The Company
Roberta Bosetti Renato Cuocolo

“It is hard to pick favourites but I think Roberta and Renato have given me more pleasure in the theatre then almost any other artist in Melbourne . These two make remarkable work, they make it quietly and beautifully. They have been making it in Melbourne and taking it to the world. They do to audiences everywhere what we all long for theatre to do: they confront us, they bring us into their lives to a point where we hardly can tell what is reality and what is fiction, but it is always theatrical, it is always a performance done with the incredible skills they have. They are the finest exponents we can possibly have. Melbourne should be extremely proud to have these artists making their work here.”

Robyn Archer Director Melbourne International Festival of the Arts 2002/2004

Founded in 1978, IRAA Theatre has created and performed a series of six trilogies that have been presented in 18 nations on 4 continents.

The most recent works of the company have been received with great success and critical acclaim in numerous Festivals such as: Vienna International Festival, Melbourne International Festival (4 times), Adelaide International Festival, Sydney Olympic Arts Festival, Sydney Festival (3 times), Turin Festival (3 Times), Prato Contemporanea and Genoa European Cultural Capital 2004.

Starting with The Secret Room Cuocolo/Bosetti have attracted great national and international interest.

The four parts of the Interior Sites Project “The Secret Room”, “Room of Evidence”, “The Water Room” and “The Sincerity of Events” have been presented in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Mildura, San Diego, Tijiuana , Genoa, Vercelli , Prato , Bologna, Piacenza and Turin almost 900 times with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria Italian Institute of Culture and numerous International Festivals .

From the day of the premiere press, television, radio and internet arts sites have been describing Interior Sites Project as one of the most important and innovative performances of Australian Theatre. More than 190 positive reviews have been written. The Autralian and the American magazine Web World gave IRAA front page coverage.

In March 2001 The Secret Room was nominated for best female actor, best director and won the Green Room Award for Best Innovative Performance/new art form. In May 2001 ‘The Secret Room” won the MO Award for Best Production of   the Year and Cuocolo won the Cavour Award for Most Distinguished Contribution to the Italian Arts.

In May 2004 The Diary Project was premiered with full houses and rave reviews in Genoa (European Cultural Capital 2004) and in October was presented, at the Victorian Arts Centre, as the central event of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, reaching a live audience of 35392 people.

In October 2005, again the Melbourne Int. Festival, this time with the new director Kristy Edmunds, will premiered Private Eye .

In 2006 all 3 projects Interior Sites, The Diary Project and Private Eye have been invited to both National and International Festivals.