Attraverso Festival — Events in Novi Ligure

Attraverso Festival comes to Novi Ligure

In the town of Novi Ligure, a key hub of the Alto Monferrato in the Province of Alessandria, Attraverso Festival returns to bring high-quality live culture to the summer of 2026. The festival, one of the most extensive cultural initiatives in Piedmont, has chosen the Teatro Paolo Giacometti—a historic venue on Corso Piave in the city center—as the stage for one of the most awaited comedy performances of the season.

«Kamikaze» by Eleazaro Rossi

The star of the Novi Ligure stop is Eleazaro Rossi with his new show «Kamikaze», taking the stage on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 9:00 PM. A comedian from Romagna who grew up between provincial life and sharp observation of reality, and a co-host of the television program Le Iene, Eleazaro Rossi is considered by many of his peers to be among the best Italian stand-up comedians. «Kamikaze» is his fourth show: a provocative, unfiltered monologue that explores universal themes like life, death, and the modern world, blending social satire, streams of consciousness, and ruthless observations on daily life.

A fierce and unpredictable stand-up comedy

The show is the result of long and thoughtful writing: to build the monologue, Rossi isolated himself for several weeks away from the world, creating a work that is intentionally difficult to summarize—fierce, surreal, and unpredictable. A journey between the tragicomic and the existential that spares no one, starting with the author himself. The evening at the Teatro Giacometti brings to Novi Ligure one of the sharpest voices in contemporary Italian comedy, perfectly in tune with the guiding theme of the 2026 edition, #pop: culture that becomes popular and accessible to all without sacrificing depth.

A cultural project spanning the UNESCO hills

The evening in Novi Ligure is one of over forty stops in the XI edition of Attraverso Festival, the event that runs from July 13 to September 19, 2026, enlivening nearly thirty municipalities across the Langhe, Roero, Monferrato, and Piedmontese Apennines, in the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, and Cuneo. Artistically directed by Paola Farinetti and Simona Ressico and organized by Hiroshima Mon Amour and Produzioni Fuorivia, the festival weaves together theater, music, literature, philosophy, and comedy into one great cultural journey through the UNESCO-listed hills of Southern Piedmont.