Russafa Escénica has less and less Russafa. It is also moving away from unconventional spaces. someone will exclaim: They are losing their essence! The logical answer is that the growth and expansion of the festival is a logical consequence of having been doing things very well for many years.. But it is what it is, Russafa Escènica drags its shows to more and more areas of the city in each edition and the most important programming seeks accommodation far from the neighborhood where it was born. The circumstances this year are what they are and the capacity and days of the festival will have to be reduced, Russafa OUT will take place for two weeks instead of three, as usual. Besides, adopts a hybrid format in anticipation of the authorities making any objections: There will be physical representation as long as circumstances allow and also digital broadcast of the proposals.
Having said that, we get into trouble with the forests, that is to say, pieces of ones 60 minutes that this year are performed mostly in traditional theaters. Rhythmized brings her feminist circus to Espacio Inestable (10852); Silvia Batet will fill one of the new and most fascinating spaces of this edition with dance, the chapel of the Monastery of St. Michael of the Kings (Requiem); in it thriller psychological 9 Javier Sahuquillo Danish Dogs, to Otto Preminger (we say it because of the sign), wonders how far we would be willing to go to defend reasonable doubt in a murder case; Eva Zapico investigates otherness as the ideological basis of racism in The trophy room which will be performed at La Rambleta; The Count of Torrefiel presents children's work The protagonists; the basque Olatz Gorrotxategi shows with absurd humor the relationships of dependency generated by belonging to a group in Sister Crew, and in the dance piece Catalina, of Female Sexual Initiative, we will be able to see Cristina Morales perform, the writer who shook up the publishing world with her novel Easy reading, eventually, winner of the National Fiction Prize.
And we arrive at the Greenhouse, this is, the long piece produced by the festival that this year comes out for the first time from Russafa and is directed by Adrián Novella de Bullanga Teatre in the attic of the Rialto building. In The ones above A birthday party is being held to which we are invited along with young people who wonder what is more important, health or economy, freedoms or privileges. On the other hand, the Scenic Garden at the Center del Carme changes format. Last year it consisted of six five- to ten-minute pieces that were performed on a loop every fifteen minutes for an hour and a half so viewers could build their own journey., This is made up of a single proposal, the work 1km2written and directed by Jerónimo Cornelles. Now yes, to see the Nurseries (pieces of 25 minutes) we will have to return to the nerve center that gives its name to the festival, the Russafa neighborhood. Of the five nurseries on the poster, The tardigards directed by Sergio Caballero and performed by Helena Font and Pablo Díaz del Río and El pathetic show, a work of satirical humor based on the variety shows that marked an era in this country, when Spain was “a big hare”. Russafa Scenic, a festival that has no waste. AU
