ErosAntEros was born from the union of Davide Sacco and Agata Tomšič in January 2010. Their research pursues an engaged theater that doesn’t give up the aesthetic value of the form, in a strong relationship with the history, the present and the territories in which it is created, with the aim to connect theater to life and make the imagination a tool to transform reality.
They have been produced by important theatrical institutions, including Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale, Ravenna Festival, TNL – Théâtre National du Luxembourg, Slovensko Mladinsko Gledališče, Teatro della Toscana, Teatro Piemonte Europa, Teatro della Tosse, Campania Teatro Festival.
They have been involved in important international projects at: the Festival d’Avignon (in 2023 and 2022 with European Theatre Convention; in 2018 with ProHelvetia and MiBACT); various international conferences by EASTAP European Association for the Studies of Theatre and Performance (Aarhus 2023; Milano 2022); the Kosovo Theater Showcase 2022; the candidacy of Piran2025 as European Capital of Culture (artistic consultants 2019-2020); the F.I.N.D. plus festival of the Schaubühne in Berlin (in 2015, with Emilia Romagna Teatro and Prospero Project); the Grotowski Institute of Wroclaw and the Odin Teatret / Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium of Holstebro (between 2014 and 2017).
Over the years, the artistic direction of Sacco and Tomšič has: co-directed and organized in Ravenna the festival Fèsta and the season Ravenna viso-in-aria (2012-2014); collaborated to the project of non-school workshops of Teatro delle Albe (2014-2018); produced and distributed their own productions in Italy and abroad (2010-present); been the theatrical consultant of the candidature of Piran2025 as European Capital of Culture, leading a project with a network of 30 European partners of the highest level (2020).
Since 2018 they are directing POLIS Teatro Festival in Ravenna, programming artists of international importance and implementing participatory projects that involve citizens.
POLIS Teatro Festival is supported by Italian Ministry of Culture (FUS 2022-2024), Emilia-Romagna Region (L.13 2022-2024), Municipality of Ravenna (Cultural Grants 2023-2027). Each year it receives contributions from Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna (since 2019) and other private and public institutions.
AWARDS
- CONFINI in the shortlist of LËTZEBUERGER THEATERPRÄISSER in Luxembourg
- ErosAntEros wins the call to attend the European Theater Academy, promoted by the European Theater Convention, at the Festival d’Avignon in July 2023
- POLIS Teatro Festival wins the call by EFFEA – European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists with the project GAIA – a climate performance that evolves in relation with the places it meets
- ErosAntEros wins the call to attend the European Theater Academy, promoted by the European Theater Convention, at the Festival d’Avignon in July 2022
- LIBIA wins the residency program of CURA project in 2021
- For a new political-aesthetic theatre. Ten years of ErosAntEros through four dichotomies, essay wins the Second Prize in the Arts and Culture Competition “Istria Nobilissima” 2020
- We want everything! text wins the Second Prize in the Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2019
- We want everything! is finalist at the Festival Teatrale di Resistenza 2019 by Museo Cervi di Gattatico (RE)
- Disconcert for rights wins the national theater Teatro della Toscana call for residencies 2019
- Agata Tomsic wins the call by Festival d’Avignon and Pro Helvetia, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, to participate at the Avignon Seminar curated by Eva-Maria Bertschy (Milo Rau’s dramaturg) in 2018
- Dalla luce del mosaico all’immagine profetica wins the Valli del Natisone Through Landscape call for residencies 2017
- On the difficulty of telling the truth wins a special mention at the Theater Festival of Resistance 2017
- On the difficulty of telling the truth is finalist at the Ermo Colle prize 2017
- Dalla luce del mosaico all’immagine profetica is finalist at the Teatri del Sacro prize 2017
- Like fireflies‘ text wins the First Prize in the Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2016
- Like fireflies wins a residency at Genius loci prize by Teatro Akropolis, Genova 2015
- “Chi è? Da dove viene? Dove l’ho incontrata prima?” Studio della parabola mitologica di Ninfa attraverso secoli di sopravvivenze in filosofia, storia dell’arte e psicologia, the essay wins the First prize at the Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2015
- Like fireflies wins a residency at Trasparenze > Festival e Residenze prize by Teatro dei Venti, Modena 2013
- Nympha, mane! text is finalist in the XXX edition of Premio Firenze 2012
- Nympha, mane! text wins the Second Prize Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2012
- Nympha, mane! is finalist at the Tuttoteatro.com Dante Cappelletti Prize 2011
PUBLICATIONS
- A. Tomšič, L’Atlante della memoria come paradigma compositivo contemporaneo, in Creating for the stage and other spaces: questioning practices and theories, curated by Gerardo Guccini, Claudio Longhi e Daniele Vianello, Dipartimento delle Arti, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, 2021, pp. 160 – 171.
- I. De Toffoli, Confini, curated by A. Tomšič, Spoleto, Editoria & Spettacolo, 2021.
- Quale teatro per il domani?, curated by A. Tomšič, Spoleto, Editoria & Spettacolo, 2020.
- A. Tomšič, Seguire la propria missione »fino all’ultimo«: i teatranti tra i Giganti nell’era del Covid, in TEATRODOMANI. Prospettive della scena all’epoca del Covid-19, curated by Marco De Marinis, “Culture Teatrali”, n. 29, 2020, pp. 76-79.
- A. Tomšič, Per un nuovo teatro estetico-politico. ErosAntEros nell’incontro con Marco De Marinis, in La passione e il metodo: studiare teatro. 48 allievi per Marco De Marinis, Genova, AkropolisLibri, 2019, pp. 342-351.
- A. Tomšič, Citazione e montaggio, in Performance project. #Complici di una scena presente, curated by M. Schiavoni, Sigismundus editrice, 2016.
- D. Sacco – A. Tomšič in TERZO TEATRO: IERI, OGGI, DOMANI, “Culture Teatrali” n. 27, 2017.
- A. Tomšič, Il “modello atlantico” come metodo compositivo. Pratiche ed esempi dalla nuova scena italiana, in La terza avanguardia. Ortografie dell’ultima scena italiana, curated by S. Mei, “Culture Teatrali”, n. 24, 2015, pp. 187-199.
- A. Tomšič, Itinerari scenici e compositivi attraverso la Ninfa e l’Atlante di Warburg. Esperienze di ricerca del gruppo ErosAntEros, in Staging Mnemosyne, curated by D. Sacco- E. Verla Bovino, “Engramma” n. 130, ottobre-novembre 2015, http://engramma.it.
- A. Tomšič, “Chi è? Da dove viene? Dove l’ho incontrata prima?” – Studio della parabola mitologica di Ninfa attraverso secoli di sopravvivenze in filosofia, storia dell’arte e psicologia, in 48. concorso d’arte e di cultura Istria Nobilissima. Antologia delle opere premiate, Trieste, Unione Italiana – Fiume e Università Popolare di Trieste, 2015, pp. 89-107.
- A. Tomšič, Creazione e potere delle immagini: breve sprofondamento cronologico dall’antichità a oggi, in Teatro Akropolis – Testimonianze ricerca azioni vol. VI, curated by D. Beronio e C. Tafuri, Genova, AkropolisLibri, 2015, pp. 103-150.
- A. Tomšič, Nympha, mane!, in 45. Concorso d’arte e di cultura Istria Nobilissima. Antologia delle opere premiate, Trieste, Unione Italiana – Fiume e Università Popolare di Trieste, 2012, pp. 135-142.