The Festival of Theatre, Music and Dance in San Javier closed last night a historic edition, with more than 16,000 spectators attended the 12 shows scheduled in the auditorium in addition to the audience that gathered the two street shows held in the Plaza of Spain , San Javier and the Paseo Colon, Santiago de la Ribera.
Festival Director and Councillor for Culture of the City of San Javier, David Martinez said "the health of the Festival of San Javier and theater in general with absolute full and an average input of more than 1,000 spectators."
David Martinez recalled that "ticket sales over 60% of the total budget of the Festival," he also stressed "satisfaction" with the response obtained by the public "that serves as a push to get to work from valued now in the next edition. "
The Festival successfully recovered street theater and its educational aspect to the course of clown that gave Anthony Valen sold-out seats.
Among the parallel activities an exhibition of Nicholas of Maya, author of the poster, which showed the creative process itself, plus a small sample of the photographer Pepeh included.
This Festival opened new exterior lighting auditorium building that has contributed to a previous environment representations with a "photocall" very theatrical under a giant poster of the Festival, and degutación coffee by the public prepared by Café Il Trovatore .
The exterior of the auditorium also welcomed the end of "Free Bach 212" which ended with an invitation to viewers to have a beer, that offered by Estrella de Levante, led to chat with the team last show of the Fura dels Baus.
"The upstairs neighbors' Cesc Gay with Candela Peña, hung the poster full two days before the performance in an auditorium that was filled with a concert by Miguel Poveda, and the classic" Alexander the Great "who came to San Javier after its premiere at the Festival of Merida.
The Renaissance and Baroque theater appeared at the Festival that focuses on contemporary theater with works like "stupidity" of the Argentine Rafael Spregelburd, with which opened on August 3, the aforementioned "Neighbors above" or "The breathing ", the multiawarded Alfredo Sanzol, played by Veronica Forqué who received the Festival Award.
The music came roaring back this year with the most current voice of fado, Ana Moura, and Miguel Poveda, who has become one of the big winners of the Festival.
The dance was present with the soloists of the National Dance Company, directed by Jose Carlos Martinez Cartagena, in an edition in which he did not miss experimentation "Free Bach 212" with the seal of the Fura.
You could not miss a glimpse into Shakespeare, with "Macbeth" of Alquiba and to Cervantes with the "Cervantina" Ron Lalá in the fourth centenary of both geniuses who were already present, represented by two actors, in presenting the Festival he held place weirs del Mar Menor.
The family theater with the musical "Hansel and Gretel" and street theater with "Everything fits" which introduced the discipline of the circus in the program of the Festival, and "Typical" by Anthony Valen, completed a program that could not miss the local theater group that debuted with the auditorium packed, as usual, "the imaginary invalid" directed by Leonor Benitez.
The local group acts as host at the Festival which emerged 47 years ago driven by the "Oscar 69" group composed of amateur actors of San Javier, some of which continue to operate in the current group.
Taking advantage of this circumstance I created 47 Festival Amateur Theatre Competition "Francisco Rubio" to be held from October 28 to November 18 next, closing the 47th edition last night threw the curtain in the auditorium of Almansa Park.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier