received 12 international awards, taking part in festivals and theatre events around the world.
In their performances, the marionettes tell their own stories through movement, music, live singing and interaction with their “manipulActors”: artists who do more than simply bring characters to life; they become an integral part of their stage universe.

OUR PRODUCTIONS

HANGING BY A THREAD
A poetic and surprising journey into the world of marionettes, where the boundaries between reality and imagination dissolve. Blending comedy, virtuosity and moments of great emotional intensity, the performance brings to life characters capable of surprising and captivating audiences. A universal, wordless visual theatre experience for all ages.

VARIATIONS
An exploration of the endless expressive possibilities of the marionette. Through movement, rhythm, imagery and transformation, the performance explores the relationship between marionette and puppeteer, playing with the possibilities of the animated body. An original visual experience, balancing poetry, experimentation and wonder.

FEATHER
A delicate and poetic encounter with the world of marionettes, designed for young audiences while also captivating adults. Through imagery, movement and imagination, the performance takes audiences into a world of emotions, discoveries and little moments of wonder.

Di Filippo Marionette. A theatre made of strings, emotions and wonder.