Theatres of Mestre

Theatres of Mestre

In this page you may also find: Brief history of the theatres in Mestre

Theatre Toniolo (property of the Commune of Venice) - 1-3 Cesare Battisti Square - tel. +39 041 971666 - fax +39 041 2749049 - Ticket office 11-12,30 - 17-19,30 - closed on Monday - www.culturaspettacolovenezia.it
Cinema Theatre Aurora 2 Saint Antonio Square, Marghera (Mestre south) - tel. +39 041 923159 - it's also a cinema
Cinema Theatre Corso 30 Popolo Avenue - tel. +39 041 986722 - it's also a cinema
Theatre of the Park (property of the Commune of Venice) - inside the Bissuola Park, 8 Sergio Gori St. - tel. +39 041 5347920 - fax +39 041 5347905 - www.culturaspettacolovenezia.it
Small theatre of the Murata (del TPM) - 19 Giordano Bruno St. - tel. +39 041 989879
Theatre Cafè Sconcerto Via Santa Margherita 7 - tel. +39 041 5441839 - tel.fax +39 041 915722
Theatre Kolbe 154 Aleardo Aleardi St. - tel. +39 041 5314717
Theatre Mabilia 1 Spalti St. - tel. +39 041 958876
Small theatre of Pasini Street - Questa Nave 5/A Pasini St., Marghera (Mestre south) - tel.fax +39 041 041 932421

Brief history of the theatres in Mestre

THEATRE BALBI (1778 - 1811): Smart and, for the age, innovating building that the Balbi family, together with other financer, made to be build at the beginning of Canal Salso, between Barche Square and Mestrina St. The Theatre Balbi was projected by the architect Bernardino Maccaruzzi and built between 1778 and 1779; it contained the Francesco Battaglioli's and Domenico Mauro's decorations and paintings. It was often patronized by the venetian aristocracy, but it was demolished already in 1811. Today it's recalled only by the name of "Gallery of the old theatre".

THEATRE GARIBALDI (1840 - 1908): Wretched wooden building built in 1840 in the main square, beside Palace Da Re. In 1908 it was closed for safety reasons.

THEATRE TONIOLO: Built by Domenico Toniolo in 1913, with neo-classical - Palladian façade and, inside, stuccos by the Antonio Miotti's firm and an Alessandro Pomi's fresco. Since then the "Toniolo" Theatre was both a theatre and a cinema. Still now it's the main theatre of Mestre, recently bought by the Commune. Except for it, there are minor theatres, as Aurora at Marghera (Mestre south), the tiny Teatrino della Murata and the other ones listed above.

Bibliography and further informations:

Maria Bruna ROSSI, Il teatro Balbi in Mestre (1778-1811), in «Quaderno di Studi e Notizie» numero 14-15 (vecchia serie), Centro Studi Storici di Mestre, 1968-1971, pp. 85-94
Antonella FRANCHIN, Il teatro Balbi, in «Quaderno di Studi e Notizie» numero 3 (nuova serie), Centro Studi Storici di Mestre, 1993, pp. 35-42
Stefano CHIAROMANNI, Mestre: architettura del '900, in «Quaderno di Studi e Notizie» numero 9 (nuova serie), Centro Studi Storici di Mestre, 2002