Akròama

What Akròama does

Akròama is a private theater company founded in 1977 and based in Cagliari, Sardinia, that produces and stages live theatrical performances for general audiences, children, and schools. The company operates four main theatrical seasons annually, manages the 332-seat Teatro delle Saline, and runs training programs including the Scuola Civica d'Arte Drammatica and Actor Giovane, building a vertically integrated production and talent development operation. Over 48 years, Akròama has assembled a substantial production catalog, with the flagship MARIEDDA exceeding 600 international performances, and is recognized as one of only 12 Centers for Theatrical Research in Italy.

The company's recent repertoire includes Odissea, Hansel e Gretel, and Viaggio in Italia (2025), with Canne al Vento scheduled for 2026, alongside international co-productions with Portugal's CTB Braga and Germany's Hans Otto Theater. The 2014-2020 Living Macbeth project, supported by EU cultural funding, established the company's track record in cross-border collaborations. Akròama operates accessible programming including a 1 Euro Festival, positioning itself as a public-facing cultural institution rather than a commercial venue.

Akròama's revenue model combines institutional public funding with ticket sales. For 2025, the company has secured approximately €653,605 across the Italian Ministry of Culture (€292,847), the Regione Sardegna (€345,758), and the Comune di Cagliari (€15,000). It serves 22,000-35,000 paying spectators annually and maintains a subscriber base of 2,500+. In April 2025, Santina Pau was appointed General Manager under continuing artistic direction from founder Lelio Lecis, formalizing a leadership structure intended to support operational continuity.

Name

Akròama

Legal name

Akròama Teatro delle Saline

Website

https://akroama.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Akròama is a private Sardinian theater company founded in 1977 that produces live theatrical performances across multiple genres, manages the 332-seat Teatro delle Saline in Cagliari, and trains young actors through its drama school.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Classical & Contemporary Theatre (Plays/Drama) (MPAGABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB), Regional & Repertory Theatre Companies (MPAGABAB), Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB), Theater & Drama Education (Acting, Improvisation, Musical Theater) (EDAMAAAG)

Keywords

• Contemporary theater productions
• Performing arts company
• Theater season programming
• Youth theater education
• Theater venue management

Headquarters

HQ city

Cagliari

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from paid admissions across four theatrical seasons at Teatro delle Saline and touring productions. Annual paid audience ranges from 22,000 to 28,000 spectators, with over 2,500 subscribers.
2. Government Subsidies and Contributions: Public funding from MIC (Ministry of Culture), Regione Sardegna, and Comune di Cagliari. In 2025, total contributions allocated were €653,605 (MIC €292,847, Regione Sardegna €345,758, Comune di Cagliari €15,000).

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Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Akròama is a Sardinian theatrical company (Teatro Stabile di Innovazione e Ricerca) founded in 1977 that produces and stages contemporary theater performances, children's and family theater, and school-oriented productions. The company manages the Teatro delle Saline in Cagliari, organizes four annual theatrical seasons (Contemporary Theater, 1 Euro Festival, School Theater, Families at Theater), and exports productions internationally through touring.

Product overview

Akròama is a theater company (Teatro Stabile d'Innovazione) founded in 1977 and based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The company operates as a multi-product theatrical organization managing the Teatro delle Saline and offering various theater seasons and productions. Its core products include theatrical productions (Produzioni Teatrali) spanning contemporary theater, children's theater, and family shows. The company organizes multiple recurring seasons: the Stagione di Teatro Contemporaneo (Contemporary Theater Season with ~400 subscribers), the 1 €uro Festival for emerging artists, two Stagioni di Teatro per Ragazzi (children's theater seasons with over 1,600 and 1,000 subscribers respectively), and Famiglie a Teatro (family theater with ~200 subscribers). Akròama also runs training programs including Actor Giovane and the Scuola Civica d'Arte Drammatica, and manages special projects like Living Macbeth (an EU-funded artistic residency). The company produces over 100 performances annually serving 22,000-28,000 paying spectators with over 2,500 subscribers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Produzioni Teatrali (Theatrical Productions) Original theatrical performances spanning contemporary theater, children's theater, and family-oriented shows, exported throughout Italy and Europe with critical and public success. Includes adaptations of classical works and original productions.
• Stagione di Teatro Contemporaneo (Contemporary Theater Season) The main annual theater season featuring contemporary works with approximately 400 annual subscribers, showcasing important names of contemporary theater including Carmelo Bene, Leo De Berardinis, Paolo Rossi, and Giobbe Covatta.
• 1 Euro Festival Festival presenting emerging young groups predominantly from Sardinia, providing performance opportunities to groups and companies often without a venue or adequate visibility. Tickets priced at €1 for accessibility.
• Stagione di Teatro per Ragazzi (School Theater Season)

