Friday 6 November, around half past eight in the evening. You leave Follaky via Vico Monteroduni 16 and, after about eight minutes on foot, you are in Piazzetta Duca d'Aosta, in front of Teatro Augusteo. At 21:00 the curtain rises on a mountain village, a parish priest and a telephone call from heaven.
At Teatro Augusteo, «Aggiungi un posto a tavola» runs from 6 to 15 November 2026, with Giovanni Scifoni and Lorella Cuccarini; «C'era una volta… Scugnizzi» returns from 18 December 2026 to 10 January 2027. At Teatro Politeama, Massimo Ranieri opens the season from 21 to 23 November. From Follaky the Politeama is about 4 minutes away on foot and the Augusteo about 8, with no taxi needed. The full programme is on the Augusteo's official listings and on the Politeama's website.
Aggiungi un posto a tavola at the Augusteo, 6 to 15 November 2026
This is the Italian musical comedy by Garinei and Giovannini, written with Jaja Fiastri, with music by Armando Trovajoli; the title means «set another place at the table». Giovanni Scifoni plays Don Silvestro, the parish priest whom God himself asks to build a new ark; Lorella Cuccarini, as special guest, plays Consolazione; «the Voice from Above» belongs to Enzo Garinei. Marco Simeoli plays Mayor Crispino and restages the original direction by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini.
The performances on sale on the online box office the theatre links to, as of 18 October:
- Friday 6 November 2026, 21:00
- Saturday 7 November, 21:00
- Sunday 8 November, 18:00
- Friday 13 November, 21:00
- Saturday 14 November, 17:00 and 21:00
- Sunday 15 November, 18:00
Stalls seats cost €55, the gallery €45. Tickets are sold at the theatre's box office, Monday to Saturday from 10:30 to 13:30 and from 16:30 to 19:30, or online on Bigliettoveloce and Ticketone.
La valigia sul letto and C'era una volta… Scugnizzi at the Augusteo
From 20 to 29 November, on the same stage, Eduardo Tartaglia presents «La valigia sul letto» («The suitcase on the bed»), which he wrote, directs and performs with Veronica Mazza, the comedy of Achille and Brigida, forced to change city and identity. Performances are at 21:00, with Sunday 22 and 29 and Wednesday 25 at 18:00; none is on sale for Monday 23. Stalls €35, gallery €25 (online box office).
In December, by popular demand, «C'era una volta… Scugnizzi» («Once upon a time… street kids») returns, with lyrics, music and direction by Claudio Mattone and dialogue written with Enrico Vaime. Saverio and Raffaele leave Nisida prison together and meet again twenty years later: one is a street priest who teaches music to the neighbourhood boys, the other, «'o russo», a local boss who wants them for his dealings. The story, the theatre writes, is set in Naples but belongs to the young people of every city in the world.
Performances run from 18 December 2026 to 10 January 2027, mostly at 21:00 and on Sundays at 18:00, including Christmas evening, Friday 25 December, and the evening of 1 January, at 21:00; 24 and 31 December do not appear among the performances on sale. Stalls €57.50, gallery €46; the dates one by one are on the online box office.
Teatro Politeama programme, November and December 2026
The Politeama, at Via Monte di Dio 80, was built in 1870 as the Politeama Giacosa, and «Filumena Marturano» had its debut here. After a fire, on 23 December 1961 Nino Taranto reopened it with «Rinaldo in campo», by none other than Garinei and Giovannini, as the theatre's history recalls. Evenings for two, in November and December:
- Massimo Ranieri, «Tutti i sogni ancora in volo… e continuano a volare», with songs, sketches and stories and a live band: Saturday 21 November at 21:00, Sunday 22 at 18:00, Monday 23 at 21:00. Stalls and first-tier boxes €60.
- «Michelangelo da Caravaggio a Rebel Rock Musical»: Thursday 26 November at 21:00. Stalls €55.20.
- Gianfranco Gallo, «Ti ho sposato per ignoranza», a tribute to the Neapolitan comic theatre based on an old farce by Pasquale Petito: Saturday 12 December at 21:00, Sunday 13 at 18:00. Stalls and first-tier boxes €30.
- «Che sapore ha il Natale?» («What does Christmas taste like?»), by and with Carlo Caracciolo and Shizuka Salvemini, a journey into a Neapolitan Christmas: Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 December at 20:00. Single price €13.
- «Tenente Colombo. Analisi di un omicidio», the Columbo play by Richard Levinson and William Link, directed by Marcello Cotugno, with a special appearance by Nini Salerno: Saturday 19 December at 21:00, Sunday 20 at 18:00. Stalls and first-tier boxes €41.40.
- Andrea Sannino, «Semplicemente Andrè», a concert-recital: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 December at 21:00. Stalls and first-tier boxes €34.50.
Politeama tickets are sold at the Augusteo box office, at the Politeama from one hour before the start, subject to availability, and online on Bigliettoveloce and Ticketone. Details: November, December, late December.
Two theatres, two short walks from Chiaia
The Augusteo, opened in November 1929, is the first reinforced-concrete work of Pier Luigi Nervi, designed by Arnaldo Foschini: a round hall thirty metres across, with a ceiling whose centre opens, built above the Funicolare Centrale (the Augusteo's history). From Follaky you leave via Vico Monteroduni 16: about 8 minutes, the same as for the Galleria Umberto I.
The Politeama is even closer: about 4 minutes on foot from the Via Chiaia entrance. After the curtain, dinner is in the neighbourhood: a few addresses on our restaurants page. If you leave on a Sunday, check-out, by 10:00, is from Vico Monteroduni 16.
Performances in Italian: what to know if you are coming from abroad
All the shows on this page are performed in Italian, and the two theatres' pages mention no surtitles; Neapolitan stories such as «Scugnizzi» or Gianfranco Gallo's comedy may also use the Neapolitan dialect. If you would rather spend an evening where language does not matter, Teatro di San Carlo has The Nutcracker, from 22 December to 5 January, and for the San Carlo season there is where to stay for Teatro di San Carlo.
A suite in Chiaia for your evening at the theatre
Follaky Secret Garden is a boutique B&B in Palazzo Giovagnoni, inside a private residential park in Chiaia; Monica and Fabio welcome you in person, with check-in between 15:00 and 20:00. The Suite Chiaia Deluxe Garden View is the more intimate, with a glass wall looking onto two neighbouring private gardens; the Suite Toledo Deluxe Private Patio is larger and brighter, with a private patio. If four of you are going to the theatre, Double Suites – Exclusive Use brings the two suites together for exclusive use. The Follaky Breakfast is included, with quality products.
For the rest of your days there are Naples in November and Naples in December. Once you have chosen your evening, at the Augusteo or the Politeama, check your nights and compare the suites.
