About
Giampiero Cicciò is an Italian actor and theatre director.
He studied acting at the workshop in Florence directed by Vittorio Gassman with the direction of which in 1988 he made his debut in the theater with the song of F. P. And I. M by Elsa Morante.
In 1989 su Raitre, Department of Education school, is among the actors of the program in six episodes on the methods of acting of the Theater Workshop in Florence: Theater lessons written and conducted by Vittorio Gassman.
In 1991 he began an artistic partnership with Giancarlo Cobelli, with whose direction he represents works of the classical and modern theater.
It is, in fact, directed by Cobelli in A patriot for me by John Osborne (1991) in the role of Ferdy, Andrea, or the reuniting of Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1992) in the role of Zorzi, Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (1993) in the role of Pandaro, Edward II by Christopher Marlowe (1994) in the role of Baldok, Illusion comique by Pierre Corneille (1995) in the role of Adrasto, King John by William Shakespeare (1999) in the role of Cardinal Pandolfo.
In France, in the theater Athénée-Louis Jouvet in Paris, directed by Walter Pagliaro is among the main performers of the actors in good faith of Marivaux (1989).
In Germany, in 2006 directed by Federico Tiezzi, next to Chiara Muti (Antigone) and Sandro Lombardi (Creonte), he is in Sofocle's Antigone by Bertolt Brecht (in the role of Tiresia) as part of the Berlin BrechtFest held in the Berliner Ensemble Theatre founded by Brecht himself.
He has also worked with Alvaro Piccardi (Agamemnon of Aeschylus: 1989); Federico Tiezzi (Pigsty) by Pier Paolo Pasolini: 1994, Dialogues and monologues by the poet Giacomo Leopardi: 1998); Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (The company of men Edward Bond: 2003); Ninni Bruschetta (Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: 1999 in the role of Brutus); Luciano Melchionna (Pause Luciano Melchionna: 2001, the Extermination of Werner Schwab: 2002; The defeat of Gianni Guardigli: 2003); Gianni Guardigli (Joan of Arc of Borgovecchio di Guardigli: 2003); Francesco Saponaro ("Il Petroleum" dramaturgy by Antonio Marfella: 2007).
He made his debut as a director in 1996 at the Teatro Politecnico in Rome with the tragicomedy written by him the fable of skin and Rose. Among the performers: Luciano Melchionna, Celeste Brancato, Salvatore Palombi.
In 1998 for the Circuit Del Mito directed by Franco Zeffirelli he set up the Sicilian of Moliere with Gilberto suitable, Emanuela Muni, Donatella Finocchiaro, Annibale Pavone, David Coco, Giuseppe Castiglia.
For the Taormina Arte festival, directed by Giorgio Albertazzi, it features The Bride of Messina by Friedrich Schiller (1999), GL'inamorati by Carlo Goldoni (2001), Senso by Luca De Bei with Maria Paiato (2002)
In 2003 he was on stage with Andrea Camilleri, creator of a show inspired by La lupa by Giovanni Verga: a show that combined literature, operatic music and dance.
In 2007 he staged the state of siege of Albert Camus and then faced in the following years Giovanna D'arco Di Borgovecchio by Gianni Guardigli.
In 2009 he staged Perthus by Jean-Marie Besset with Massimo De Rossi, Annibale Pavone, Francesco Borchi and Matteo Romoli.
In 2011 he signed the direction of the musical Salvatore Giuliano by Dino Scuderi with Giampiero Ingrassia and Barbara Cola in the role of the protagonists.
In the same year he staged my eyes will change monologue played by Federica De Cola (taken from the last text of Celeste Brancato).
Directed by Ninni Bruschetta, in 2012, is Vassili in the Office written by Giacomo Ciarrapico and Mattia Torre (the authors of the TV series Boris).
In the summer of 2013 he wrote and signed the direction of the short film Rashid, inspired by a fact that really happened. Among the performers: Federica De Cola and Gabriele Greco. In 2014 the short won three awards at the MareFestival of Salina dedicated to Massimo Troisi: awarded the director of" Rashid " Giampiero Cicciò, the protagonist Luigi Cirillo and the supporting actor Gabriele Greco.
In April 2015, produced by Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II of Messina, he staged his own text, "Lei e lei", and is director and performer of the show alongside Federica De Cola.
In March 2016 he wrote and signed the direction of Costano cari gli dei testo inspired by Oscar Wilde's De Profundis. The protagonist of the show is Marco Rea.
Also in 2016, next to Lino Guanciale, he is one of the protagonists of Ragazzi di vita directed by Massimo Popolizio. Based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's novel, the show, produced by the Teatro di Roma, premiered at the Teatro Argentina on October 26.
Since 2017 he has been curating the artistic direction of the inDivenire Festival and presiding over the juries of the prose and dance sections of the Indivenire Prize (central event of the event) which takes place at the Teatro Spazio Diamante in Rome.