Ascanio Celestini

In 2007 he filmed the documentary Parole Sante, about the biggest Italian call center of the time (in Cinecittà, Rome) and the precarious conditions of its workers. At the same time, Celestini released his first LP, also entitled Parole sante: a compilation of many of the songs of his plays and of the homonymous documentary and some unreleased tracks.

In 2006 and 2007, he performed in Milan (Piccolo Teatro) and Bruxelles his play Appunti per un film sulla lotta di classe, an ever-changing performance whose attempt is to keep up with the variation of the situation of precarious work in Italy.

In 2006 he participated in the film My Brother is an Only Child by Daniele Luchetti.

In 2002 he was awarded the special category of the Premio Ubu "for his ability of singing today's history as if it was a myth, and vice versa". In the following years, more than a dozen awards were attributed to his literary and theatrical texts.

He was the scriptwriter and actor in Radio clandestina (2000), a play on the Ardeatine massacre; followed by Cecafumo (2002), a retelling of some fairy tales from Italian folk tradition; Fabbrica (2002), a tale on three generations of workers, from the late 19th century to the nineties; Scemo di guerra. 4 giugno 1944 (2004, which premiered at the Venice Biennale) based on his father's war stories; La pecora nera. Elogio funebre del manicomio elettrico (2005), a story on asylums and the consumer society.

In 1998, along with Gaetano Ventriglia, Celestini writes and performs in his first play, Cicoria. In fondo al mondo, Pasolini.

In the period from 1998 and 2000, he writes the trilogy Milleuno, about the importance of the oral tradition.

Ascanio Celestini (born in Rome, June 1, 1972) is an Italian actor, director, writer and playwright.