The story of the connections that brought us to this point is quite rich and complex. We could take the starting point as 2007, the year of birth of the research company called ‘Il Teatro della Beffa’, based in Bologna (Italy), inspired by Antonin Artaud, Carmelo Bene and Butoh dance…with a good dose of post-rock attitude.

Yuri Dini, theatre director and performer, moved in 2009 in Glasgow (UK) where he started to give Butoh classes in a church. To these classes came Paul M. Henry, and in a few months a promising collaboration took form. In the next years Mr Dini and Mr Henry formed another theatre company based on site specific performances using butoh dance, musique concrète and scenoghraphies built from recycled materials. The name was Knocking Theatre and the project got the chance to perform in festivals and theatres in Scotland, Sweden, Italy and Greece.
In the meantime, back to Italy, Yuri Dini became a member of VID art|science – experimental project led by Prof. Carlo Ventura.
In 2014 the desire to create an independent, intimate nomadic theatre brought the birth of Yurta Maktub, that since then is travelling with that mission.

Since 2020 a social cooperative inspired by Permaculture principles is hosting Yurta Maktub in Camping Le Querce, with the aim to create a permanent cultural centre in the middle of an oak forest.