Lysistrata

Thursday 12 February 2026, 6 p.m. | Sala Musica – Teatro Donizetti

About LISISTRATA
Meeting with Lella Costa and the compagnia

Coordinates the meeting Maria Grazia Panigada

Lisistrata is based on a terribly serious and grave premise, something that has always afflicted humanity and seems to have always been unstoppable: war. Lisistrata itself seems to be written like a heroine of tragedy. So much for comedy!
An Athens where there are no more men, because they are all at the front. A world that is crumbling and meanwhile politicians and technocrats in Athens and Sparta who do not know, cannot, do not want to solve the situation.
Remind us?
The great comedy è always a provocation, a scandal that shakes consciences. It is the absurd that becomes a sign of rebellion, of other visions, perhaps unlikely but perhaps possible. Can the sex strike by women be a solution to stop the war? To relaunch life and love? Today more than yesterday, this hilarious and perfect comedy speaks to us. Its ancient call resounds powerfully: «Women of the world, unite! Why not give it a try? Maybe è the good time you will succeed!».