Sergio Di Paola Clown
SERGIO DI PAOLA - PERFORMER
Email: sergiodipaola3@gmail.com
TRAINING: - 1985-1986: Classical guitar course - Instituto Santiago, Naples
- 1985-1987: Pantomime Course (Etienne Decroux Corporeal Mime Training Method) directed by Eugenio Ravo - Naples
- 1985: Tip Tap Dance Training Course directed by F. Grundelfeder - Naples
- 1990-1992: “Accademia di Arte Drammatica”, Teatro Bellini, Naples; (Academy of Drama Arts of the Bellini Theatre of Naples, Italy - Acting degree)
- 1991-1993: Pantomime Training Courses directed by Yves Lebreton – Naples, Rome
- 1993: “Commedia dell’Arte” International Training Course directed by A. Fava – Reggio Emilia
- 1994: Pantomime and Clown Training Course directed by Julie Goel (Mummenschanz) - Naples
- 1995: Acting Training Course directed by Leo De Berardinis – Teatro Verdi, Salerno, Italy
- 2000: “Club Magico Italiano”: Stage Magic Training Course - Naples
MUSIC SKILLS: Instruments: classic guitar, (6 string) banjo guitar, ukulele
CREDITS:
THEATRE:
2022: (Third Edition) “Racconti per Ricominciare” Theatre Festival (Restart Tales), artistic directors: Giulio Baffi and Claudio Di Palma – Naples, Italy (performer and director)
2022: “Interiors”, directed by Matthew Lenton - London International Mime Festival
2020: “Racconti per Ricominciare” Theatre Festival (Restart Tales), artistic directors: Giulio Baffi and Claudio Di Palma – Naples, Italy (performer and director)
2019: “Una noche en la Barraca”, inspired to F.G. Lorca’s life, written by Leda Conti, Teatro Madre Arte – Naples, Italy (performer and director)
2019: “Interiors”, directed by Matthew Lenton – Teatro Sannazaro – Naples, Italy
2019: “Pia Bellentani - come in un romanzo dell’Ottocento” written by Leda Conti - “13 assassine” Theatre Festival - Teatro Tram – Naples, Italy (performer and director)
2017 “ Rifiuti” written by Roberto Russo - Teatro Area Nord – Naples – Teatro Lo Spazio Rome, Italy
2016: “Tre sull’altalena”, written by Luigi Lunari, directed by Massimo de Matteo, Sergio Di Paola and Peppe Miale - Teatro Bellini Auditorium, Naples, Italy
2016: “Allora sono cretina”, written by Barbara Napolitano, directed by Peppe Miale – Galleria Toledo Theatre – Naples, Italy
2015: “Le Disavventure di Mr. Alone”, written by Sergio Di Paola- Positano Theatre Festival
2013: - “Pulcinella e l'erede universale” written by Massimo de Matteo and Sergio Di Paola- Positano Theatre Festival
2010-2011: “Napoletango”, written and directed by Giancarlo Sepe - Napoli Teatro Festival – Teatro Eliseo, Rome - London Coliseum Theatre (running for two years)
2009-2010: “L’altro magnifico Jerry”, inspired to Jerry Lewis’s life – role: Clown Buglione (co-star)– written by S. Di Paola and M. De Matteo – directed by Peppe Miale - Théâtre De Poche, Naples – “Nuovi Sentieri” Theatre Festival, Teatro Bellini Auditorium, Naples – Benevento Città Spettacolo Theatre Festival
2009: “Sam Capuozzo”, written by M. Confalone, L.Saltarelli and R.Azzurro - role: the Detective and other roles - directed by M. Confalone – Borgio Verezzi Theatre Festival (on tour in Italy)
2009: “Circo Ciorpatelico”, inspired to young F.G. Lorca’s poems – role: the Clown - written and directed by Lucio Allocca – Teatro Area Nord, Naples
2007-2008: “Il figlio di Don Giovanni” by E.Tartaglia – role: Pulcinella, Théâtre De Poche, Naples
2007: “Nuovi Sentieri” Theatre Festival, Teatro Bellini Auditorium, Naples: “I Figli di Mamma Minnie” (Mum Minnie’s Sons), inspired to the Marx Brothers’s life – role: Harpo Marx – written by L. Allocca and S. Di Paola – directed by L. Allocca (first performed at Théâtre De Poche, Naples in 2002)
2006: “Le disavventure di Mr. Alone”, a clown pantomime by S. Di Paola – director: L. Allocca - performed in La Roche sur Yon, Nantes, France
2005-2006: “Progetto Pulcinella” Theatre Festival by R. Carpentieri, Teatro Mercadante, Naples: “Le Statue Movibili” by A. Petito - role: Pulcinella - director: L. Serao
2005: “Tourcaret” by A. Lesage - role: Lesage - director: L.Allocca – Palazzo Marigliano, Naples
2003-2004: “S.Leucio Theatre Festival”, Caserta – “Versiliana Theatre Festival”: “Il Ladro e la Milonga” by P. Coletta – role: co-star – directed by Lindsay Kemp
2003: “Soirèe Tardieu”, inspired to J. Tardieu’s works – role: clown – directed by L. Allocca – Institut Français Grenoble, Naples
2002: Venice Biennale Festival – Minetti Circus Show – role: the Clown
2002: Venice Biennale Festival – Teatro Circo – “I Giganti” by L. Pirandello – role: Cromo – directed by D. Iodice
