The Grammar of Habits Theater Season
The Corato Municipal Theater season featuring drama, dance, jazz, and culture
About The Grammar of Habits
The Corato theater season
The Grammar of Habits is the theater season held at the Teatro Comunale di Corato, in the heart of the town in the province of Bari, Puglia. Promoted by the Municipality of Corato in collaboration with the regional circuit Puglia Culture, the festival spans seven months, from November to May, turning the historic city theater into a landmark for live performance enthusiasts.
A multidisciplinary program
The program weaves together different stage languages. The main drama and dance section features fifteen performances by leading actors from Italian theater and cinema, alongside productions by renowned companies and dance troupes. In addition to the drama schedule, the season includes operetta, grand ballet, and new contemporary dance forms, offering something for a wide and diverse audience.
Jazz, culture, and young spectators
The season is more than just theater. Every spring, the Jazz in…Canto festival brings four concerts to Corato in the evocative Cloister of the Palazzo di Città , under the artistic direction of double bassist Pierluigi Balducci. The Cultural Fridays series offers a cycle of lectio magistralis with intellectuals, philosophers, and economists, while the Grammar of Wonder section is dedicated to younger audiences, featuring Sunday family shows and school matinées.
A historic theater
The Teatro Comunale di Corato, inaugurated in the 19th century, is one of the city's architectural jewels and recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. The Grammar of Habits season renews the bond between this historic space and the community every year, confirming Corato as one of the most vibrant cultural hubs in the province of Bari and all of Puglia.
Why attend
- Great names from Italian drama, cinema, and music
- A program combining theater, dance, operetta, and jazz
- Cultural meetings and shows designed for families
- The setting of a historic theater in the center of Corato
The Grammar of Habits — edition 2026
The 2025/2026 season
The Municipality of Corato and Puglia Culture offered a seven-month program for the 2025/2026 season at the Teatro Comunale di Corato, featuring fifteen drama and dance shows, four jazz concerts in the Cloister of the Palazzo di Città , and the children's section The Grammar of Wonder.
The season opened on November 9th with Malika Ayane in Brokeback Mountain – A play with music and continued through winter and spring with prominent names from the Italian scene, closing at the end of May with the jazz festival Jazz in…Canto directed by Pierluigi Balducci.
Programme The Grammar of Habits 2026
Drama and Dance (Teatro Comunale)
- Nov 9 – Malika Ayane, Brokeback Mountain – A play with music
- Nov 27 – Mario Incudine, Mimmi
- Dec 2 – Alessio Boni and Antonella Attili, Iliad, the game of the gods
- Dec 14 – Francesco Pannofino, Francesco Acquaroli, Paolo Sassanelli, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead
- Jan 9-10 – Opus Ballet Company, Callas Callas Callas
- Jan 24 – Massimo Venturiello, Chicchignola
- Feb 5 – Elio Germano, War as it is
- Feb 14 – Tosca D'Aquino, Dinner with a surprise
- Feb 22 – Cin Ci Là (operetta)
- Mar 5 – Paolo Calabresi, All the men who are not
- Mar 12 – Natalino Balasso and Michele Di Mauro, The Great Magic
- Mar 22 – Malalingua Company, A Saturday with friends
- Mar 28 – Giorgio Marchesi, The Lover
- Apr 11 – Some Like It Hot
Jazz in…Canto (Cloister of Palazzo di Città , May)
- May 8 – Serena Spedicato ensemble, Only you I love – The voices of Genoa
- May 15 – Jonathan Gee Quartet, Reimagining The Beatles
- May 22 – Roberto Ottaviano and Rob Luft, Rob a due
- May 29 – Pierluigi Balducci Ensemble, Kosmos & Chaos
Cultural Fridays
A cycle of lectio magistralis with Emiliano Brancaccio, Francesco Pallante, Luigi Abiusi, Enzo Bianchi, and Vito Mancuso.
Highlights The Grammar of Habits 2026
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Practical information — The Grammar of Habits
Location
Performances are held at the Teatro Comunale di Corato, in Piazza Marconi, in the city center. Jazz concerts take place in the Cloister of the Palazzo di Città .
Tickets and subscriptions
The season is ticketed. Full-season subscriptions and flexible packages are available, as well as individual tickets. Discounts are provided for seniors over 65, youth under 25, people with disabilities, journalists, and military personnel. Online sales via Vivaticket.
Box Office
Theater box office in Piazza Marconi. Phone +39 351 438 5425, email [email protected].
How to get there
Corato is accessible by car via the SS16 and the A14 motorway (Trani-Corato exit), and by train via the Ferrovie del Nord Barese line.
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Where does it take place — The Grammar of Habits
Teatro Comunale di Corato
Piazza Marconi, 70033 Corato