Quantifiable outcome

• 22,000–35,000 paying spectators annually across 100+ performances
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CTB – Companhia de Teatro de BragacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Ongoing co-production partnership with the Portuguese theater company CTB (Companhia de Teatro de Braga). Joint productions include 'O Estrangeiro' (Albert Camus, 2023) and 'Casa Rosmer' (Henrik Ibsen, directed by Rui Madeira). The partnership has spanned approximately four years of ~twenty years total collaboration, producing multiple bilingual co-productions.
• Regione Sardegna / Unione Europea (POR FESR 2014-2020)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017The 'Living Macbeth' creative-artistic residency project was funded by Regione Sardegna and the European Union under POR FESR 2014-2020, Strategy 2 'Creating job opportunities by promoting enterprise competitiveness', Action 3.3.1-3.3.2-3.7.1, through the ScrubbleLAB call. The project included artistic residencies, labs, and productions 'Macbeth On the Road' and 'Farsa Nera'.
• European CommissionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Funded the theatrical project 'IL CICLOPE' in four languages (Sardinian, Corsican, Italian, French), realized by Lelio Lecis in Corsica in summer 1998.
• Hans Otto Theater (Potsdam, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996Co-production of 'Der Letzte Traum' (new adaptation of 'L'Ultimo Sogno di Balloi Caria') with the Teatro Stabile di Brandeburgo 'Hans Otto'. Lelio Lecis was invited as director, set designer, and playwright to stage Pirandello's 'Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore' at the Hans Otto Theater.
• Opera di Pechino (Beijing Opera)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996From 1996 to 1998, Akròama worked on a theatrical research and experimentation project involving actors and musicians from the Beijing Opera and Western actors, resulting in 'SGUARDO OCCIDENTALE' invited to the Grotowski Center in Wroclaw (the only Italian theater company).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Schaubühne Berlin: Internationally renowned German contemporary theater ensemble with a publicly-funded production model — relevant peer for Akròama's artistic positioning and European touring.
• Piccolo Teatro di Milano: Italy's flagship innovative theater institution, larger in scale but operating in the same contemporary/production-driven, publicly-supported paradigm.
• Théâtre de la Ville (Paris): Major European publicly-supported venue producing international contemporary theater — a scale-up benchmark for Akròama's festival-circuit ambitions.

Direct peers

• Teatro Stabile di Bolzano: Public regional theater in a bilingual territory, with multi-season contemporary programming and recurring institutional funding — comparable operating model to Akròama.
• Teatro Stabile di Torino: One of Italy's major publicly-funded stable theaters producing contemporary drama across multiple seasons, sharing Akròama's institutional theater-model and public-subsidy structure.
• Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (ERT): Italian regional 'teatro stabile' producing contemporary and innovative theater with multi-venue programming and public funding, structurally similar to Akròama at a larger scale.
• Teatro Biondo Palermo: Sicilian regional theater with classical and contemporary seasons and public funding, structurally analogous to Akròama's regional-stabilized theater model.
• CSS Teatro Stabile di Innovazione del FVG: Italian publicly-funded 'teatro stabile di innovazione' producing contemporary research-driven theater, directly analogous to Akròama's innovation/research designation.
• CTB – Companhia de Teatro de Braga: Portuguese publicly-funded theater company and Akròama's long-standing co-production partner, comparable in scale, contemporary repertoire, and bilingual European touring model.

Emerging players

• Tieffe Teatro: Milan-based contemporary production company with touring European productions, comparable in scale and artistic direction to Akròama's contemporary-season programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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