Livio Cecini

Born in Switzerland, he completed his acting studies in Zurich and Cologne. After completing his training, he made guest appearances at e.g. at the Schauspiel Köln and the Staatstheater Karlsruhe and was a member of the acting ensemble of the Theater St. Gallen for three years. There he embodied characters such as "Antonio" (Torquato Tasso), "Mozart" (Amadeus), "Mark" (Trainspotting), "Vladimir" (Waiting for Godot) and "Lanzelot Gobbo" (The Merchant of Venice).

Livio Cecini is the winner of the Armin Ziegler Foundation for outstanding young Swiss artists. Since 2007 he can be found regularly on German-speaking musical stages. He appeared at the Bad Hersfeld Festival as "Stephano" in the musical adaptation of Der Sturm and touched the hearts of the audience with a live chicken at his side in the world premiere of Carmen - A German Musical. He played the "Pastor" in Heidi II on the Walensee stage and "Mario" in the musical Bloody Honey at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. as "Songman" in Companions / Warhorse at the Berlin Theater des Westens and in the operetta Der Bettelstudent at the Gärtnerplatztheater. In 2016 he took on the male lead role "Billy Flynn" in the premiere cast of the Broadway classic Chicago at the Deutsches Theater in Munich. From 2016-19 he played "George Banks" in Mary Poppins at the Stage Apollo Theater in Stuttgart and at the Stage Theater an der Elbe in Hamburg. In the summer of 2021 he was successful as "William von Baskerville" in the musical The Name of the Rose at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel.

At the Staatstheater Darmstadt you could see him as "Mustapha Bey" in Ball im Savoy and as "Monty", "Frank sen." and "Mr. Fusco” in Saturday Nightfever.

Most recently he played "Georges" in La Cage aux Folles at the Eutin Festival, "Mario" in the Swiss compilation musical Oh läck du mir! at Theater 11 in Zurich and "Dromio von Syracuse" in The Boys from Syracuse at Theater Erfurt.