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Actors such as Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Ernesto Alternio, Adriana Ozores, Carmen Ruiz, Fernando Tejero, Pepón Nieto, María Barranco, Nathalie Poza, or Pablo Derqui, among many others;
Directors of the moment like Andrés Lima, Alfredo Sánzol, Pep Antón, Mario Gas, Carmen Portacceli, Luis Luque or Ramón Fontseré, with the return of Els Joglars, and authors like Eugène Ionesco, Albert Camus, Euripides, and the universe of Plauto, or Of Shakespeare, give brightness to an edition that counts on the Chinese company of contemporary dance Tao Dance Theater, the flamenco-soul of Pitingo and the pair formed by Noa and Pasión Vega.
The Festival was presented at a crowded event held at the Roman Theater in Cartagena with the assistance of the Mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo, the Councilor for Culture and Festival director, David Martinez, artists, Muher, poster authors. 48 edition, sponsoring companies and a wide representation of the regional theater.
The Teatro Romano de Cartagena has been chosen to present this morning the program of the 48th International Festival of Theater, Music and Dance of San Javier which presents a total of 15 shows, two of street and 13 of hall, among which stand out eight Theater productions, along with two music, a dance, a dance theater, and a family show, from August 2 to 24.
The director of the Festival, David Martínez presented the program to which he will welcome a street show that will flood the waterfront of Santiago de la Ribera on August 2 with "Metaworphosis", a montage based on Ovid's work that includes a Parades of fantastic characters that accompanied by a spectacular band recreate mythological passages as the myth of Arachne, Athena, or the abduction of Europe.
On August 3 we will see "La ternura" and Day 4 "Sueño", a double production of the City Theater and the Abbey Theater, written and directed by Alfredo Sanzól and Andrés Lima, respectively, starting from the universe of Shakespeare's comedies have investigated the keys to awakening the smile of the viewer with the result of two montages, with love as a theme, which have premiered with great critical success and public at the Teatro de la Abadía in Madrid.
Actress Aitana Sánchez Gijón, who will receive the Festival Prize, stars in "Las Troyanas", on August 6, along with Ernesto Alterio.
Carmen Portacceli directs the montage on a version of Alberto Conejero of the work of Euripides in which the woman is given voice after the bloody war of Troy.
The San Javier Theater Group, which always has its niche in the Festival that emerged 48 years ago with the then amateur group of which there are still active actors, will arrive on August 9 with the funny comedy of Zorrilla "Where there are grievances not There is jealousy ", adapted and directed by José Antonio Navas.
David Martínez referred to the close collaboration between the San Javier and Sagunto festivals, the result of which has been scheduled, with only two performances in Spain, on August 11 in San Javier, the Chinese dance company " Tao Dance Theater "which is revolutionizing the world of contemporary dance in the world with the minimalist style that impresses its prestigious director Tao Ye.
The music will arrive on August 12 with Pitingo, the flamenco-soul referent who will present his new album "Soulería y más" accompanied by a superband and a gospel choir.
The director of the Festival emphasized the support to the base culture in the municipality of San Javier within which a show is programmed for the family audience with the musical "Cinderella" that will be able to be seen on 13 August.
The second street show will arrive on August 14 with the Murcia Antón Valén, in the direction, and Nacho Vilar, in the production of a fun montage "Odisea'80" that humorously recreates the Spain of the 80's.
Mario Gas, who was seen in San Javier with "Socrates", and who has triumphed in Madrid in the direction of the acclaimed "Fire" with Nuria Espert, will present on August 15 at the Festival of San Javier its new assembly As director of "Caligula", the drama of the Roman emperor counted from the philosophy of absurdity by French writer and thinker Albert Camus.
On August 17, with a cast including Adriana Ozores, Fernando Tejero, and Carmen Ruiz, among other actors, directed by Luis Luque and production of the Spanish Theater, will arrive "The bald singer", culmen work of the theater Of the absurd, with a great load of social criticism.
The Festival that feeds of montages, not yet released in the Region of Murcia, will count with the last one of Els Joglars, "Zenit, the reality to its measurement", a work directed and carried out by Ramón Fontseré, that puts the point of view Critical in the media.
The second show of music "Mediterráneas" arrives, on August 19, with a pair as unexpected as high composed by Pasión Vega and Noa, two great voices that share sensitivity increased by the connection that arose between both after the invitation of the singer Madrilenian to the Israeli Noa to participate in an album of homage to Carlos Cano.
The program for this 48th edition includes the Max 2016 Award for the revelation show "Danzad Malditos", a free adaptation of Sindey Pollack's film "Danzad, danzad, malditos", in the version of Felix Estaire and directed by Alberto Velasco.
The work that recreates with maximum realism a dance marathon, ends in a tribute to the losers who leave their skin to reach a dream.
The Festival will say goodbye on August 24 with "La comedia de las mentiras", a version of Pep Anton, which also directs it, and Sergi Pomermayer who have written a hilarious text from the work of Plauto, explained the director of the Festival David Martínez.
The play, which will premiere at the Mérida Classic Theater Festival, features a luxury cast by Pepón Nieto, María Barranco and Canco Rodríguez.
The Festival will include parallel activities such as a theater course, with a monograph that will be announced at the beginning of June to be able to make the inscriptions.
He also announced the premiere of an artistic performance by the authors of the 48th edition, the duo Muher, which were present, which will occupy the main entrance of the auditorium of the Almansa Park, the venue of the Festival.
The price of tickets will continue to be popular to facilitate access to the festival, with two free street shows and general prices for theater shows of 14-16 euros, depending on the area, 12 euros for the San Javier Group, and 10 euros for the family show.
The payment that will cost 110 euros for 11 shows, excludes the children's night, and the two musical shows that will have various prices, depending on the seating area, ranging from 20 to 45 euros.
The mayor of San Javier José Miguel Luengo highlighted the "great quality of programming" presented, as well as popular prices and the fact of taking the theater to the street, as it also happens with the Jazz Festival.
Luengo announced the next remodeling of the 32,000-meter park where the "Mar Menor's Cultural Cathedral" is located in reference to the auditorium, venue of the festivals, and noted the importance of continuing to maintain the full municipal management of the Festival.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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