The festival, organized by the University of Alicante and the La Alcudia University Foundation for Archaeological Research, includes 6 outdoor theatrical performances, three in the Teaching Theater block and three in the Professional Theater block, all of them around myths and legends of the Greco-Latin tradition, from both classic and contemporary visions.
The first block will host the recent premieres of the UA Theater Classroom, Lysistrata. Occupy the Acropolis, and the UMH Theater Company, A San Juan Night's Dream, as well as the winning work of the VII Greco-Latin Theater School Contest of the UA, Greek loves: Sappho, Alcibiades, Hipparchy, by the IES Pascual Carrión de Sax Theater Group.
In the professional theater section, Bambalina Teatre will present to us its immersion with puppets in the King Oedipus by Sophocles (in Valencian). The next day, and after its absolute premiere at the Mérida International Classical Theater Festival, Verbo Producciones will arrive with the comedy Appearance, of Menander. Finally, The festival will close with the great success of The Girls of Cádiz, The wind is wild, a free recreation, tragicomic and Cadiz drama about the myths of Phaedra and Medea with which they won the Max award for Best New Show 2020.
During this edition, parallel to the Festival, attendees will also be able to participate in a program of thematic guided visits to the Archaeological Site, organized from the University Institute of Research in Archeology and Historical Heritage of the UA, during the hours of 20 h and duration of 30 min.
Oedipus the King – Bambalina Practicable Theatre
The Valencian theater company Bambalina Teatre Practicable presents its puppet version of Sophocles' Greek tragedy, with adaptation (renewed for the occasion) and directed by Jaume Policarpo.
Oedipus Rex is a moving work like no other that preserves intact its ability to lead the viewer to a mythical realm where men and gods interact in a mysteriously supportive way.. A work that transcends us and connects us with a mythological sense of existence that even today continues to expand our senses and provides a metaphysical emotion that is difficult to explain.. In her, Bambalina explores the expressive possibilities of puppets to establish a contemporary connection with an author so far away in time and so close due to his poetics and sensitivity.: a restless playwright, committed and with a deep sense of the social and humanistic meaning of theater.
Work in Valencian.
