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Taormina in miniatura

by Gino Castorina

Former Church Del Carmine, Piazza IX Aprile from July 22nd to (at least) October 30th 2022 

Free Entrance

Opening Hour: 10.00am-1.00pm and 4.00pm-11.00pm

Extraordinary minature reconstruction of Taormina. Unique in size and details.

 

PRESS RELEASE (in Italian)

MORE INFO
https://www.facebook.com/gino.castorina.taormina.in.miniatura/

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

Mahmood

Ancient Theatre, Monday 18th July 2022 @ 9.00 pm

 

Alessandro Mahmoud (born 12 September 1992), known professionally as Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence after competing on the sixth season of the Italian version of The X Factor. In 2019, Mahmood won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song “Soldi”, and went onto represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, finishing in second place

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone
Stalls (Parterre): € 79,00
Gallery: € 69,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 59,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 30,00

 

MORE INFO

https://www.instagram.com/mahmood/

 

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

Achille Lauro

Ancient Theatre, Thursday 14th July 2022 @ 9.00pm

 

Lauro De Marinis (born 11 July 1990), known professionally as Achille Lauro, is an Italian rapper and singer and song writer who gained popularity in the Italian hip hop scene
On several occasions, Lauro has declared that he is not very close, in terms of tastes, to Italian rap, as he does not like to be homologated to the well-known stereotype of the street rapper. In fact, he has always deviated from the canonical look of hip hop artists, causing a scandal for his eccentric aesthetics in terms of clothing.

 

TICKETS on ticketone.it

Stalls (Parterre): € 79,00
Gallery: € 69,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 55,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 39,00

 

 

MORE INFO

https://www.facebook.com/AchilleL

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

SIMPLE MINDS

40 Years of Hits – Tour 2020

Ancient Theatre, Saturday 12 July 2022 @9.00pm

 

– “Note: The concert was initially scheduled for August 8th 2020 and was postponed due to covid-19. Tickets already purchased remain valid for the new date” –

 

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. The most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s, they achieved five UK Albums chart number one albums and have sold more than 60 million albums. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour.

he nucleus of the band consists of the two remaining original members, Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (electric & acoustic guitars, occasional keyboards after 1990, saxophone and violin).

 

TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 70,00 + presale N/A
Gallery: € 60,00 + presale N/A
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 45,00 + presale N/A
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 30,00 + presale

 

SimpleMinds_Taormina_2020

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa DucaleHotel Villa Carlotta

The Smile

Ancient Theatre, Wednesday 20th July 2022 @ 9.00 pm

The Smile are an English rock band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. They made their surprise debut in a performance streamed by Glastonbury Festival in May 2021, and released two singles in January 2022. The band is a collaboration with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.

 

TICKETS on ticketone and boxol

Stalls (Parterre): € 80,50
Gallery (central): € 69,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 51.75
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 34,50

 

MORE INFO

https://thesmiletheband.com/

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

Jethro Tull

Ancient Theatre, Monday 1th July 2022 @9.00pm

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone
Stalls (Parterre): € 75,00
Gallery: € 57.50
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 46,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): €  35,00

 

ethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 1967. Initially playing blues rock, the band later developed their sound to incorporate elements of hard and folk rock to forge a progressive rock signature. The band is led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, and has featured a revolving door of lineups through the years including significant members such as guitarists Mick Abrahams and Martin Barre, keyboardist John Evan, drummers Clive Bunker, Barriemore Barlow, and Doane Perry, and bassists Glenn Cornick, Jeffrey Hammond, John Glascock, and Dave Pegg

 

MORE INFO

jethrotull.com

www.facebook.com/officialjethrotull

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

O R C H E S T R A   A N D   C H O R U S   O F   T H E

 T E A T R O   M A S S I M O   O F   P A L E R M O

 

Requiem

by Giuseppe Verdi

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Massimo of Palermo

Directed by Lorenzo Viotti

Ancient Theatre, July 8th 2022 @ 9.30 pm

 

TICKETS on boxol.it and ticketone.it
Stalls (Platea): € 40,00 (Under 25and over 60: € 30,00)
Gallery: € 30,00 (Under 25and over 60: € 20,00)
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 20,00 (Under 25and over 60: € 10,00)

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

6 8 t h  T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T

Ennio

Ancient Theatre, Thursday 2nd July 2022 @ 8.45 pm

 

A definitive portrait of Ennio Morricone, the legendary composer responsible for some of the most memorable film scores of all time.
(source: https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-ennio-2021-online)

This documentary about the composer Ennio Morricone is “exhaustive and rather exhausting”, said Ed Potton in The Times. Morricone, who died in 2020 aged 91, wrote more than 400 film scores, and “it feels as though each is covered in detail over two-and-a-half reverent hours”. What director Giuseppe Tornatore (who worked with Morricone on Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) mainly brings us is “thoroughness”: with commentary from talking heads – including Clint Eastwood and Bruce Springsteen – and an interview with the composer himself, Tornatore munches steadily through Morricone’s career, analysing his scores, ranging from A Fistful of Dollars to The Mission.
(source: https://www.theweek.co.uk/arts-life/culture/film/956579/film-review-ennio)

 

Tickets on oooh.events – € 13,00

 

 

MORE INFO

www.taorminafilmfest.it

www.facebook.com/taofilmfest

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

6 8 t h  T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T

 

Minions 2

The Rise of Gru

Ancient Theatre, Thursday 30th June 2022 @ 8.45 pm

 

Minions: The Rise of Gru is a 2022 American computer-animated action comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to the spin-off prequel Minions (2015) and the fifth entry overall in the Despicable Me franchise. Directed by Kyle Balda, with Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val as co-directors.

Premise
Set after the events of the first film in the 1970s, a 12-year-old Gru is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a team of supervillains known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. When the Vicious 6 oust their leader, legendary fighter Wild Knuckles, Gru interviews to become their newest member.

It does not go well, and things only get worse after Gru steals a precious stone from them with the help of Kevin, Stuart, Bob, Otto, and the other Minions and suddenly finds himself the mortal enemy of the apex of evil. On the run, Gru and the Minions will turn to an unlikely source for guidance, Wild Knuckles himself, and discover that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.

 

TICKETS on oooh.events – € 13,00

 

 

MORE INFO

www.taorminafilmfest.it

www.facebook.com/taofilmfest

https://www.facebook.com/MinionsIlFilm

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

6 8 t h  T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T

Il Padrino

(remastered version 2022)

Ancient Theatre,  Sunday 26th June 2022 @ 8.45 pm

Special Guest: Francis Ford Coppola

Tickets on oooh.events – € 13,00

 

Coppola’s masterful film adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel, In the original language with Italian subtitles that tells, as everyone knows, the rise and fall of the Corleone family, is  one of the greatest film in the history of cinema.

A restoration that lasted three years. Every effort has been made to create the best possible presentation for today’s audience, who can watch films using technology that has progressed enormously since 2007, when the last restoration was completed by eminent film historian and conservator Robert Harris.

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta