Teatro e Colline — Alfieri nel Borgo Unesco
A theatre-and-landscape festival in the UNESCO hill-borgo of Calamandrana Alta, with shows, walking performances, installations, workshops and encounters staged in courtyards, churches, gardens and a new open-air amphitheatre.
Why it's special
Directed by Massimo Barbero of Casa degli Alfieri, the festival turns the whole medieval upper town and its vineyard landscape into a stage, mixing big-name Italian theatre with immersive walking performances and community projects.
Programme · 2026
- Held in the Borgo Antico of Calamandrana Alta (courtyards Ca 'd Pierina and Ca 'd Carolina, the San Bastian church, and the new amphitheatre in the landscape).
- Tickets €10–€20 via visitlmr.it and on site; box office at Casa nel Borgo (tel.
- 328 7069085).
- Wear comfortable shoes for the walking performances.
Teatro e Colline — Alfieri nel Borgo Unesco is a theatre-and-landscape festival set in the Borgo Antico of Calamandrana Alta, the medieval upper town on the UNESCO vineyard-landscape hills above the Belbo valley. Organised by the Comune di Calamandrana with artistic direction by Massimo Barbero of Casa degli Alfieri, it spreads shows, talks, workshops, installations and walking performances across the borgo's courtyards, churches, little squares, gardens and a newly built open-air amphitheatre in the landscape.
The programme pairs headline names of Italian theatre — in 2026, Gabriele Lavia, Lucilla Giagnoni and Oscar De Summa — with immersive, site-specific pieces that lead the audience through the old town and its vineyards, and with community-theatre projects. Tickets run roughly €10–€20 through visitlmr.it and at the door; the box office is at Casa nel Borgo.
The concrete dates and line-up for each edition are listed above; check the comune's events page for the current year before travelling.