Alberto Chinigò

"Theatre as a three-dimensional mechanism. Beyond language, into the soul."

About Me

A lifelong journey through the living machinery of theatre — as director, writer, and technician — from the page to the stage, from the sound desk to the architecture of the space itself.

My path began in the late 1970s with the Living Theatre and the experimental stages of Rome, and has carried me across decades of international productions, festivals, and broadcasts. I write and direct my own work, and along the way I have shaped sound, light, and structure for countless performances, always in service of the story and the artists who bring it to life.

From directing and playwriting to live sound engineering, stage management, set design and broadcast production, my craft is rooted in curiosity and precision — a constant dialogue between the technical and the poetic.

Expertise

  • Directing & Playwriting
  • Technical & Stage Direction
  • Live Sound Engineering
  • Theatre & Festival Production
  • Set Design & CAD / BIM
  • Broadcast & Radio Production

Vision

"Theatre is a three-dimensional mechanism — every detail, seen or unseen, exists to carry the work beyond language and into the soul."
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Current Production

Frida - 16 gennaio 2027 - Prima

Frida - 16 gennaio 2027 - Prima

Historical Archive

August 2026

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January 2026

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November 2025

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January 2025

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June 2023

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March 2022

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2021 - Inactive due to Covid19

Dobbelbunn - August 2019

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Malamore - March 2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2011

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November 2010

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May 2010

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2005

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2004

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RPO 98 Mhz - Radio Paris Oslo -Control room under rebuilding - final phase

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RPO 98 Mhz - Radio Paris Oslo - Control room

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RPO 98 Mhz - Radio Paris Oslo The Soundfield microphone, during testing

2003

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RPO 98 Mhz - Radio Paris Oslo

2001

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2000

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1999

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1998

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1997

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1995

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1994

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1993

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1992

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1991

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1990

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Archive 1989 - 1

Kampnagel Hamburg

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Kampnagel Hamburg

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Kampnagel Hamburg

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Kampnagel Hamburg

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Kampnagel Hamburg

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Kampnagel Hamburg

Archive 1989 - 1

TyUZ teater Leningrad- Allestimento: La camera astratta- Studio Azzurro & G.B. Corsetti

Archive 1989 - 2

Manifesto "La camera astratta" Leningrad.

Archive 1989 - 3

Lettera doganale trasporti miei impianti Sovtransauto

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Hotel Pribaltiskaja, Leningrad.

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TyUZ Teater Leningrad

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TyUZ teater, Leningrad

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Festival di VillaMassimo Roma - Direzione tecnica e impianti.

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Festival di VillaMassimo Roma - Direzione tecnica e impianti.

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Festival di VillaMassimo Roma - Direzione tecnica e impianti.

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Festival di VillaMassimo Roma - Direzione tecnica e impianti.

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Festival di teatro di Barcellona

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Festival di teatro di Barcellona "Durante la costruzione della Muraglia cinese" da F. Kafka, Regia di G.B. Corsetti

1988

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Descrizione di una battaglia, da F. Kafka, Regia di G.B. Corsetti

Archive 1988 - 2

Unthinkable today, being without visual contributions but quite complex, at the time and not ordinary.

1987

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"La Camera astratta " estratto dal libro con cast

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Gilgamesh, Atene, Averof Theatre

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Gilgamesh, Roma

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Wiener Festwochen

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"Experimentum mundi" di Piergiorgio Battistelli, Wiener Festwochen

1986

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Le notti della musica- Dirette internazionali

1985

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Luca Ronconi

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Giorgio Marini

1984

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IPSOA

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IPSOA & Studio Transit

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IPSOA & Studio Transit

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IPSOA & Studio Transit

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IPSOA & Studio Transit

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44 mlm

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24 slm

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22 slm

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50 slm

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Terzo ordine ambulacri

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IPSOA & Studio Transit

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Prove per uno scherzo.

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Dark Bar versione teatrale.

1983

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Borges, luci e ideatore

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Borges, luci e ideatore

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Borges, luci e recensione.

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Borges, luci e recensione.

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Preparazione 1

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Preparazione 2

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"Josephine, la cantatrice" Rond Point, Paris

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"Josephine, la cantatrice" Rond Point, Paris

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"Josephine, la cantatrice" Rond Point, Paris

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"Josephine, la cantatrice" Rond Point, Paris

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"Josephine, la cantatrice" Rond Point, Paris dall'Archivio centrale BNF

1982

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"Marat Sade" da Peter Weiss, regia di Shahroo Kheradmand

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Yoshi Oida

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Yoshi Oida

1981

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"Barsiza" Teatro in Trastevere, Sala A, Roma

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"Barsiza" Teatro in Trastevere, Sala A, Roma

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Elevation dance company

1980

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teatro La Comunità, Roma

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Teatro La Maddalena, Roma

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teaterfestival, München

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Teaterfestival, München

1979

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Peter Brook

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Tadeusz Kantor

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Squat theatre

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New York Festival teatro italiano - Gianfranco Varetto. acting role June 1979, St. Clemens Theatre

1978

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Prometheus - Rehearsal at Alberico Theatre in Rome

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Carlo altomare

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Julian Beck (left) Mary-Mary (middle) Carlo Altomare (right)

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Mary-Mary (left) Julian Beck (middle) Carlo Altomare (right)

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Prometheus - Rehearsal at Alberico Theatre in Rome

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Prometheus - Rehearsal at Alberico Theatre in Rome

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Apollo, Carol, Tom.

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Rain, Judith Malina, Julian Beck

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Seven meditation

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Sette meditazioni sul sado-masochismo politico

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Mysteries

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Studi di danza classica

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