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Stories from the work.

Acting updates, roles, rehearsals, showreels, and stories from Luca and Gabriele Stifani.

From the archive

Nino holding Luca and Gabriele as babies

In the press · Porta di Mare · 29 March 2015

From Salento to America.

Family, theatre and filmmaking: Paola De Pascali profiles Luca and Gabriele Stifani.

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The This Is That touring company together outside a glass-fronted building

Archive · June 19, 2014

Conclusion of “This Is That” Spring Tour 2014

Looking back on two months of performances in Münster, Lecce, Nottingham and London. Read the thirteenth post
A sepia graphic of the Stifani twins titled Twins on the Road

Archive · April 22, 2014

A New Adventure

Writing from a train to Belgium about freelance life and the work ahead. Read the twelfth post
D la Repubblica cover with an inset portrait of Luca and Gabriele Stifani

In the press · D la Repubblica · 19 April 2014

D la Repubblica

Laura Antonini’s 2014 feature on working across Europe, with photographs by Carlotta Cardana including Luca and Gabriele in London.

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The updated This Is That 2014 Spring Tour poster with a new Nottingham date

Archive · March 31, 2014

“This Is That” — New UK Date

Nottingham joins the 2014 Spring Tour, alongside Münster, Lecce and London. Read the eleventh post
Luca and Gabriele Stifani on the This Is That 2014 Spring Tour poster

Archive · March 19, 2014

“This Is That” Spring Tour

The 2014 dates in Münster, Lecce and London, with the official trailer. Read the tenth post
Luca and Gabriele Stifani wearing red sunglasses in the Auguri Salento feature

In the press · La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno · 31 December 2013

Auguri Salento

A New Year message from Tokyo: Luca and Gabriele on their Salento roots, creative hopes and the first plans for The Devil on Wheels.

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The Stifani brothers organising rehearsal ideas on a wall of notes

Archive · October 16, 2013

“Original Copy”: A Thank-You Note

A heartfelt thank-you after eight weeks creating and premiering “This Is That”. Read the ninth post
The Stifani brothers experimenting with projected figures during a rehearsal

Archive · September 8, 2013

England: Between The Place & Nightingale [Phase #4]

Final creation notes from London and Brighton before the Newcastle premiere. Read the eighth post
The young Stifani twins together in St Mark’s Square, Venice

Archive · August 30, 2013

Touring Dates — September/October 2013

Newcastle, Stockholm and Malmö dates for “Original Copy”. Read the seventh post
A projected portrait inside the Convento da Saudação performance space

Archive · June 23, 2013

Montemor-o-Novo: Brainstorming [Phase #3]

Residency notes from Portugal and the questions behind “Original Copy”. Read the sixth post
Luca and Gabriele Stifani performing How About You? on stage

Press archive · February 20, 2013

Dancing Toward the Exit

Marjorie Neset on How About You?, identity, and the Stifani brothers in Albuquerque. Read the press story
Performers and collaborators working in a dark theatre auditorium

Archive · August 17, 2012

Antwerp: Brainstorming [Phase #2]

A reflection on instinct, awareness and the act of performing. Read the fourth post
Two people sitting at a counter in a stylised painterly interior

Archive · August 13, 2012

Antwerp: Brainstorming [Phase #1]

Ideas, memories and the beginning of a new international collaboration. Read the third post
Gab Stifani in the foreground while another performer lies on a rehearsal floor

Archive · August 6, 2012

Between Antwerp and Düsseldorf: Performing “How About You?”

Ten days of rehearsals in Antwerp before the upcoming performance in Düsseldorf. Read the second post
A graphic of the Stifani twins silhouetted against a red and orange background

Archive · April 1, 2012

Hello, and welcome to our blog!

Why we started writing—and why there was no coming back. Read the first post
Luca and Gabriele Stifani seated together in London — portrait by Carlotta Cardana

Photography · Carlotta Cardana · Undated project statement

The Fourth Freedom

Carlotta Cardana’s photographic project, with Luca and Gabriele’s London portrait and their account of moving to England.

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