LYNCH
Patrick Lynch has specialised in children’s theatre since 2003, after a wide-ranging career in theatre, television and film and academia. He studied psychology at Glasgow University and then dramatherapy and worked for many years with special-needs groups.
He has worked extensively in Europe in theatre-forms like Commedia dell’Arte and clowning. In the UK he has acted and directed for companies like Oily Cart and been a workshop and project leader for many organisatons.
Since 2006 he has been presenting television programmes for the BBC on their channel Cbeebies.
CHIARENZA
Marcello Chiarenza’s work is situated on the border between figurative art and theatre, between symbolic sculpture and event organization in his multi-roles of sculptor, painter, scenographer, designer, theatre writer and director. In the last decades he has been involved with installations, exterior and interior art exhibitions and theatre design for the stage and open-air. He has worked in many cities in Italy and abroad, in theatres, in nature reserves, by rivers and lakes, on beaches and up mountains. Some of his work is housed by institutions such as the new library in Maastricht and Olivetti's offices in Rome.
He has written, created and directed numerous children's shows, adapting myths and fairy-tales such as Hansel and Gretel, Tom Thumb, religious stories like the 'cantico delle creature' of Saint Francis and creating original work like The Fish’s Wishes.
These productions have appeared all over Italy, in children's theatre festivals and as touring shows in their own right with companies like Accademia Perduta. He has also been at the cutting edge of the emerging 'circus- theatre' scene in Italy, being the director of the first three shows of that genre ever performed in Italy - Labirinto Mare, Visioni, and Ombra di Luna, all three based on the myth of Gilgamesh. This series has continued with the shows Creature, Tesoro and Homeless which is still touring extensively in Europe.
CAPELLI
Carlo Cialdo Capelli studied at the Bologna conservatory with teachers such as G.F. Fugazza, K. Stockhausen, B. Ferneyhough, and G. Petrassi, and participated in the making of The show "Il Treno di John Cage" in 1978.
He works mainly with synthesised and electronic music, writing scores for dozens of theatre shows and working with artists such as Arturo Brachetti, Carmelo Bene, Sandro Luporini, Giorgio Gaber (from 1985 al 1990) il Teatro del Buratto (from 1987 al 1993), Dario Moretti (from 1995), and Accademia Perduta (from 1998).
He was the winner of the 'children's composer' prize in Como with his first work "L'anello magico" (the magic ring) and since then he has specialised in children's theatre often making use of his "Tuttopiano", a piano with a keyboard running all around its perimeter. Since the late 90’s he has directed his own shows such as "The dancer and the pianist", an anthology of the songs of Dario Fo and written all the music for the circus-theatre shows that Marcello has created.
MARINI
Elena Marini has had experience in many aspects of theatre and design, working in Venice with visual artists such as Fiora Gandolfi, costume designers like Sue Blane and Vera Marzot and theatrical bodies such as the Biennale and the Venice Carnival. She has also worked in film and television, with BBC and Disney and in theatre with companies like Oily cart.
She co-designs and makes Lyngo’s props and costumes and when on tour she is our stage manager, technician and assistant director.
ROSSI
Carlo has been performing with us since 2010. He studied with the legendary Czech clown Bolek Polivka and brings to our work a surreal and absurd twist that fits very well with our philosophy and is an important part of the European theatre tradition.
He was one of the founder of the clown company Filarmonica Clown in the early 80's and still works with them today. He also worked for many years for RAI (Italy's State television) presenting and acting in the children's program Albero Azzurro.
Many other artists have helped us creating and touring our shows in the past, and they might be back with us again in the future. We want to thank:
Amy Michaels, Emilia Brodie, Airlie Scott, Zoe Harrison , Andrew Irwine, Frank Wurzinger, Pietro Chiarenza, Keta Newborn, Martha Kotzian, Zoe Hunter and all of those who have played with us.