ABOUT BELLALUNA PRODUCTIONS

BellaLuna, Italian for “beautiful moon”, is an interactive theatre company that creates physical, comic theatre in a variety of unique venues. Drawing inspiration from current affairs and basing our style in the traditional masked Italian theatre of Commedia Dell' Arte, our mandate is to produce entertaining work that transcends language barriers and challenges the audience to engage in the performance.

BellaLuna has performed at the Vancouver International Comedy Festival, The Playhouse Theatre, Theatre Under The Gun, the Vancouver Museum, Special Events, Restaurants and several other traditional and not-so-traditional venues.

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HISTORY

BellaLuna  had its humble beginnings in and around the late 90's when Susan was approached by the Italian community in Vancouver to produce, you guessed it, Italian Theatre. The name was an inspiration from a cheesy American/Italian film, Moonstruck. There is an old man, the grandfather and he takes his dogs out for a walk. This one night the moon is full and there is lots of "crazy" stuff going on. The old man looks up at the moon, his hand raised in the gesture to signify *#**#!! and says "Ma che bella luna!". It stuck. BellaLuna has gestures for every occasion and the idea of being a bit 'mad' when there is a full moon sort of parallels the life of a theatre artist. This appealed to the company. 
 
HIGHLIGHTS: Since 1998, BellaLuna has created new works at festivals such as Theatre Under the Gun, roved the streets in character all over British Columbia and hosted great events such as MISS ITALIA pageant and the "Fogolars 2004" Conference at The Vancouver Playhouse. Please visit the Projects Link for more on past, current and upcoming shows.

PERFORMERS
While BellaLuna's core members are of Italian origin, the myth that 'only Italians are allowed to play' is completely false. The key characteristic of anyone who has, does or will perform with BellaLuna is FUN.  Please visit the Ensemble Link for Bios and Photos.