Theater of Solidarity - Fairy Tales Festival

The Theater of Solidarity in Marano di Napoli

Some events are not born to fill a calendar, but to respond to a neighborhood need. This is the case of the Theater of Solidarity in Marano di Napoli, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania: one evening a year where the Nuova Stella Nascente school puts its youngest students on stage and donates the proceeds to those working concretely in the area. The title chosen for the 2026 edition, «Fairy Tales Festival – Little actors, big hearts», says it all: fairy tales on stage, heart in the audience.

Fairy Tales Festival: the children are the protagonists

The show entrusts the stage to the children of the acting course of Nuova Stella Nascente, supported by the classical ballet students of the same school. The result is a theatrical journey through the world of fairy tales, where acted parts alternate with danced scenes: a simple and accessible format, designed for an audience of families, grandparents, classmates, and neighbors.

For the young performers, it is the moment when the work of an entire year of workshops leaves the classroom and meets a real audience. For the public, it is an hour of light theater, where the emotion comes more from the commitment of the performers than from the stage effects.

An evening that counts double

The distinctive feature of the initiative is its charitable purpose. The entire proceeds of the evening are donated to two local entities in Marano:

• the «Tutela la Salute» association of Marano, active for years on issues of mental health, social inclusion, and job placement, with theater and music workshops also aimed at neurodivergent youth;
• a new association created in memory of Mario Di Sangro, a boy who passed away prematurely at the age of fourteen.

It is a choice that changes the meaning of the evening: those who buy a ticket are not just paying for a show, but funding projects that remain in the neighborhood after the final applause.

The Maria SS. Immacolata Parish theater

The venue is the Maria SS. Immacolata Parish theater, on Via Giordano Bruno, one of the few community halls in Marano di Napoli still actively operating. Throughout the year, it hosts recitals, parish festivals, inclusion workshops, and school performances: an intimate space with limited capacity, which makes advance booking recommended.

Marano di Napoli and the area north of the capital

With over fifty thousand inhabitants, the Municipality of Marano di Napoli is one of the most populous centers of the northern hinterland of the Province of Naples, at the foot of the Camaldoli hills and a few kilometers from Quarto, Villaricca, and Calvizzano. In a dense urban context, where cultural spaces are a scarce resource, initiatives like this have a value that goes beyond the single event: they keep alive a network made of parishes, dance and acting schools, and volunteer associations.

Why attend

• A show suitable for the whole family, of limited duration and in the evening, accessible even to the youngest.
• An admission fee that supports social projects in the Marano area.
• The opportunity to discover a community hall little known outside the neighborhood.
• A participatory format, where the audience is largely composed of the performers' families: the atmosphere is warm and informal.

An event that is growing

After the first edition in 2025, the initiative was repeated in 2026 with the second edition, a sign that the formula — children on stage, proceeds to charity — has found its audience. Information is spread from year to year mainly through the organizing school, the parish, and the local press in the area north of Naples: it is therefore advisable to follow these channels in the months prior to find out the date and booking methods for the next edition.