Teatro Elfo Puccini

The new Teatro Elfo Puccini opened on 6 March 2010 after a five‑year project led by architect Marcello Vecchi. Conceived as Italy’s first multi‑hall theatre, it brings together three venues: the 500‑seat Shakespeare hall preserved within the historic structure, the mid‑size Fassbinder hall, and the experimental 100‑seat Pina Bausch room with telescopic seating. Beyond the performance spaces, the complex integrates archives, media rooms, workshops, tailoring and recording facilities, reinforcing the idea of theatre as a place of production as well as presentation. Its long history along Corso Buenos Aires—an artery linked to working‑class leisure—helped shape shifting uses from theatre to cinema and back again. The 2010 intervention re‑established the building as a contemporary cultural hub while retaining key traces of its earlier identity.