The Teatro Diego Fabbri is Forlì's most important theatre: it opened in September 2000, with a concert by the Filarmonica della Scala orchestra of Milan conducted by Riccardo Muti.
What to see
In 1944 the civic tower, mined by the retreating Germans, fell on the Teatro Comunale, which then stood near the present piazzetta della Misura, and destroyed it completely; since then the city has had no Italian-style theatre. The most important shows were therefore staged at the Astra cinema, on corso Diaz, which later changed its name to Teatro Astra and finally, after the restoration of 2000, to Teatro Diego Fabbri, in honour of the great playwright from Forlì.
Today the theatre is run by the Comune and has 710 seats, 550 in the stalls and 160 in the gallery, a foyer with 100 seats and two rehearsal rooms.
Visiting
The theatre is visited above all by attending a performance; programme, times and tickets should be checked on the theatre's official website.
Our editors' tip
Remember, as you sit in the stalls, that this theatre grew out of a cinema and not out of a historic theatre: the Teatro Comunale disappeared in 1944, and since then Forlì has built its theatrical life in spaces made for something else.
