What to see, what to do in Guayaquil this Saturday, November 13, 2021

The first flower festival organized by the Municipal Tourism and Civic Promotion Company of Guayaquil. More than 400,000 flowers will be exhibited in different arrangements and 148 sculptures, 30 bicycles, 12 dresses (mounted on mannequins), among other pieces, will be decorated. Roses, mini-roses, carnations, daisies, sunflowers, baby’s breath, lilies, chrysanthemums, alelis, gerberas, birds and foliage such as succulents, ivy and pampas will be part of the exhibition in which 150 artisans from five flower shops and 10 designers, teachers participate. and fashion design students from the Instituto Superior Tecnológico Eurodiseño. The plants come from the Costa, Sierra and Oriente regions, and as part of the festival there will be 100 offerings that will measure between 1.20 and 1.50 meters in diameter with wooden tripods 1.80 meters high. The weight of the arrangements will range from 150 to 200 pounds. Free entrance. Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 November, between 09:00 and 22:00, esplanade of the presidents of the Simón Bolívar boardwalk, at the height of Aguirre street.

Exposure and questioning

Carlos A. Castro Valarezo is an artist from Guayaquil by profession with a degree in Audiovisual Production, who began his pictorial work in 2005. His works are based on his interest in the beginning of life, technology and the future of plants. “I am inspired by the wealth of natural resources, life and technology. I paint a world similar to ours ”, he says, that is why his paintings question the future of plants and human beings; his canvases are named Semi-cloudy blue, Covid love, Forest, Loving tissue, Forest and lagoon, among others. “We create the life we ​​want, we believe in what we want to live and what we live is not enough. Humanity is not so human anymore, we are doing the same to nature. We want to humanize the digital and digitize man. This is becoming our reality, ”he says. His most recent work, Digit fruit, is the photographic record of a series of trees within a forest to later be represented as a machine would. Along with other paintings, he exhibits them in Blanca Gallery in Plaza Guayarte until Sunday, November 14.

Musical tribute

Tribute to Manzanero It is the concert that Astrid Achi and Amado Terán will offer. Admission: $ 40 (general) and $ 20 (3rd age), includes wine and snacks. 20:00, Experimental Theater of the Art Center Theater (Av. Del Bombero, Guayaquil).

Concert of two great Ecuadorian voices

Big time at the pearl It is the new proposal of the Quito artist Paulina Tamayo, ‘La grande del Ecuador’, who celebrates 50 years of artistic career. The artist joined Ernesto Albán’s company from a very young age. He has recorded some songs, among them: the corridors Begging for love, lost faith, the waltz Lies and the dawn Little street of love, all composed of his mother, María Luisa Cevallos Paladines. As an adult, Paulina has toured nationally and internationally. Tamayo will be accompanied by the singer Silvana Ibarra, an Ecuadorian singer and actress with more than three decades of artistic career. Tickets: $ 30, $ 40 and $ 50 (on sale at TicketShhow and TCA box offices). 20:00, main hall of the Centro de Arte Theater (Av. Del Bombero).

Disney Plus Anniversary Surprises

After his time on the big screen, Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings will arrive together with Jungle Cruise to the Disney Plus streaming platform within the framework of Disney + Day. To see the oriental hero you must pay an additional cost and it will be seen only through the access premiere, while the film of the two explorers played by Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt will be available to all subscribers for free. The celebration of the second anniversary includes several surprises and exclusive premieres in absolutely all its aspects (Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic), as well as announcements of exciting future projects within the platform. In addition to the arrival of Shang-Chi, it will be possible to see, at last, Home Sweet Home Alone, reinvention of My poor angel starring the charismatic Archie Yates, who rose to international fame after his role in Jojo Rabbit. Likewise, official short films will be presented, such as Frozen y Luca: Olaf Presents.

Weekly concerts by ‘Live On Max’

Are you a fan of music? Starting November 13, you can enjoy a live concert a week, just for HBOmax, who joined with Sony Music Latin to present weekly for all fans of music and entertainment in Latin America the Live On Max, which deals with concerts with various Latin artists live. You can see, for example, their preparation for the show, send them questions and even vote for the song with which you want the show to close! Starting today (Saturday) and until December 18 they will be broadcast on the platform of streaming, for six weeks, broadcasts with different artists. In the first three concerts they will be Farruko together with the young Colombian Manuel Turizo and the Mexican group Reik. The first cycle of Live On Max will close with presentations by Want y Ricky; together with one of the pioneers of reggaeton, Nicky Jam; and the always authentic songwriter and singer of Criminal, Natti Natasha. Enjoy the concerts on Saturdays at 09:00.

