Radio Dante

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Latest Episodes

Radio Dante 25/07/2015
July 25, 2015

Radio Dante meets the magic world of books and poetry. Two young Italian writers from Rome, based now in Cambridge, will tell us how it feels to be so passionate about writing. A journey across their first published poems and stories.

Radio Dante 11/07/2015
July 14, 2015

The bilingual show reflects upon itself: interpreters and translators, what's your job about? Find out more about this "backstage" job on Radio Dante and discover Italian expressions which get lost in translation.

Radio Dante 27/06/2015
July 02, 2015

Radio Dante continues the celebrations of Dante's 750th anniversary. Have a live taste of a brilliant and hilarious adaptation of The Divine Comedy by Mike Maran, Scottish theatre director with a great passion for Italy, Beatrice and puppets.

Radio Dante 13/06/2015
June 15, 2015

On the occasion of his 750th anniversary, Radio Dante presents Dante Alighieri! Professor Robin Kirkpatrick from the University of Cambridge, Dantista and English translator of The Divine Comedy, takes us on a sublime journey across Inferno,

Radio Dante 23/05/2015
June 01, 2015

A breath of fresh air as Ludovico and Dea give you an energetic kick! Sparkling rap and hip-hop music, innovative architecture and recycled spaces: Alessio Terzaghi and Diego Costantini will tell us how it feels to be young and Italian today.

Radio Dante 09/05/2015
May 13, 2015

Are you curious about meeting a genius? The team of Radio Dante will tell you the story of Leonardo Da Vinci and his masterpieces. They will then lay the table ready for The Last Supper and discover how the Mona Lisa landed up in a thieves kitchen. -

Radio Dante 25/04/2015
April 26, 2015

Radio Dante is back with a new programme entirely dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy on 25th April 1945. Follow us on a journey across Italian grandparents' memories and partisan songs.

Radio Dante 28/02/2015
March 04, 2015

Back to Naples: the bilingual show in Italian and English presents Eduardo de Filippo and his brilliant play Questi fantasmi! (These Ghosts!), which will shortly be seen on stage in Cambridge. A group of young Italian actors will perform live for you,

Radio Dante – Pier Paolo Pasolini
February 18, 2015

Hear a live theatre rehearsal as The young international theatre company Ars in Fieri take you on a journey across poetry, cinema, music and revolutionary ideas to discover who Pier Paolo Pasolini was. - Presented by Ludovico Nolfi and Dea Rakovac.

Radio Dante 31/01/2015
February 03, 2015

This week the team heads to Naples to meet Totò, one of the greatest Italian comedians ever. Join us on a journey through his films and his songs, sunshine and pizza! Stay tuned till the end to discover the identity of today's personality.