Camagüey 2010: A city made for the Theater

By: Aymee Amargós / Television Camagüey.
Theater festival Camagüey Foto: Reynaldo Barrera / Television Camagüey

The National Festival of Theater of Camagüey is a point of essential encounter to measure the newest in the Cuban charts. The city is revealed as the best square for the best work. The tenth third edition marks a high in the cuban scenic movement.

This time 18 assemblies of different tendencies compete with a wide thematic fan, chosen by a commission of specialists that the country traveled.

The jury has before yes settings for children like “Federico at night, of the matancero Theater of the stations, “Meow, meow” of the Guiñol of Santiago de Cuba, “A sea for tatillo” of Theater Pálpito, “Rice with corn” in charge of The cuenteros and “Another time the cockroach for the group espirituan Project for first floor.

The street theater is represented by works as the Cuban Onlooker's pamplinera and Medea of Mud, of Theater D Two.

Among the proposals for young public is “Bad crop” of Theater of the Wind and for adults “Eggs” of Mefisto Theater, “Final of Departure” of Argus Theater, “The bitter tears” of Petra Von Kant and “Josefina the traveler” of Theater The public. They unite to these settings “The Cuisse doesn't exist” of Estro Montecallado, “The station” of Your Theater and “Traveling” of Sir Clown.

Outside of the riverbanks of the competition they are The beehive with their exceptional assembly “AND however he/she moves”. I Reward Villanueva of the critic. “What did it pass the singer of ballads?” for small Theater of the Havana and “The Atridas” of Santa Clara's Theatrical Study.

This year besides the traditional spaces, the public will have several squares at your disposal, among them those of the Carmen and Juana of the Castle.

Amen of the central jury are the organized ones for institutions of the county to give recognitions.

They are also carried out presentations of books, delivery of badges and a series of audiovisual that include emissions of the program Open Scene as well as the teletheaters “Oh my love!” and “Scandal in the Trapa” directed by Tomás Piart, next to documentaries carried out by Morante Seasons on outstanding figures of the theatrical culture and the Premier of the documentary with Pancho's protagonism García.

Camagüey not only returns to the competitions of plays but to the communication of the diverse publics and the valuation of the real state of the Cuban scene.

To take advantage of each space will be good to recapture roads.