TEATRO TIPA/ TRAPANI, SICILY

LA TONNARA DI SAN GIULIANO TRAPANY SICILY
A THEATRE FROM RUINS

La Tonnara Tipa stands at the north western tip of Sicily, on a peninsula at the periphery, society and existence.  Built by Prince Henri Bresc in 1445, it was one of many great stone fortresses dedicated to the processing and distribution of blue fin tuna, that once lined the coast of Italy by the thousands.  Le Tonnare along side the blue fin, are falling from existence and memory. La Tonnara Tipa is a vast abandoned and neglected space, covering over 3,843 square meters. During its 200 years of abandon, it has been rumored to be stomping ground for derelicts, vagabonds, prostitutes, and the mafia. The revival of Tipa as an opera house keeps it treading  between the two worlds, the real and the unreal. 

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