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Prestigious national interpreters such as Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Carmen Machi, Josep María Pou or Lluís Homar, musicians such as Dulce Pontes or Chucho Valdés, and major international shows from Canada, the United Kingdom and Uruguay, will be shown at the Romea and Circus, from September to January.
José Ballesta: "It is an open and versatile program, of high quality, in which international proposals gain weight without taking the local scene away".
In this season 2017/2018 that closes, more than 170,000 people have passed through both theaters, which is an increase of 20% compared to the viewers registered in 2015.
More than 150 performances of 96 different proposals make up the next season of the Romea and Circo de Murcia theaters, which from September will offer functions and shows from Tuesday to Sunday, uninterrupted.
Mayor José Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Economic Promotion, Culture and European Programs, Jesús Pacheco, responsible for the coordination and programming of the Romea and Circo theaters, Juan Pablo Soler, and the artistic adviser of both stages, César oliva, presented this morning the first part of the 2018/2019 Program, which will run from September to January.
The event was attended by the members of several of the theater companies and musical promoters that star in the new cultural offer of the City of Murcia.
"This is an open and versatile program, which shies away from elitism and exclusivism, but which does not give up quality, and combines tradition and classicism with avant-garde and innovation," the mayor explained, adding that "they gain weight. the international proposals without taking away the local scene, a cultural offer that will offer functions uninterrupted almost daily, since the theaters will remain open from Tuesday to Sunday, both for the programmed shows and for their social use, giving space to the different collectives. "
Theater, music, dance, circus, puppets, zarzuela, opera, musical shows, storytelling, magic, humor, multidisciplinary proposals and even street proposals make up one of the best considered proposals in the national circuit, based "on our cultural model, which look for the balance between our traditional culture and historical references, and the avant-garde, innovation and cosmopolitanism ".
Viewers grow by 20% compared to 2015
The mayor stressed the fact of the "important effort of unification of programming and dissemination criteria that has been carried out over the last three years", which has meant a significant increase in attendance figures.
In this season 2017/2018 that closes, more than 170,000 people have passed through both theaters, which is an increase of 20% compared to the viewers registered in 2015, "explained the mayor.
"In Murcia there is a public that demands a very varied cultural offer, that is why we have sought complementarity between the theaters of the capital, which offer a specialized offer in disciplines and genres for each audience, opening spaces for high culture, but also for popular culture.
While in the Circus alternative and contemporary proposals are being made for a younger audience;
the Romea is the benchmark of classicism and excellence, constituting two scenarios with their own personality, "said the mayor.
Support for the local scene and Murcian companies
The programming of the first part of the new season 2018/2019 (the second part will be from February to June) stands out for the support to the Murcian companies, through four new co-productions.
Thanks to the support of the City of Murcia these companies can release their shows in the municipal theaters and have municipal financial contribution.
"We wanted our theaters to be a reflection of the national and international culture of the moment, bringing to Murcia shows that triumph all over the world, but also giving a central role to the Murcian local scene and its artistic quality, with these four co-productions and the 'Cycle Scene of Here', that repeats this year, with companies murcianas and local artists that work outside ", highlighted José Ballesta.
The essentials of each discipline
MUSIC
The concert of the singer Dulce Pontes, who celebrates her 30 years in the world of music.
Circus Theater: November 29.
THEATER
'An enemy of the people', from Kamikaze Productions, under the direction of Alex Rigola.
A classic Ibsen text.
Circus Theater: October 26.
'Adiós, Arturo' from the company 'La Cubana', a fun show of large format musical theater, that the historic Catalan company brings to Murcia on its expected return to our city.
Romea Theater: from December 5 to 16.
CIRCUS
An international show by the Canadian company 'Machine De Cirque'.
It is a spectacular contemporary circus with live music, for a young audience and complete families.
Circus Theater: November 2.
Murcia: capital of culture, function to function
The program will begin with the premiere of the last work directed by Sergio Peris Mencheta and starring Javier Gutiérrez, who after many years without doing theater returns to the stage with 'Who is Mr. Schmitt?'
next September 29 at the Romea Theater.
Once again international artists such as the musicians Dulce Pontes and Chucho Valdés are part of the program, as well as companies like Sergio Blanco from Uruguay, 1927 from the United Kingdom or Machine de Cirque, from Canada.
The theatrical programming has the support of the PLATEA State Performing Arts Program, which subsidizes part of the proposals presented, as well as the Dance on Stage Program, which supports the programming of dance shows and helps this season in two of the dance productions that will be part of the new programming (Da-Te Danza and Imaginart).
Renowned artists will visit the Romea Theater such as Lolita, starring 'Fedra', which premieres at the Mérida Festival in a few days and will be in Murcia on October 5;
Carmen Machi, with 'Chronology of the beasts' (October 14), Lluis Homar with 'Tierra Baja' (October 21), Aitana Sánchez Gijón in 'La vuelta de Nora' (House of dolls 2) on October 27;
or Ariadna Gil with 'Jane Eyre', directed by Carmen Portacelli (November 17).
TCM will bring artists such as Israel Elejalde in 'An enemy of the people', under the direction of Alex Rigola (October 26), Ginés García Millán in 'Espía a una mujer que se mata', directed by Daniel Veronese (10 de November) or Josep María Pou with 'Moby Dick', under the direction of Andrés Lima (November 16).
The co-productions with Murcian companies continue and this season there will be four.
The first will be a family show performed by the company Pupaclown (Once Upon a Time ... Romeo and Juliet ', on October 13 and 14), then a text theater performance with Theater of Delivery (' Enrique IV '29 and November 30), to continue with a contemporary circus proposal with the company Uparte ('Aureo' December 13) and end this section with a story in English with Arena ('Snow White' on January 27).
The theaters will also offer the Scene series here with proposals from companies Murcia or Murcia that are already outside the region, as well as the Titeremurcia Festival, which this year brings the French from La Pendue, La Chana Theater and the great Far from Holland;
and the Big Week of Fundación Cajamurcia with the performances of the play 'Toc Toc', as well as the musical theater shows 'The Primitals' and 'The Opera Locos' by Yllana.
Within the concert section highlight the presence of José Mercé, who is accompanied by the OSRM, Mike Farris, Marwan, Albert Pla, Coque Malla, FASHION or Sober with chamber orchestra.
As a novelty a new cycle for the month of January called Classics in January with theater, musicals, microtheatre, puppets ... all related to the theater that was made in the Golden Age. There will also be an opportunity to enjoy the best that passes through the contests Almagro Off and Barroco Infantil, of the International Festival of classic theater of Almagro, after an agreement that has arrived with the organization of this festival.
Balance of season 2017/2018
In this second part of the closing season we could see accessible theater, we could enjoy exhibitions in the hall of the TCM, there were 7 workshops aimed at children and young people with more than 140 participants, specific workshops were held as that of dance and gender with the BAAL company or the theater forum with The Crossborder Project;
and where there were four works represented whose texts have had a dramatic reading club.
In addition to theater and music, there were also congresses, galas, assignments to educational centers, academies, entities ...
Councilman Jesús Pacheco pointed out that "in this way we present this new season with the intention that Circo and Romea theaters continue to be part of the highlights of local and regional culture, as pointed out a few months ago by the Contemporary Foundation and through of his Observatory of Culture study, where he considered both the second and seventh projects as the regional proposal most valued by a group of cultural managers from within and outside the Region who had participated in the survey. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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