Performances

Un'ultima volta (Short Movie)

Written, Produced and Directed by: Stefania Montesolaro

"Proprietaria della lavanderia"

2022

Double Rainbow (Short Movie)

Written, Produced and Directed by: Stefania Montesolaro

"Serena Alston Guerini"

2021

They Talk (Film)

Directed by: Giorgio Bruno

Screenwriters: Vinicio Canton and Stefano Ceccarelli

Produced by: Run Film and Bartleby Film

Distributed by: Vision Distribution

"Ursella"

2021

Parenti Serpenti (Short Film)

Directed by Michele Bottini

"Lina"

2020

The Fish and the Tree (Film)

Directed by Andrea Polinelli

Produced by NABA

Playwrights: Andrea Polinelli and Luca Testi
"Martina, the mother"
November 2019

The Wily Widow (Stage)

Directed by Vernon Thompson

Teatro Franco Parenti & Weareon Productions

Playwrights: Stefania Montesolaro and Silvia Di Marco
"Ilaria Guerini"
Teatro Franco Parenti - Milan - Italy

March 2019

 

View the review (in italian) from "Corriere Della Sera" here

 

Muddle (Short Film)
Directed by Andy Wong
Produced by Beaut Pictures
"Diane Byrne"
2018

 

 

Sac- a - Poche (Short Film)

Directed by Marcelo Veloz
Produced by Prospero Pensa

LFS Production
"The Lady in the bakery"
2018

 

 

The Wily Widow (Stage)

Directed by Vernon Thompson

Weareon Productions

Playwrights: Stefania Montesolaro and Silvia Di Marco
"Ilaria Guerini"

The Hen & Chickens Theatre, London

November/December 2017

 

"This sweet, intimate, clever production deserves a longer run. Vernon Thompson's directorial style perfectly suits the straight-forward, character-driven plot. Stefania Montesolaro shines as actress, co-writer and producer - expect more to come from this talent. The rest of the cast are pitch-perfect in their roles and demonstrate flawless comedic timing: Tim Heath, Penelope Maynard, Roderick O'Grady and Joseph Prestwich (who really must play Brutus some day)... The set was beautifully dressed and efficiencies were made in clever design to keep interruptions to an absolute minimum. Despite all this, the intimate setting of the Hen & Chickens perfectly fit with the human scale of the production and this could easily be mounted in other fringe venues. I could see it being scaled up successfully for larger stages but personally prefer the closeness. Keep an eye out for these performers and future Weareon Productions."  ***** - Zoe M, TimeOut Magazine

 

Full Review here

 

"Wonderful evening, hugely entertaining and with first rate acting all round. Full of surprises, don't miss!" ***** - Richard W, TimeOut Magazine

 

"BREXIT can’t help but hover at the edges of an Italian drama built on power play, sexual politics and money.

Set around the turn of the millennium in a Venetian palace that has seen better days, The Wily Widow is a humorous take on the dynamics of lust and lucre in a European country on the brink of economic transformation.

Inspired by The Artful Widow (La Vedova Scaltra) di Carlo Goldoni, the play is a collaboration between writers Silvia Di Marco and Stefania Montesolaro (who also plays leading lady Ilaria Guerini, a recently widowed Venetian with a taste for financially irresponsible men) that remodels feminist values for the 21st-century economic climate.

A particularly effective strategy of the piece is the way dialogue, costume and staging play with the borders of truth and deception; everyone in the play is pretending to be someone they are not, except for the wise and decrepit housekeeper, Theresa, whose sage suspicions often go unheeded...

...The strength of The Wily Widow is its thematic consistency, often referring to gambling, cards and poker as emblems of risky game playing – an urgent necessity in a world of monetary uncertainty." - Sabrina Dougall, Camden New Journal

 

Full review here

Positive Result (Short Film)

Directed by Allaisdair McWilliams

Finger Nail Films

"Penelope"

June 2017

 

"Stefania Montesolaro is worthy of particular mention as the specialist whom William sees. Their scene together is possibly the strongest in Positive Result, one which cemented this viewer to the plot. " - UK Film Review, Chris Olson 

 

Read the full review here

Through Leviathan’s Eyes (Short Film)

Directed by Nathan Su

"UN Security Council Chairperson" (VO)

May 2017

The Dinner (Short Film)

Directed by Ruggero Dalla Santa

"The Wife"

April 2017

The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Stage)

Directed by Andrew Peacham

"Lady Bracknell"

Etcetera Theatre London

February 2017

 

"...No one embodies these Victorian values more than Stefania Montesolaro as Lady Bracknell..."

"...Bracknell waves him away as if she were Queen Victoria herself, but Montesolaro gives her a playfulness which suggests eccentricity rather than snobbery..." - ☆☆☆☆ What's Hot London,

 

Read the full review here

Il Prezzo Da Pagare (Short Film)

Directed by Creativity Productions

"Ginevra"

2016

The Atlas of False Desires (Short Film)

Directed by Nathan Su

"Sava Executive"

2016

 

2017 Winner at Sci-Fi-London Film Festival

https://sci-fi-london.com/festival

Una Zia per Amica (Short Film)

Directed by Creativity Productions

"Elena"

2016

My Son's Husband (Stage)

Directed by Raffaele Cericola

"Amalia"

Theatro Technis London

2016

 

“...The best performances are from the more mature members of the cast...Roberto Benfenati and Stefania Montesolaro as Michael’s parents really bring this play back to life…”

Everything Theatre

007 Spectre (Film)

by Sam Mendes

Fleeting appearance in Spectre

London, 2015

 

 

Romeo & Juliet (Stage)

Adapted from William Shakespeare

by Gavin McAlinden

"Lady Capulet"

Theatro Technis London

London, 2015

Family Portrait (Short Film)

by Changle Tian

"Louise, The Mother"

2013

 

 

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