Mimmo Cuticchio

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Mimmo Cuticchio
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Cuticchio in 2017
Born30 March 1948 (1948-03-30) (age 77)
Occupation(s) Cantastorie, puppeteer, actor and playwright

Mimmo Cuticchio (born 30 March 1948) is an Italian cantastorie, puppeteer, actor and playwright.

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Life and career

Born in Gela, the son of Giacomo, a puppeteer who had a travelling theatre, Cuticchio inherited the family legacy and in 1973 founded the Teatro dei Pupi Santa Rosalia, an Opera dei Pupi in Palermo. [1] [2] The same year he wrote his first cantastoria play, Giuseppe Balsamo conte di Cagliostro. [1] In 1977 he founded the association and stage company "Figli D'Arte Cuticchio". [1] [3]

During his career Cuticchio focused on renewing the arts of Opera dei Pupi and cantastoria, opening them to contemporary themes and to civil commitments. [1] [4] [5] As an actor, he appeared in several films, notably playing a leading role in Emanuele Crialese's Terraferma . [6] In 2022, he received a honorary degree from Roma Tre University. [7]

In 2007, he won the Hystrio Award in the Teatro Festival Mantova. [8]

In 2015 the collection of Sicilian puppets started by his father was acquired by the Sicily Foundation, and is now on display at Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo. [9]

Filmography

Theatrography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Conversazione con Cuticchio". Corriere della Sera . 2 January 2014. p. 11.
  2. Reimann, Horst (1982). Siziliens kleines Volkstheater, opera dei pupi (in German). Deutsches Institut für Puppenspiel. pp. 12–3, 45. ISBN   978-3-88317-009-1.
  3. marionnettes, Union internationale des (2009). "Mimmo Cuticchio et ses marionettes". Encyclopédie mondiale des arts de la marionnette (in French). Entretemps. pp. 198–9. ISBN   978-2-912877-88-8.
  4. Audino, Antonio (3 August 2014). "I sogni del cantastorie Mimmo". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. "Cutìcchio, Mimmo". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Enciclopedia Treccani . Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. Conti, Mariateresa (17 October 2010). "Dall'opera dei pupi al cinema: Mimmo Cuticchio attore per Crialese". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. Redazione (16 November 2022). "Laurea honoris causa di Roma Tre a Mimmo Cuticchio: "La condivido con tutto il teatro di figura italiano"". SicilyMag (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. "PREMIO HYSTRIO 2010". archivi.dar.unibo.it.
  9. "pupisiciliani Archivi". Palazzo Branciforte (in Italian).