The Teatre L’Ateneu de Celrà will offer thirteen shows for the winter-spring season, which starts this Saturday. Specifically, there is two dance proposals, five are teatre, in the broadest sense, i six are aimed at family audiencesr, all small and medium format and focused on social and educational issues, such as transsexuality and gender identity or historical memory. Among the most outstanding proposals are the monologues Stabat Mater i The giant of the pine.
In January you can see three shows: one dance, Nowhen, by Federica Porello (January 15), a spoken and danced monologue that investigates the multifaceted relationship between the performer and her real and imaginary environment; a musical and poetic show aimed at family audiences, Andromedas, by Samfaina de Colors (January 16), i Stabat Mater, with Montse Esteve (January 29), premiered at the TNC in 2019 and is a monologue by the Italian classic Antonio Tarantino, regarding the courage of the weakest.
Five shows are scheduled for February: two family performances, Kl’aa. Your songó, by Engruna Teatre (February 13), a show-concert aimed at children from 0 to 5 years old, and I am a new one, by Zum Zum Teatre (February 27), winner of two FETEN 2021 awards, which tells the story of Omar, a refugee child who had to flee the war and lost his parents at sea trying to find a better future. There will also be an offer for young people and adults, with three proposals: The giant of Fr.i (February 12), a monologue by Pau Vinyals that reflects on historical memory and his family past; Transhipment, by Malvasia Producciones (February 18), and finally, electronic opera Infanticide, an adaptation of the text by Víctor Català by Clara Peya and Marc Rosich (February 26).
In the last two months of the season, three family functions will be presented, the first called Las Cotton, of the Basque company Anita Maravillas (March 13), winner of the FETEN 2021 Award for best puppet show; Stone soup, by Engruna Teatre (March 27), a story regarding people who have to flee their homes and reach lands they do not know; and finally Ada’s backpack, from Teatre al Detall (April 3), a transformative story regarding gender identity.
In addition, a dance show has been scheduled. While it rains, of the Cia. Altraste Danza (April 24), to celebrate International Dance Day, and finally, a performance theater performance, Resistance actions, by Susana Barranco (March 19), a critique of the economic system awarded the BBVA Theater 2020 prize.
In addition to the shows that will have the L’Ateneu Theater as the stage, the Culture Department has scheduled the last production of the Cia for April 23. Strawberry, Migrate, presented at the Fira de Tàrrega in 2021. St. George’s Day will be performed, in its street version, in a space to be determined.
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