RUFA Scenography student Ilaria Del Nibletto has conceived and designed the set for the theatre production Into the Black, directed by Christian Angeli, director and RUFA lecturer in History of Theatre. The production was staged at Teatro Tordinona in Rome from 12 to 15 March 2026, as part of the curricular internship included in her… Find out more
On Wednesday 11 June, a group of students from the RUFA School of Set Design had the extraordinary opportunity to attend the dress rehearsal of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi, staged at the Arena di Verona. The invitation came directly from the renowned director, set designer, costume designer, choreographer and light designer Stefano Poda and… Find out more
Christian Angeli presents “Controfigura” with the participation of RUFA students and Alumni. From January 21 to 26, 2025, “Controfigura” will be staged, a play directed by RUFA professor and director Christian Angeli. An intense work, with dramaturgy by Antonello Toti, freely inspired by Come tu mi vuoi by Luigi Pirandello, which explores themes of… Find out more
Festival set designers: “A floral suggestion for the Festival scene.” A flower blossomed on the Ariston stage, amid games of mirrors and transparencies: this is the suggestion that – abandoning the purely horizontal/vertical dimension – accompanied Gaetano and Maria Chiara Castelli in designing the set design for the Sanremo Festival 2024, him for the… Find out more
Sorry, this entry is only available in IT. Dal 26 al 29 ottobre sarà in scena al Teatro Tordinona lo spettacolo “Viva l’Italia”, scritto e diretto dalla docente RUFA di Scrittura Creativa Franca De Angelis, con la partecipazione di Massimiliano Maggi come disegno luci e di Anna Cianca come interprete principale. 29-29 ottobre 2023 –… Find out more
Annarita Debellis and Raffaele Esposito, third-year students of Set design, were elected the undisputed winners of the Call promoted by the Polish production company WFDiF. All Cinema and Set Design students at the Academy were encouraged to submit a pair project that included a directing and set design idea and was inspired by the… Find out more
The set design of the highly anticipated 73rd Sanremo Festival is signed by father and daughter, Gaetano and Maria Chiara Castelli – RUFA lecturer of Set design – and the whole of Italy’s attention is focused on the Ariston stage topped by a giant luminous dome. “This year, for the Festival, we thought of building… Find out more
A new opportunity for Film and Scenography students: RUFA and the production company WFDiF join forces to enhance the film and performing arts disciplines. RUFA and the production company WFDiF – Wytwórnia Filmów dokumentalnych i Fabularnych of Warsaw, through the Polish Institute in Rome, have signed an agreement to foster cooperation between Italy and… Find out more
On stage until 22 May is ‘Gli amici degli amici’, the new show written by Franca De Angelis and directed by Christian Angeli. “Gli amici degli amici” is staged in the evocative setting of the Stanze Segrete Theatre, from 10 to 22 May, and is based on the short story of the same name by… Find out more
For the first time in Italy, from 28 to 30 April at the Cinema Farnese in Rome, the TEATROTEKA festival: a dialogue between cinema and theatre that brings together young playwrights and debutant directors RUFA and the TEATROTEKA project in Rome join forces to foster cooperation between Italy and Poland in the development of… Find out more
Sunday, March 20 marks the inauguration of the new project of lecturer Davide Dormino: “Quando il bambino era bambino”, with a text by Silvano Manganaro. The appointment is from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at Fondazione VOLUME! “…Quando il bambino era bambino, non sapeva di essere un bambino, per lui tutto aveva un’anima e… Find out more
Congratulations to Maria Pina Bentivenga for an important goal. Our RUFA teacher has just been nominated – the only Italian artist – with the “Torri” project for the Queen Sonja Print Award , the Norwegian royal house’s engraving award. The Queen Sonja Print Award has become the world’s premier graphic art award – a… Find out more
Congratulations to the students of Scenography Flaminia Giacobello and Antonio Vulpiani for winning the Skuola.net competition The aim of the competition was to renew the physical studio for video and Web TV production of Skuola.net, the reference edTech portal for the Italian student community with over 6 million monthly visitors. It is not the first… Find out more
Antonin Joseph Di Santantonio, architect and RUFA professor of Technology and materials for set design, has just published his latest book in collaboration with the architect Maria Beatrice Gallo: “Gaetano Castelli in the history of RAI scenography”. A project that reconstructs the career of the set designer from the beginning up to his latest RAI… Find out more
The deadline for submitting applications has been extended to February 25th! The annual selection of the best Italian design. Only products selected by ADI Design Index can participate in the Compasso D’Oro design competition. RUFA students are encouraged to participate in the ADI Design Index 2022 call. Each year ADI Association for Industrial Design identifies… Find out more
On 11 January at the Cometa Off Theater the show “Il Miracolo” will be staged, created by RUFA teachers of creative writing and documentary techniques Franca de Angelis (author) and Christian Angeli (direction). The project also involved professors Massimiliano Maggi for the lighting design and Anna Cianca as interpreter. Synopsis Ever since his partner –… Find out more
The replicas of The Metamorphosis by Ovidio, directed by the RUFA lecturer in History of the Performing Arts Francesco Polizzi, with Vincenzo Iantorno, Andrea Lami, Gioia Ricci and Irena Goloubeva. The Metamorphosis The performance is an uninterrupted sequence of myths: a continuous interweaving of narratives that mix history and mythology. A show in ten scenes,… Find out more
On Friday 19 November 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the RUFA Space will host the event Human: first-post-contemporary the final exhibition of the Workshop “Bodies, textiles, images” by Caterina Di Rienzo. RUFA Space RUFA Space, the multi-purpose area dedicated to events and exhibitions by the students of the Academy, continues to generate culture,… Find out more
At the end of the enrolment phase, the following places are still available for the first years of the respective courses: BACHELOR OF ARTS MASTER OF ARTS The available places will be reassigned by scrolling through the order of the candidates considered admitted and suitable for their respective courses in previous admission sessions. The registration… Find out more
Now in its sixth edition, the International Prize ” Contemporary Generation”, promoted by the Luiss Creative Business Center, aims to promote contemporary Italian and foreign art, support artists under 35, and expand the permanent art collection of the Luiss Business School. International Award “Contemporary Generation” . The competition requires that candidate works develop a specific… Find out more