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EDITORIAL: ITALIAN THEATRE IN THE 21st CENTURY

Εξώφυλλο Παράβασις Τόμ. 20 / Cover Parabasis Vol. 20
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Published: Nov 24, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681//.43019
Elina Daraklitsa
Abstract

The present introductory study in the special issue dedicated to 21st-century Italian theatre, published in the 20th issue of Parabasis, the journal of the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, focuses on the themes addressed by the authors of the ten studies included in the tribute. Building upon existing scholarly material, the study delves into the social, political, and environmental dimensions of contemporary Italian theatre, which engages in an active dialogue with digital technology and hybrid forms of performance. The aesthetics of Romeo Castellucci, Giorgio Strehler, and Lluís Pasqual, the eco-dramaturgy, the new dramaturgical and performative expressions that emerged through the post-pandemic theatrical experience, as well as the postmodern reception of Luigi Pirandello’s works in the digital sphere, collectively constitute the rich spectrum of the author’s in-depth research approaches, which enrich the ongoing scholarly dialogue in the field of contemporary theatre studies.

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  • Εισαγωγή στο Ειδικό Αφιέρωμα / Special Issue Editorial
Author Biography
Elina Daraklitsa

Elina Daraklitsa is Assistant Professor of International Theatre and Drama at the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a graduate with honours from the Department of Arts, Music and Theatre (Discipline dell’Arte, di Musica e dello Spettacolo) of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bologna, Italy and holds a PhD from the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Peloponnese. She also did her postdoctoral research at the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Patras. Her forty-nine studies have been published in academic journals and edited volumes in Greece and abroad on the history, drama, visual arts and aesthetics of European and American theatre, with emphasis on Italian theatre and its relations with Greek theatre. She has written eighteen books and she has received many international distinctions and awards for her scientific and artistic work (f.e. award from Unesco for the promotion of Greek literature and arts in Europe and the Luigi Pirandello Prize). She acts as an expert evaluator of research and scientific programmes for the European Commission in Brussels («Expert for proposal(s)»).