Il presente lavoro cerca di avvicinarsi alla complessità dell'attuale status quaestionis della performance teatrale, con uno sguardo e una prospettiva estetica, rivolto in particolare alla drammaturgia postdrammatica degli ultimi trent'anni; uno sguardo che trova nello studio analitico di tre re-enactements – This is theatre like it was to be expected and foreseen (1982; 2012) e The Power of Theatrical Madness (1984; 2012) di Jan Fabre, seguiti da Les Aiguilles et l'Opium (1991; 2013) di Robert Lepage – un luogo privilegiato di osservazione. / This research tries to approach the complexity of the current status quaestionis of theatrical performance, with an aesthetic perspective focused on the postdramatic theatre of the last thirty years; a look that finds in the analysis of three re-enactements - This is theater like it was to be expected and Foreseen (1982; 2012) and The Power of Theatrical Madness (1984; 2012) by Jan Fabre, followed by Needles and Opium (1991; 2013) by Robert Lepage - a privileged place of observation.