More than 100 people will participate in the show "Don Juan Tenorio Dream and Reality in the cemetery of San Javier." To be represented in the cemetery of the town on 29 October at 21: 00h, become a project of citizen participation as defined by the councilman of Culture of San Javier, David Martinez announced participation in the show of Orfeón Murciano Fernández Caballero.
Group Teatro San Javier, under the command of Juan Antonio Navas, who also will play Don Juan, faces the challenge of starring in the only complete representation of the famous work of Zorrilla in a cemetery, how many performances are held by those dates in Spain, with international only precedent cemetery Lima, in Peru, he recalled David Martinez.
The show was presented this morning at the Teatro Romea in Murcia with the assistance of the mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo and CEO of Youth, Francisco Sanchez, on behalf of the Minister of Culture, Noelia Arroyo, who stressed the commitment of San Javier by culture and originality of a unique proposal.
The show will consist of three parts and will begin with a welcome in the cypress road to the cemetery in which "in festive tone viewers will recall the ephemeral nature of life" to continue with a tour inside the cemetery, it will be a time travel, decorated for the occasion by the association "Friends of Bethlehem" with "thousands of candles, torches and music will intensify the emotion of the public."
The previous setting will end with the complete performance of the work by the group Teatro San Javier.
Its director Juan Antonio Navas, accompanied by actors of the group, announced a collective work of the group in which they have tried to contribute their own label playing with the dream and reality.
Local actors will try to surprise with the costumes and scenery in a "total spectacle" in which there will be dance, a tenor and live music with more than 10 musicians, for what have been attended the Conservatory of San Javier and local dancers.
The mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo thanked the Group Theater of San Javier, "amateur actors turned into great professionals" who have assumed "this unique challenge in our country in which we are all embarked," referring to partnerships , organizations and individuals who have joined the show.
Luengo emphasized "respect and elegance" with the environment where the show in which he announced the presence in the audience of representatives of the Church in the region of Murcia is celebrated addressed.
The location of the second part of the work in the pantheon of the father of Don Juan, the religious background of the text that refers to the salvation of the soul for forgiveness or conviction, and taste for cemeteries during the Romanticism that emerged in the time, are some of the reasons why it arises the idea of ​​bringing the entire cemetery work, said the mayor of Culture, David Martinez stressed the representation as "the cultural event of the fall."
Tickets for the show will go on sale for 10 euros from next week at the Department of Culture, in the municipality of San Javier, in Fnac Murcia, confectioneries La Cierva and on the website of Festival of Theatre, Music and dance San Javier: www.festivalessanjavier.com
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier