Theatrical proposals from various places, such as Equatorial Guinea, Chile and Ecuador, are part of the Festival Escenarios del Mundo.
Theatrical proposals from various places, such as Equatorial Guinea, Chile and Ecuador, are part of the World Scenarios Festival presented by the Directorate of Culture of the Municipality of Guayaquil.
The festival will run until December 1 in three different stages of the city, since the purpose of the direction is to reach an approximate of 600 spectators. “It’s not about being individualistic, it’s about promoting art (…); that’s why we have looked for these other scenarios”, states Bright constante, Director of Culture of the Municipality of Guayaquil.
This is how the José Martínez Queirolo Theater (Casa de la Cultura Nucleo del Guayas), the MAAC platform and the MAAC auditorium become the stages for this festival, which started yesterday, Thursday.
For this Sunday the presentation of The country of cinnamon, a play by the Círculo Artes Escénicas, from Chile-Ecuador. The play, directed by Juan Francisco Sánchez Brkic, narrates in a playful way the adventure of the “discovery” of the Amazon River in 1542, this in an expedition led by Francisco de Orellana.
“After failing in the search for a supposed cinnamon forest in the jungles of Ecuador, the Spaniards rush down the river in search of food, not suspecting that they will find the largest river in the world, populated by indigenous empires and inhabited by warrior women. that will remind them of the legendary Amazons ”, mentions his synopsis. The performance will be at 4:00 p.m. on the MAAC platform.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, December 1, the Ecuadorian work will be presented When Rosa arrives, directed by Carlos Gallegos. The monologue presents the history of a neighborhood that transits between football, literature, love and a restaurant. Address some topics, such as marriage, death, and its later stage.
The play, performed by René Zabala, will take place in the auditorium of the MAAC at 20:00.
Access to all functions is free. “The idea is that they go as a family to see theater; they can go with children 6 years and older “, Constant mentions.
Comicteca reopening
“We are determined to really make culture in our city (…). Through art we are going to transport and feel everything that we feel as artists”Says the director, who is also a painter and sculptor.
It is for this reason that it has been proposed to open the different areas of the Municipal Library. “Soon we will be opening room by room, we are putting a lot of desire, and the whole of Guayaquil has to know that here they can meet and that the youth can find a spectacular place to entertain themselves”, dice.
For this Monday at 11:30 it has planned to reopen the Comic Library in an event that will feature the presentation of two superheroes who join the cultural management of the direction. “We have created a cartoon character that we have called Super Culture and Captain Culture, whose mission is to rescue the culture of the city. With them we are going to campaign next year to cultivate our Guayaquil people ”, indicates Constant.
“We are very excited about this, we are excited that the individual has this recreation room, that young people are invited to dream of all these cartoons. We have important works, catalogs, magazines … “, Add. (I)
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