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.
Appearance – Verb Productions
Appearance, of Menander, en versión de Florián Recio y con dirección de Paco Carrillo, llega a La Alcudia de la mano de Verbo Producciones después de su estreno absoluto en el 70 Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Mérida.
Sinópsis: Esperanza hace un agujero en la pared de su dormitorio para pasar a la hornacina de la diosa Hebe y poder tener encuentros secretos con su enamorado, el joven Cándido. La esclava Rústica, que está enamorada del mismo hombre, descubre el engaño y aprovecha la ocasión para hacerse pasar por Esperanza. Este es el motor de «La aparición»: un agujero por donde se cuela el amor y el humor, las dos armas fundamentales para derribar prejuicios.
Recommended age: todos los públicos.
Appearance es la sexta producción conjunta de Verbo Producciones y Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Mérida. Con esta obra, la compañía regresa al Festival de Teatro Clásico de L’Alcudia UA después de su éxito de la edición anterior con «Los Gemelos».
