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Ernesto Tomasini
Ernesto Tomasini (born 15 May 1968, in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian actor/singer living in Britain. His theatre and music careers have developed in parallel over 45 years. A versatile performer, his work spans film, radio, cabaret and performance art, as well as concerts in opera houses and rock venues.
Tomasini began his career at the age of 16 on the Italian comedy circuit. He subsequently made his theatrical debut appearing alongside Duilio Del Prete in the national première of Franz Xaver Kroetz’s Death on Christmas Night. He later appeared in numerous theatre productions while continuing to work in cabaret. He performed as a support act for the comedian Nino Frassica and appeared on the RAI 3 broadcast Premio Anna Magnani For the television programme Scuola di Cabaret, he created comic characters that gained widespread recognition, and in 1990 he was awarded the prize for best comedy act in Sicily.
In 1992 Tomasini moved to the United Kingdom, where he trained at the Arts Educational London School. He subsequently worked as an actor and singer in the West End stage (Chicago the Musical), at the Royal National Theatre (The English Man...), with experimental theatre companies (Lindsay Kemp), in Off-West End productions (Blind Summit's Mr China's Son), and in national and international tours (Cabaret (musical)).
After early experiments in the late 1990s, including The Other Woman, he began creating his own productions in the early 2000s. He first attracted wider attention with True or Falsetto? A Secret History of the Castrati, presented at the Edinburgh Festival. Written by Time Out critic Lucy Powell, the show subsequently ran in London for two seasons and toured internationally in three languages. This was followed by The Veiled Screen: A Secret History of Hollywood!, written by Tomasini and presented in two London runs in 2006 with support from the Arts Council of England.
From 2013, following a six-year period largely devoted to music, Tomasini returned to theatre with a series of productions written specifically for him. These include Andrea Cusumano’s Petit Cheval Blanc (International Theatre Festival of Kerala, India, 2013), Roberta Torre’s Aida (Teatro Biondo, Palermo, 2014), Il Mutamento’s Mamma Schiavona (Teatro Astra, Turin, 2014), Lunaria (Napoli Teatro Festival and Italian tour, 2023), I poeti non cadono in piedi by Franco Maresco (Teatro Mercadante, Naples, 2026) and Zombie Ant Fungus (Royal Institution, London, 2026).
He also resumed wrtiting his own plays, like Beato chi ci crede (Teatro Out Off, Milan, 2017) and he founded the first queer theatre company in Sicily, presenting the production La signora Palermo ha due figlie (Festival Teatro Bastardo, Palermo, 2024). His performance style has been described by critics as combining elements of Italian cabaret, avant-garde performance art and vaudeville.
As an avant-garde comedian and cabaret artist, he has performed in theatres, museums, nightclubs and cultural institutes in 17 countries, and has collaborated with artists including Stephen Montague, Ron Athey, Carlos Motta and with the Resonance Radio Orchestra.
Tomasini has also been active in the fashion world, performing at runway shows by hat designer Nasir Mazhar during London Fashion Week in 2008 and 2009, and for Carlo Volpi at Pitti Uomo in 2017.
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Ernesto Tomasini
Ernesto Tomasini (born 15 May 1968, in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian actor/singer living in Britain. His theatre and music careers have developed in parallel over 45 years. A versatile performer, his work spans film, radio, cabaret and performance art, as well as concerts in opera houses and rock venues.
Tomasini began his career at the age of 16 on the Italian comedy circuit. He subsequently made his theatrical debut appearing alongside Duilio Del Prete in the national première of Franz Xaver Kroetz’s Death on Christmas Night. He later appeared in numerous theatre productions while continuing to work in cabaret. He performed as a support act for the comedian Nino Frassica and appeared on the RAI 3 broadcast Premio Anna Magnani For the television programme Scuola di Cabaret, he created comic characters that gained widespread recognition, and in 1990 he was awarded the prize for best comedy act in Sicily.
In 1992 Tomasini moved to the United Kingdom, where he trained at the Arts Educational London School. He subsequently worked as an actor and singer in the West End stage (Chicago the Musical), at the Royal National Theatre (The English Man...), with experimental theatre companies (Lindsay Kemp), in Off-West End productions (Blind Summit's Mr China's Son), and in national and international tours (Cabaret (musical)).
After early experiments in the late 1990s, including The Other Woman, he began creating his own productions in the early 2000s. He first attracted wider attention with True or Falsetto? A Secret History of the Castrati, presented at the Edinburgh Festival. Written by Time Out critic Lucy Powell, the show subsequently ran in London for two seasons and toured internationally in three languages. This was followed by The Veiled Screen: A Secret History of Hollywood!, written by Tomasini and presented in two London runs in 2006 with support from the Arts Council of England.
From 2013, following a six-year period largely devoted to music, Tomasini returned to theatre with a series of productions written specifically for him. These include Andrea Cusumano’s Petit Cheval Blanc (International Theatre Festival of Kerala, India, 2013), Roberta Torre’s Aida (Teatro Biondo, Palermo, 2014), Il Mutamento’s Mamma Schiavona (Teatro Astra, Turin, 2014), Lunaria (Napoli Teatro Festival and Italian tour, 2023), I poeti non cadono in piedi by Franco Maresco (Teatro Mercadante, Naples, 2026) and Zombie Ant Fungus (Royal Institution, London, 2026).
He also resumed wrtiting his own plays, like Beato chi ci crede (Teatro Out Off, Milan, 2017) and he founded the first queer theatre company in Sicily, presenting the production La signora Palermo ha due figlie (Festival Teatro Bastardo, Palermo, 2024). His performance style has been described by critics as combining elements of Italian cabaret, avant-garde performance art and vaudeville.
As an avant-garde comedian and cabaret artist, he has performed in theatres, museums, nightclubs and cultural institutes in 17 countries, and has collaborated with artists including Stephen Montague, Ron Athey, Carlos Motta and with the Resonance Radio Orchestra.
Tomasini has also been active in the fashion world, performing at runway shows by hat designer Nasir Mazhar during London Fashion Week in 2008 and 2009, and for Carlo Volpi at Pitti Uomo in 2017.
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