Carlos Rottemberg: “We are closing because we want to stay open” | Theatrical works of the Mar del Plata season were suspended

The new wave of coronavirus forced the momentary suspension of theatrical shows in Mar del Plata. Happened with The 80s are back Y Fatima is chameleon, starring Nito Artaza and Fátima Florez respectively. “We close because we want to remain open”, explained the theater producer and president of the Argentine Association of Theater Entrepreneurs (Aadet), Carlos Rottemberg.

That was his response on the blog of the Multiteatro page when someone snapped at him that “in their environment they are all infected.” “I always maintained that, when working with human raw material and not with merchandise, compliance with the protocol established for our task would be an extra guarantee for the audiences”, expressed the producer.

He added that the intention is not only to take care of the public but also “those who have the responsibility of carrying out the shows.” “For this reason, in the face of a positive case, in preventive tests on artistic teams, the measures are extreme, even going so far as to close the company when the unwanted result is confirmed,” he said. He defined the theater as “the only factory that self-closes and advertises it,” a factor that should “function as an added value in favor of those who still perceive it as a space of greater risk over others.”

He also clarified that “some suspensions of theatrical works had less press than others.” However, the sum does not succeed in “altering the global count of an activity that only in this first fortnight of January has almost 400 debuts in the country“That number includes both premieres and reruns.” Taking care of ourselves in theaters does not guarantee immunity, but we are betting on having less chance of being a target of the bug, “concluded Rottemberg.

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