Societas & Dewey Dell

Societas, formerly Societas Raffaello Sanzio, is one of the most celebrated, acclaimed and significant contemporary theatre companies in Europe, arguably the world.

Formed in Cesena in 1981 by by Claudia e Romeo Castellucci, Chiara e Paolo Guidi (who was part of it till 1996), the company evolved a completely unique approach to performance, developing a distinct visual language applied to work of scale and ambition.

Since 2006 the three founder artists have developed, under the name of Societas, three distinct paths, as well as working closely with Dewey Dell, founded by three children of Chiara and Romeo: Agata, Demetrio, Teodora Castellucci.

For the first time outside Italy, and exclusive to the Arts Centre, the artists who make up Societas and the Castellucci family will together be the Gulbenkian’s first international Associate Artists.

Rarely seen in the United Kingdom, over the course of the next few seasons we will present work from all of the artists and creative voices beginning with Chiara Guidi’s legendary Buchettino (p.38) and then Dewey Dell's Le Sacre du Printemps (p8).