Parma, boasting a lively cultural life brimming with music and theatres since the time of the Farnese rule, has given birth and played host to artists, writers, composers and conductors the likes of Parmigianino and Correggio, Giovannino Guareschi, Giuseppe Verdi and Arturo Toscanini. Their work and genius still inspire the local entertainment scene, offering every year an abundant array of cultural events in breathtaking venues, theatres and squares. Parma has a long love story with the theatre, involving kids and grown ups: several spaces host therefore drama and several theatre seasons.