L'Altro Monferrato a Molare
Molare's date in 'L'Altro Monferrato', the touring late-summer theatre festival that crosses the Apennines between Piedmont and Liguria — in 2026, an open-air evening with Moni Ovadia in Piazza del Comune.
Why it's special
For one evening the village square becomes a stage for a name from the national theatre circuit — a chance to catch serious open-air performance in a small Orba-valley comune, part of a festival built around a different theme each year.
Programme · 2026
Sat 5 September, 21:00, Piazza del Comune – Moni Ovadia in 'Laudato Sii', a reading and commentary on Pope Francis's encyclical on the ecological crisis. Part of the 13th edition of L'Altro Monferrato (21 August – 4 October 2026), themed 'Sognando l'Orient-Express'.
- The 2026 evening is in Piazza del Comune at 21:00.
- It's one stop on a festival that moves around many towns on both sides of the Apennines, so dates and the year's line-up change annually — check L'Altro Monferrato's programme for the Molare date.
Molare takes its turn in L'Altro Monferrato, the touring theatre festival that spends late summer and early autumn crossing the Apennines between the Monferrato hills and the Ligurian valleys. Each edition runs to a theme — the 13th, in 2026, is "Sognando l'Orient-Express" — and moves from town to town, so a small comune like Molare gets a single, well-chosen evening.
In 2026 that evening is Saturday 5 September at 21:00 in Piazza del Comune, with Moni Ovadia performing Laudato Sii, a reading and commentary on Pope Francis's encyclical and its call to face the ecological crisis. It's an adult, reflective piece rather than a family show — the draw is catching a national theatre name under the open sky in a village square.
Because the festival travels, the Molare date and the act change from year to year; check L'Altro Monferrato's programme for the town's slot each season.