Pippo Delbono, author, actor and director was born in 1959 in Varazze, in the Liguria region. He began his career in traditional theatre, then moved do Denmark where he studied Oriental theatre through rigorous work on physicality and voice with the Farfa Group at the Odin Teatret.

At the beginning of the 1980s he established the Compagnia Pippo Delbono. His works can be defined as total creations, where a core group of actors expands the whole time. His encounter with marginalized people generated a new phase of his creative vein, leading to the play Barboni (Tramps) (1997), winner of the UBU price. Some of the actors – among which is Bobò a deaf-mute man who was rescued from a mental hospital, after spending there 45 years, are still part of the company.

Plays: Il tempo degli assassini (The Time of the Assassins) (1987); La rabbia (The Rage) (1995), dedicated to Pasolini; Guerra (War) 1998; Esodo (Exodus), 2000; Il silenzio (The Silence) (2000); Gente di plastica (Plastic People) 2002; Urlo (Scream) 2004; Questo Buio Feroce (Fierce Darkness) 2006; La Menzogna (The Lie) (2008). His adaptation of Sheakespeare’s Henry V, Enrico V (1993), was staged at the Royal Shakespeare Company (2007). His latest production Dopo la battaglia (After the Battle ) was premiered on 3^rd May at Teatro Verdi in Padua .

Films: Guerra (War) (2003) shot in Israel and Palestine , winner of the Davide di Donatello at the Venice Film Festival as best documentary. Grido (The Cry) (2006) was presented at the Rome Film Festival. La Paura (The Fear) (2009) was shot entirely with a mobile phone and converted into a film and was presented at the Locarno Festival.

Books: Barboni – Il teatro di Pippo Delbono (Ubulibri, 1999); Mon théâtre, (Actes Sud; Le corps de l’acteur), (Les Solitaires Intespestif)s; El teatro de la rabia, (Punto Aparte); Récits de juin, (Actes Sud); Racconti di giugno, (Garzanti, 2008); Corpi senza menzogna (Barbes Editore, 2009); Regards, (Actes Sud). Dopo la battaglia, (Barbes Editore - forthcoming).