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Ninth Edition – The Fantasy Festival, now in its ninth year, ushers in spring with a sense of wonder: poetry in motion, surreal comedy, street art, and acrobatics light up the Monferrato hills. Frassinello Monferrato Green Area – MagdaClan Tent Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st – 10:30 am “BALLS DON’T LIE” – MagdaClan Circus (Alessandro Maida) Morning shows for schools and the public Ticket €5 – reservations required Matinee shows for students from local schools and open to all citizens. In a world populated only by spherical objects, a character half-man, half-dung beetle lives with a profound obsession for roundness. With large, dreamy eyes and his head always in the air, he plays and dances among his many spherical creatures, ceaselessly building and unmaking his own little universes. A solitary king of his chaotic world and a tamer of fragile balances, he is our hero of the ephemeral, a true imaginative manipulator. Balls dOn’t liE is a show balancing disorder, perfection, and madness. Friday, April 3 Frassinello M.to Green Area 7:30 PM AperiPizza 9:00 PM "NESSUNO" Giorgio Bertolotti Tickets: €15 full price / €12 reduced price / €10 children* Reservations required Nessuno is the story of a homeless man who lives in the world and moves among the garbage. Alternating moments of comedy and melancholy, it leads the audience to reflect on what is truly necessary and how every life, even the most invisible, can shine with meaning. Saturday, April 4 4:00 PM – Festival area opens Play area for children, artisans, painters, and artists from Monferrato Presence of the Freedom Flottilla project gazebo, "Walking towards: 100 ports, 100 cities" 5:30 PM – “DUO BAU SHOW” (free and informed donation) A lively and engaging show in which the artists engage in bizarre circus acts. Eccentric characters invade the stage, showcasing their skills to the audience. Performing hilarious gags and acrobatics, hula hoops, and handstands, the protagonists create a true cabaret, leaving both adults and children literally speechless. 6:30 PM – “LEBE STREET” by Isaac Valle (free and informed donation) A curious character, with acrobatic movements on his bike, wanders from square to square, looking for new adventures. A clown soul in a body constantly searching for balance, who loves to live in the present by playing with the simplest actions, will take you on a journey into his imagination. 7:15 PM – Presentation by Sami Hallac of the Palestinian Arab Democratic Union 7:30 PM – Aperitif with music by the Aikar Orkestra 9:00 PM – “IN DIFFERENCE” by Marica Marinoni & Jef Everaert Tickets: €15 / €12 / €10 – Reservations required Jef and Marica clash with their differences, their different ways of thinking and seeing the world. Finding common ground for this unlikely pair seems impossible. Too different to align, too close to ignore each other. What does it mean to be two without confusing each other? Can we coexist without compromise and without hierarchies? “In Difference” doesn't offer an answer; it seeks it in performance. Sunday, April 5 4:00 PM – Festival area opens Craftsmen, painters, and artists from Monferrato 5:30 PM – Magician David from Frassinello Monferrato (free donation) A magician, a magician, gags, and funny moments for a popular entertainment show. 6:30 PM – C.I.R.C.O!" - Duo Agua und Fire (free and conscious donation) A rickety float, two clowns adrift, and an irresistible dream: to bring the CIRCUS to the stage! With unpredictable acts, improbable acrobatics, and live music, our protagonists will do everything they can to amaze you... even when everything goes wrong! 9:00 PM – “THE BIG BANG” – Circo Bottoni Tickets: €15 / €12 / €10 – reservations required In a house too small and on a sofa too narrow, six characters, each with their own madness, long to make their dreams come true. Unfortunately, however, planet Earth seems inhospitable to make them come true... Or perhaps their dreams are just too big? The Big Bang is an odyssey characterized by a relentless and feverish alternation of individual acts and group scenes, in which boredom sets in. defeats with absurdity. With fast-paced rhythms, interstellar acrobats, bicycle tamers, and remote-controlled jugglers, Circo Bottoni will transport you to new galaxies and dimensions, where gravity and the impossible do not exist. Take off with us and you may never want to touch the ground again! SECOND WEEKEND – THE FESTIVAL DOUBLES To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the MagdaClan tent, Colli in Circo 2026 is expanding with a second weekend packed with shows, music, and activities for the local community. Saturday, April 11 7:30 PM – MagdaClan Circus Aperitif (site-specific) – free admission 9:00 PM – “IN PRAISE OF BOREDOM” – MagdaClan Circus Recommended age: 6+ Tickets: €15 full price / €12 reduced price / €10 children* Reservations Recommended Every last Sunday of the month, the villa's doors open. Guests are witnesses and accomplices to a celebration of the absurd, a journey where time flows inexorably, luxury is a prison, and boredom is an art. A poetic, sarcastic, and profoundly pointless show. Like life, sometimes. 11:00 PM – PNP DJ Set Sunday, April 12 A finale that unites art, community, and local care. 11:30 AM – Yoga under the Big Top by Laura Scaglione (free and conscious donation) Recommended age 9+ 3:00 PM – Ecological walk with the artists of MagdaClan A walk, accompanied by the artists of MagdaClan Circo, along the paths of Frassinello Monferrato, with the aim of cleaning up waste and caring for the area hosting the Festival. 5:30 PM – “IN PRAISE OF BOREDOM” by MagdaClan Circo Recommended age: 6+ Tickets: €15 full price / €12 reduced price / €10 children* Reservations recommended