Free guided tours at the Filarmonico for World Theatre Day 2026
Fondazione Arena di Verona celebrates World Theatre Day. The doors of the Filarmonico open to let the public discover the spaces and rooms where the arts and crafts of staging are born. On Friday 27th and Saturday 28th March, it will be possible to participate in free guided tours of the Theatre. Two sessions, for 20 people each, are scheduled for both days: at 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM. No registration is required to participate; simply arrive at the ticket office in via Roma fifteen minutes before the start of the desired session. Admission is free until all available spots are filled.
The initiative, first proposed in 2025 for the 50th anniversary of the Theatre's reopening, has become a permanent activity of the Filarmonico starting this year. In addition to these two extraordinary tour days, the Stanze della Musica (Rooms of Music) appointments will continue throughout 2026, bookable online at www.arena.it at the symbolic price of 5 euros (3 euros reduced for over-65s and under-30s).
During the guided tours, the public is accompanied to discover well-known and lesser-known spaces of the Teatro Filarmonico, its collections, the secrets of the stage and behind the scenes, where the Foundation's artistic and technical ensembles train all year round, before and after the Arena Festival. For everyone, it is a unique and unmissable opportunity to discover a gem in the heart of the city of Verona.
Since 1962, World Theatre Day has celebrated the cultural, social, and ethical role of theatre and the performing arts, entrusting a reflection to a master of the contemporary scene each year. For 2026, the message comes from actor and director Willem Dafoe, Artistic Director of the Venice Biennale Theatre: «In a world that seems to be becoming increasingly divisive, authoritarian and violent, our challenge as theatrical creators is to avoid the corruption of theatre into a mere commercial enterprise, dedicated to entertainment through distraction, or into a dry institutional guardian of traditions; rather, our challenge is to promote its power to connect peoples, communities, cultures and above all to question where we are going...» (source: MiC, 5/3/2026).
