Teatro Gustavo Modena

Teatro Gustavo Modena is a cinema-theatre located in Vaiano, in the Province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It is named after Gustavo Modena, an actor and patriot who lived in the first half of the 19th century. The venue is operated by Soc. Filodrammatica G. Modena s.r.l., a company whose roots go back to the Filodrammatica Gustavo Modena, an amateur dramatic society active in Vaiano since 1904. The Filodrammatica originally built a 400-seat theatre in the town, but that structure was destroyed in the post-war period and converted into the local Casa del Popolo. In the 1950s the society created a new building. Although it was intended primarily as a cinema, its large fixed stage, complete with curtain and grid, made it for several decades the main reference venue for the most important cultural and social initiatives across the entire Val di Bisenzio. After years of strong audience success, the cinema-theatre closed in the early 1980s, hit by the crisis that overwhelmed the film industry in those years and by new safety regulations that often required substantial upgrading work. The Gustavo Modena closed in 1983. Only after adaptation works carried out to a design by engineer Patrizio Bessi did it resume activity in 1998, reaffirming its cinematic vocation while continuing to serve as a hub for cultural activities and for the educational, recreational and social initiatives that had distinguished the Filodrammatica since its earliest years. Today the venue presents itself online as Cinema G. Modena, publishing its film programme and ticket prices. A sample programme from March 2012 lists screenings of the film Posti in piedi in paradiso, with reduced tickets at 5 euros for children up to 10 years old and pensioners, and full tickets at 6.50 euros. The website footer identifies the operator as Soc. Filodrammatica G. Modena s.r.l. with VAT number 00337090971. The theatre remains a local cultural landmark in Vaiano and the Val di Bisenzio.

The Teatro Gustavo Modena in Vaiano, in the Province of Prato, Tuscany, is named after Gustavo Modena, an actor and patriot who lived in the first half of the 19th century. Its history is inseparable from that of the Filodrammatica Gustavo Modena, an amateur dramatic society present in Vaiano since 1904. The Filodrammatica had built a 400-seat theatre in the town, but in the post-war period that structure was destroyed and transformed into the local Casa del Popolo. To fulfil its cultural purposes, in the 1950s the society built a new structure. Although intended primarily as a cinema, it featured a large fixed stage with curtain and grid, and for several decades it served as the principal reference venue for the most important cultural and social initiatives of the entire Val di Bisenzio. After years of great public success, the cinema-theatre closed in the early 1980s, coinciding with the crisis that overwhelmed the film industry in those years and with new safety measures that often imposed substantial adaptation work on venues. The Gustavo Modena closed in 1983. Only after adaptation works carried out to a design by engineer Patrizio Bessi did it resume activity in 1998, reaffirming its cinematic vocation without renouncing the role of terminal for cultural activities and for the educational, recreational and social initiatives that had distinguished the Filodrammatica since its earliest years. In the 2000s and 2010s the venue continued to operate as Cinema G. Modena, publishing its programme and prices online. A March 2012 programme, for example, advertised screenings of Posti in piedi in paradiso with reduced tickets at 5 euros for children up to 10 years old and pensioners, and full tickets at 6.50 euros. The website footer identifies the operator as Soc. Filodrammatica G. Modena s.r.l. with VAT number 00337090971. The theatre remains a local cultural landmark in Vaiano and the Val di Bisenzio.

• 2012

  The venue, as Cinema G. Modena, publishes a March programme with screenings and ticket prices.

• 1998

  After adaptation works designed by engineer Patrizio Bessi, the venue resumes activity.

• 1983

  The Gustavo Modena cinema-theatre closes.

• 1950

  The Filodrammatica builds a new cinema-theatre structure with a large fixed stage.

• 1904

  The Filodrammatica Gustavo Modena is present in Vaiano.

A community-rooted historic cinema-theatre and cultural hub in Vaiano and the Val di Bisenzio.

• Cinema screenings

• Theatre performances

• Cultural events

• Educational and social initiatives

1. 1CinemaGModena official websitecinemamodenavaiano.it
2. 2Teatro Gustavo Modena - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Teatro Gustavo Modena (Vaiano) - Wikipedia (Italian)it.wikipedia.org