Schabernack

"Schabernack are actors, musicians, directors, photographers, clowns... and they are only two!

They live and work, with their dog Nelli, in Montelaterone, a small beautiful village in south Tuscany.

Here they combine art with rural life, promoting every kind of artistic thing you could imagine: painting residencies, street theatre, poetry reading, clowning...

With their red noses and their tractor they crossed Europe from Germany to Italy, bringing poetry and love for life, and lot of fun.

It happened 30 years ago. And it is still happening"

Words by Laura Fatini

Elisa Bartoli

Elsa was born in Siena in 1980. She began her classical and contemporary dance studies at the Piccolo Teatro di Siena. She has worked, among others, with Motus Dance companies, Ensarte,Balletto di Siena. At present she combines teaching with research in the field of improvisation and dance theater collaborating with actors, musicians and performers.

Luca Mauceri

"From a lot of time I walk my personal path mixing theater, music and poetry. I’m an actor as well as a composer and I follow Beauty and Freedom to express my inner light, my emotions. I bring music into my theater and theater into my music. I love life and I’m always looking for new people and new directions that make this world better. I want to be light as the birds, smiling with my eyes…"

Laura Fatini

I have been in theatre for a while. I write, direct, do the set-up. I manage the lights for my plays and I teach my actors how to be at ease on stage. Lately, I have been putting everything in my car and I have been driving miles and miles just to bring my stories to those who want to hear them; and the language of my stories is not always the same as the one of those who listen. But that is fine for me, because I hate barriers, limits and boundaries. One of the quote I am most proud of says:

"BE CAREFUL NOT TO STOP PEOPLE OR YOU WILL END UP STOPPING STORIES TOO'"

Mehdi Kruger