2002: “Come il Sig. Mokinpott è liberato dal dolore” by P. Weiss – role: the Storyteller Clown – directed by L.Allocca – Galleria Toledo, Naples
2001-2002: “Romeo & Juliet, a night of organized raving” – written and directed by P. Rossi – role: the Clown – on tour in Italy
1999: “Magna Grecia” Theatre Festival, Taranto - “La nave di Platone” by Lunari – role: the Servant – directed by L. Allocca
1996-1997: “Capua Antica” Theatre Festival – “I Misteri di Mr. Alone”, inspired to J.Tardieu’s works, written by S. Di Paola and L. Allocca – role: Mr Alone (a Clown) – directed by L. Allocca
1994: “Settembre al Borgo” Casertavecchia Theatre Festival: “Tragicommedia di Don Cristobita e della Signora Rosita” by F.G. Lorca – role: Don Cristobita – directed by L.Allocca
1993: Nuovi Sentieri Theatre Festival, Teatro Bellini Auditorium, Naples: “I misteri di Mr. Alone, a dark clownerie”, inspired to “Le Meuble”, a monologue by J.Tardieu – directed by L.Allocca
1993-1994: “Memoria replicante”, inspired to S.Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape”, directed by L. Allocca, performed at the School of Fine Arts of Naples
1992-1993: “L’Astrologo” by G.B. Della Porta – role: the Astrologer (a Mime) – directed by Mico Galdieri
1992: “Settembre al Borgo” Casertavecchia Festival – “Longobardi Festival”, Benevento: “Le Conferenze Possibili”, inspired to Yorik’s and E. Ionesco’s works – role: the Lecturer Clown in “How to boil an egg” - directed by L.Allocca
1992: “S.Leucio Theatre Festival”, Caserta: “Edipo Re” by Sofocle – role: chorus member – directed by M. Rigillo
1991: “Pulcinella, Matamoros & Co.” – role: Pulcinella – directed by Mico Galdieri - Napoli
1990: “Il Mondo della Luna” by F.J.Haydin – role: a Mime – directed by Costa
Gavras
1989: “Progetto Terra Nostra” – role: Pulcinella - with Roberto Murolo - Naples
1989: “Sognando Pirandello”, inspired to Pirandello’s works – role: co-star – directed by M. Santella – Teatro Ausonia, Naples
1989: “Don Chisciotte” by Cervantes – various roles – directed by R. De Luca– Teatro Ausonia, Naples
1988: “Candido” by Voltaire – role: Cacambo – directed by M. Santella - Teatro Ausonia, Naples
1988: “La Signorina Margherita” by Athayde – role: the Student – directed by F. Calvino – Teatro Sancarluccio, Naples
TV & CINEMA:
2021: “È stata la mano di Dio” (teaser trailer), directed by Francesco Coppola – Netflix
2021: “I Fratelli De Filippo”, directed by Sergio Rubini – premiere at the XVI Rome Film Festival
2021: “Mr Alone” AEDO (music video), directed by Alberto Grosso, HAT Prod.
2021: “Querido Fidel”, directed by Viviana Calò – winning the “Ettore Scola Best Director Award” and “Best Leading Actor Award” at the 2021 Bif&st Bari Film Festival
2019: “Starting Tomorrow I’ll Get Up Late”, directed by Stefano Veneruso, starring John Lynch (post production)
2017: “ Elvis”, short film, directed by Andrea Della Monica – nominated for “Best Short Film Award” - David di Donatello Academy of Italian Cinema Awards
2008: fiction, “7 Vite” - Rai2
2007: short film, “Ho preso un bambino per mano” - leading role: a Clown deported to Auschwitz – directed by A. Marrocco – produced by Théâtre De Poche
2001: short film, “Isa 9000” (a docu-fiction on actress Isa Danieli’s life) – directed by A.Serio (selected for screening and winning awards in many Italian and International film festivals, acquired in 2005 by UCSD California University and screened at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, LA – USA, screened in 2008 at the Ravello Festival)
1999: film, “Rose e Pistole” – directed by Carla Apuzzo – produced by Falco Film
1997: fiction, “Camici Bianchi” – directed by S. Amatucci – Mediaset
1996: cabaret show, “Laboratorio 5” – Mediaset
1996: short film, “Neaomenia” by A. Serio – produced by Théâtre De Poche – selected for screening at the Torino Film Festival and the Anthalia International Film Festival
1994: fiction, “Pazza Famiglia 2” – directed by E. Montesano – Rai2
1993: short film, “Rara Mens” by A. Serio – produced by Théâtre De Poche – selected for screening at the Bellaria Film Festival
CABARET:
1999: winner of the Critics Choice Award at the Cabaret Festival, Martina Franca (Taranto)
1997: cabaret show, “Stiamo lavorando per noi” at Zelig in Milan, with Paolo Rossi.
1994: winner of the COMIX Festival organized by “Teatro Studio 1”, Rome
1996: “Performance, a clown show”: winner of the Critics Choice Award at the “Giovani Emergenti” Young Talents Cabaret Festival, Modena
1990-1996: “T.V. Istruzioni per l’uso” - written, directed and performed by S. Di Paola and M. Cambria – on tour in Italy