A new theatre season awaits audiences at the Teatro della Fiaba e della Poesia in Montalto delle Marche, running from 13 December 2025 to 29 April 2026.
The programme is promoted by the Municipality of Montalto delle Marche and AMAT, with the support of the Marche Region and the Italian Ministry of Culture (MiC).

The season is part of the Metroborgo MontaltoLab project – Presidio di Civiltà Future – of which AMAT is a partner.

In addition to the subscription season, the project launches another important section entitled Metroborgo MontaltoLab Multidisciplinary Residencies.
This programme includes not only performances, but also workshop-based activities led by the resident companies, actively involving the citizens of Montalto delle Marche.

APRIL 10th

9.15 PM

COMPAGNIA A.D.D.A.
MIO PADRE È SYLVESTER STALLONE

dramaturgy Leonardo Ceccanti
with Davide Niccolini
direction Matteo Ceccantini
production Pilar Ternera
spectacle finalist for the Scenario 2025 Award

Riccardo is born in Livorno in the late 1950s. At the age of six he meets his father in a psychiatric hospital; in a delirium, the man screams at him: “You don’t exist!” Riccardo grows up poor, drifting between odd jobs and street fights. At fourteen, by chance, he walks into a gym and discovers freestyle wrestling. Riccardo can exist. He can challenge his father’s curse. He finds a second father in his coach. He trains and begins to win—city competitions, regional tournaments, then national, European, and world titles. At twenty-two he places seventh at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He could have done better, but the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics will be his.

In every film, every rise is followed by a fall. A serious accident strikes, and Riccardo falls into a coma. When he awakens, he has nothing left. His body is no longer fit for wrestling. No more Olympics. Career over. Riccardo no longer exists—but he manages to take hold of the thread of his life again: his attempts at existence defy narrative logic. His legs no longer hold him, but his arms do. His rebirth is arm wrestling.

This story is not a film. If it were, it would be “based on a true story.” The proof exists: footage, photographs, medical reports—and a son who bears witness to his father’s life.

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Tickets & Information

Tickets are available online or at the THEATRE BOX OFFICE: +39 338 2294521 (WhatsApp messages and calls only).

• Two days before the performance: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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