Pippo Delbono, director, film-maker and stage actor, is one of the leading figures in the contemporary European theatre scene. Pippo Delbono writes his theatre in the first person, he is there on stage, as an accompanier and a great and passionate organizer, and he recounts, huffing and sweating, moments in his life, fragments of this tender and cruel world, which is at once ridiculous and funny. He dreams of a markedly popular and deeply human theatre which might, through being rooted in flesh and the senses, be transmitted to one and all. In addition to major artistic collaborations (Pina Bausch, notably), Pippo Delbono has created numerous pieces, including Urlo, presented at the Avignon Festival in 2004, and Obra Maestra (2007).