Commedia dell’ Arte [Comedy of the Artists] is a traditional form of Italian masked theatre and the historic backbone of western comedy. Troupes of actors have been performing these characters across Italy since the Roman Empire and while actors age and pass on, the mask itself carries its character with it, far across the generations and into our lives today. Dark Side Masks can trace its own roots from this tradition and so specialises in suppling and training drama departments and teachers in this ancient art as well.