THURSDAY 7th November 2024 marks Milan’s No’hma Theatre hosting the 15th edition of the International Prize Awards dedicated to Teresa Pomodoro‘s ‘Il Teatro Nudo’(The Naked Theatre) and her vision of universal theatre, open to contamination between the arts and diversity.
The International Award, presented under the High Patronage of the President, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has seen for the 2023/2024 season the participation of fourteen companies from Argentina, Denmark, Venezuela, Slovenia, France, Hong Kong China, South Korea, Greece, Finland, India, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland and Brazil.
Neythe at No’hma
Teresa Pomodoro’s International Prize has always been an exciting journey of art and beauty, traditions and visions; an evocative itinerary around the world that is renewed every year with prose, music and dance performances in the original language.
During the evening, the winning performances of the prizes are awarded by the International Jury of Experts chaired by Livia Pomodoro. Outstanding cultural personalities will be presenting: Tadashi Suzuki, Stathis Livathinos, Lev Abramovič Dodin, Lluís Pasqual, Lim Soon Heng, Fadhel Jaïbi, Gábor Tompa, Muriel Mayette-Holtz, Oskaras Koršunovas – and the Jury of Spectators will be present too, who thanks to the to Culture can vote for their favourite show among those in the competition.
Since 2024, actor and director Toni Servillo has also been a member of the jury, replacing the great Enzo Moscato, who passed away last January. Among the Awards, the ‘Special Prize for the Preservation of World Heritage’ also returns.
An event that has become a tradition for Milan and for the world theatre scene and one of the most loved by the public, which has proved to follow with ever-increasing involvement and interest the festival has become a reference point with a network of connections and artistic exchanges between more than 60 countries and over 130 companies, reaching over 85,000 spectators in attendance and via streaming.
Neythe at No’hma
For the 2023/2024 edition, which was articulated within the ‘In Viaggio’ season, the No’hma Theatre’s reconnaissance brought emerging talents, successful figures, and leading artistic personalities to the stage of Via Orcagna.
During the event on Thursday – introduced by Livia Pomodoro, flanked by the actor Alessandro Colombo – the most significant moments of the 2023/2024 edition will be retraced with live performances by some of the protagonists of the event, as well as videos and speeches by representatives of the competing countries, testimonials and surprises.
“This award reminds everyone that Teatro No’hma is a space constantly on the move, and represents the cosmopolitan and universal nature that distinguishes the city of Milan,” explains Livia Pomodoro.
The International Prize for Teresa Pomodoro’s Nude Theatre carries forward with respect and conviction Teresa Pomodoro’s idea of a theatre open to contamination between different artistic disciplines, to under-represented themes and to the most distant theatrical realities, to which it thus offers a unique opportunity to make a name for itself on the world stage.
An idea shared and pursued with Pomodoro’s great vision and artistic sensitivity. “With the presence of the International Prize in the programme schedule, theatre becomes the official language universally spoken to narrate today’s world. The stage is transformed into the place of encounter and dialogue par excellence, where the invitation to reflect, to discover, to know is constantly renewed,” she concludes.
by Chidozie Obasi