In 2025, the festival opens with POLIS NEON, on May 2nd-3rd at Artificerie Almagià, realized with the support of MiC and SIAE, as part of the “Per Chi Crea” program.

POLIS NEON is a special under35 section of POLIS 2025, which dedicates part of the 8th edition to theater companies founded in the last ten years, through a focus on the new languages of the contemporary scene. Four performances by four different collectives, Usine Baug e Mezzopalco, Ucci Ucci, Fettarappa/Guerrieri, Landi/Mignemi/Paris, that bring heterogeneous artistic languages to Ravenna to give expression to an often forgotten and exploited generation that critics and scholars struggle to define.

POLIS NEON, Greek for “the city of young people”, plays with the double meaning given by the word “neon”: it puts the polis in the hands of young people and sheds light on the performance research of four young groups that would otherwise be unlikely to find space on city stages. It is not just a showcase, but a place for artists and scholars to explore and discuss about and through the theater of the second wave of the 2000s.

POLIS is thus developed for the first time over a two-week period through an innovative project to promote contemporary languages, with a special section dedicated to them, completely free in order to reach as wide an audience as possible.

With the support of MiC and SIAE, as part of the “Per Chi Crea” program