'Two Lovers of Verona'

Commedia del' arte production

DIRECTED BY TONY KISHAWI
Performed by QUT students.

'Cafe Floriani' is a Commedia del arte school touring production created from the success of 'Mr Affogato'.

'Cafe Floriani'
Commedia del' arte production

DIRECTED BY TONY KISHAWI
Performed by Transient Theatre Company 2000 - 2007

Cafe Floriani Video 'Cafe Floriani' is a Commedia del arte production that was created especially for High Schools. After the success of 'Mr Affogato' in Canberra depicting a real life scenario of one coffee shop trying to put another out of business, it seemed to be a very good starting point for creating an educational production for schools. With a cast of three, they all play multiple roles. 'Cafe Floriani' is currently on tour this year. Please contact us for touring information.

The name 'Cafe Floriani' came from an Italian who claims it's one of the oldest coffee shops in Florence, Italy. So we're still basing the name of the production on the 'Mr Affogato' theme, which is a coffee shop feud.

'Mr Affogato'
Commedia del' arte production

DIRECTED BY TONY KISHAWI
Performed by Full Tilt Performance Troupe 29th April - 9 May 1998'
Mr Affogato Poster

At the Street Studio, The Street Theatre ACT

Supported by ACT Government through its Cultural Council

This is the actors Theatre. This is a Theatre that was before the playwright was invented. We could say that today Commedia del arte' falls into the category of 'Physical Theatre', but I would call it just 'pure Theatre'. Just the actors getting together without a director, without the writer, and coming up with a play, actors at play! Commedia del arte' means literally 'comedy of the [actor's] guild' and is essentially improvised comedy, which followed a plot outline, a 'scenario', rather than written dialogue. It's usually........