Circo Puntino is an Italian street theatre and contemporary circus company founded in 2010.
Its street performances, rich in irony and visual poetry, combine acrobatic techniques, object manipulation and physical theatre.
Since 2025, the company has been led by Elisa Zanlari, who continues to explore new forms of narrative circus, engaging audiences in squares, theatres and festivals in Italy and abroad.
Circo Puntino is also one of the very few street theatre companies performing with the German Wheel, a rare circus apparatus with a striking visual impact, making each performance a unique and memorable experience.
Company
- Winners of the artists open call MOVIN’UP 2011 under the Ministero per i Beni e
le Attività Culturali (Culture Ministry) and GAI (Association for Young Italian Artist Networking).
- Winners of the national contest “Cantieri di strada 2012” in the category “Di
piazza in piazza” (from square to square) promoted by FNAS.
- Winners of the open-call contest for co-productions promoted by Central del
Circ in Barcelona in collaboration with l’Ateneu 9 Barris.
- Winners of an artistic residence offered by MIRABILIA Festival and JUST FOR JOY.
- Selected for the programm of artistic creation IFA (International Festival
Academy) and winners of FESTIVAL INTEATRO
Where we've performed:
- Europe: Italy, France, Austria, Swizerland, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium, Holland, North Ireland, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Spain, Portugal...
- Asia: Turkey, Thailand, Japan, South Korea...
- America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Brasil (3 times!)
And many more to come...