Once Upon a Time in Italy #2: the 70s. The Moro Affair by Leonardo Sciascia
Thursday 24 September, 6.30 pm Once Upon a Time in Italy #2: the 70s. The Moro Affair by Leonardo Sciascia Domenico Scarpa and John Foot in conversation Chair: Cecilia Ghidotti Reading: Chiara Goldsmith Italy’s seventies were a decade fractured from within, torn between ideology and violence, with its truths left to fester in silence. In […]
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Grazia Deledda’s Waves: Networks, Memories and Legacies 100 Years After the Nobel Prize
The Italian Section of the University of Cambridge presents International Conference Grazia Deledda’s Waves: Networks, Memories and Legacies 100 Years After the Nobel Prize 25-26 September 2026 Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge The international conference Grazia Deledda’s Waves: Networks, Memories and Legacies 100 Years After the Nobel Prize aims at fostering new research into the life and work of Grazia Deledda, with emphasis on her […]
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(W)HOLE by Clusterduck at AND Festival
25-27 September in Barnsley, South Yorkshire (W)HOLE – A transmedia project which uses Augmented Reality, 3D sculpting, photogrammetry, soundscapes and collaborative storytelling to explore the hidden life of digital infrastructures. by artist collective Clusterduck which is Co-founded and led by Italian artist Silvia dal Dosso. ICI London supports (W)HOLE, a cooperative world-building project designed to uncover […]
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Francis of Assisi for kids (and curious parents) by Federico Corradini
Friday 25 September, 4.30 pm at SIAL School, 154 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 4UH Francis of Assisi for Kids (and curious parents) by Federico Corradini A journey through storytelling, universal values and creativity for children. Readings and activities with the author Federico Corradini and Eleonora Lizzul Event for children aged 6-12 In Italian ICI […]
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Book Club Teenagers with Ernestina Meloni #2. La musica nelle ossa by Christian Antonini
Friday 25 September, 5pm at ICI London Book Club Teenagers with Ernestina Meloni #1 La musica nellle ossa by Christian Antonini ICI London and SIAL.courses present The Book Club for Teenagers. A project that aims to engage young people aged 11 to 18 and invite them to discover the pleasure of literature. During each meeting, […]
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Future Classics. Screening the New Italian Cinema #5
ICI London and CinemaItaliaUK present Future Classics. Screening the New Italian Cinema #5 Future Classics is a new film series dedicated to Italian cinema and its contemporary classics, offering a vivid and dynamic portrait of Italy — its faces, landscapes and stories. Curated by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Londra and CinemaItaliaUK, the programme highlights a key […]
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GeM Award 2026
28 September, 6.30pm GeM Award 2026 In 2017, Gloria Trevisan and her fiance’ Marco Gottardi, young and talented architects from Italy, came to London to find work and were delighted to have found an affordable flat on the 23rd floor of the Grenfell Tower. They both died tragically in their flat during the fire in London on […]
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Mr Moore’s Bizarre Secret Society
30 September-10 October at the Bridewell Theatre, Bridle Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ Mr Moore’s Bizarre Secret Society Written by: Gloria Danili Directed by: Roman Stefanski Music by Neil Brand. With Michael Bertenshaw in the role of Mr Moore Voices: Michael Rosen and Linda Bassett The secret fairytale of London comes to the stage… ICI London, […]
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Malaparte, Englishmen and others
Malaparte, Englishmen and Others International Seminar 30 September 2026, 6 pm Casa Italia, Italian Cultural Institute, London 4–5 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6JP Complex, charismatic and provocative, a leading figure of his time, Curzio Malaparte, born Kurt Erich Suckert, was one of the most significant interpreters of the 20th century, from the outbreak of the […]
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The Right to Joy – stage reading
1 October, 6.30pm THE RIGHT TO JOY texts by Goliarda Sapienza directed by Livia Gionfrida with Livia Gionfrida music performed live by Guido Sodo production Teatro Metropopolare A theatrical reading for speaking voice and music that crosses the words of Goliarda Sapienza, radical author of twentieth-century Italian literature. The voice of the author intertwines with […]
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