Puppets’ theatre company 'atelier colla & sons'
Puppets’ Theatre Company Atelier Carlo Colla & Sons Very well known all over the world, the Puppets’ Theatre Company ‘Atelier Carlo Colla & Sons’ has made tourné in different towns in the USA, and then in Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Melbourne Saint Petersburg Caracas, Seoul, Sidney. It’s a 144 years old historical Italian company, always headed by the own members of the family since his foundation in 1863 by Giovanni Colla. 35 shows in repertory from ballet and melodramas (Aida, Aristides) to classics (Around the World in Eighty Days, Cinderella, Ali Baba). Linked by history to Milan, this former aristocratic family transformed a high- middle-class trendy show at the end of XVIII and the beginning of XIX century, in their way of life. Puppets, furniture, cloths, shows and most of scenography are historical fine hand-works always kept restored by devoted hands.