• Saturday November 13: Farruko
• Saturday, November 20: Manuel Turizo
• Saturday, November 27: Reik
• Saturday December 4: Mau and Ricky
• Saturday, December 11: Nicky Jam
• Saturday December 18: Natti Natasha

Theater in different stages

siterian paradise is the most recent production of Teatro del Cielo in its premiere season. The work highlights many aspects of the human being through a scenic language that will make us travel through absurdity, madness, incongruity and poetry. Grel and Avelina are two women who live in a house that remains completely closed. Its cloister is the space where both prepare for the arrival of a prosperous dawn and with it a supposed paradise known as El Paraíso Siteriano. Grel, an experienced woman, instructs Avelina with the rules and lessons of a manual, so that she can become a Siterian woman worthy of the coveted paradise. Direction and dramaturgy: Martín Peña Vázquez. Cast: Yanet Gómez and Frances Swett. Admission: $ 15. 19:30, Multiartes room of the Centro de Arte Theater (Av. Del Bombero).

Give me my heart back features María (played by Joselyn Gallardo), a beautiful young woman who is haunted by the ghost of Raúl Angulo, the man who was her husband and whom she murdered to escape their violent relationship. Story inspired by the Ecuadorian legend of María Angula. Direction: Henry Silva. Over 12 years old. Admission: $ 20. Functions on November 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21, 20:30, Sala La Bota (Malecón del Salado).

The platypus it is a staging that invites the audience to have fun and reflect on sexuality in modern times. “There will be sex, a lot of sex, and laughter, a lot too,” say the actors and the director of this play, whose script opens a question: what would happen if we open our sentimental and sexual relationship to a third party? Dramaturgy by Humberto Robles and produced by Estudio Paulsen, with a stellar cast of artists belonging to that acting house: Raúl Sánchez McMillan, teacher of the Meisner technique; and the graduates Lissette Rezabala, Alfredo Salomón and Adrián Cárdenas (in the direction). Admission: $ 15. Shows from November 13 to 20, Thursday to Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Paulsen Studio (Las Peñas neighborhood). Reservations: 096-018-9636.

Juan (Francisco Aguiñaga) and Luis (Andrés Olmedo) are not only co-workers, but also great friends, the kind that tell each other about everything to help each other. One of those personal conversations takes an unexpected turn when one tells the other that he likes his wife! This is the plot of the comedy Lost, whose presentations start today, Friday 12. The dramaturgy was written by the Catalan Ramón Madaula. This is a joint production between Casa Cino Fabiani and the Sánchez Aguilar Theater. Admission: $ 20. Functions on Fridays and Saturdays, until December 11, 2021, 8:00 p.m., Las Peñas neighborhood. Then it will be from January 13 to 22, 2022, at the Sánchez Aguilar Theater. Reservations: 099-469-3323.

A Pop-Up Theater

In season 62 of Pop-Up Teatro Café, the works that are presented from Wednesday to Saturday (from 7:30 p.m.) are the following:

Not one more. Tired of being abused by their wives, two old men decide to found an organization of battered husbands and shout “not one more!” Cast: Gabriel Shapiro and Gabriel Gallardo. Text: Gabriel Shapiro. For all audiences.

Father for a day. In an asylum, a nice man will relive the most beautiful moments of his youth with the help of his partner. Cast: Mimo Cava and Majo Avilés. Text: Ariel Zöller. Direction: Sebastián Perdomo.

The promise. Would our love be present forever? Sofía and Joaquín meet again in the future to reveal things from the past. They act: Luis Mayorga and Daniela Rodríguez. Direction: Alberto Moreno. Art direction: Érick Díaz.

Chente & Pancha. A married couple who recounts how fun an old-fashioned relationship can be in which deafness and memory loss play pepo. They act: Gabriela Andrade and Luis Fernando García. Director and author: Ricardo Velástegui. Art Direction: Jeff Nieto.

You can visit these rooms from Wednesday to Sunday, from 7:00 p.m., in central Urdesa. Entry: $ 6 each work. You can also review the agenda at www.popupteatro.com.