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The Comedy Contest of La Palma celebrates its twenty-first edition.
It does so as a consolidated event in Spain, which year after year receives mounts from all over the national territory.
In this edition it has received more than sixty inscriptions, finally being classified the company 'Theater in construction', of Elche;
'Teatro Estable', by Leganés and 'MM Teatro', by Sevilla.
"Theater is and has been important in Cartagena and in the history of humanity, it is one of the oldest cultural expressions that life presents us from a different perspective, which allows us to analyze situations and circumstances that often go unnoticed", has highlighted the councilman of Culture, David Martinez, in the presentation of this event, whose genre, comedy is "the most valued by the viewer because it makes us laugh and de-randomize day to day."
Although comedy is the predominant genre in this contest, the president of the cultural association 'Ahora Teatro' de la Palma, Francisco Rodríguez, explained that "spectators will find different variants of this genre such as, the comedy of entanglement, the black humor or the romantic comedies. "
The contest is organized by the cultural association 'Ahora Teatro' de la Palma, in collaboration with the City of Cartagena and the residents' association of La Palma.
The performance of the comedies start this year on Saturday, February 9, at 9:00 pm with an Opening Gala in which the last performance of the national tour of the play, of the group 'Bonjour mon amour', will be performed. 'A fool in a box'.
A show directed by the Murcian actor and director, winner of the 2017 Goya Award, for Best New Actor, Carlos Santos.
All the performances will have as a backdrop the Civic Center of La Palma from 9 to 24 February.
The chronicler of Cartagena, José Sánchez, has qualified that this contest is "the most veteran and is the only one in Spain specialized in the genre of comedy, except for the one that has emerged a year ago in Alicante".
The mayor David Martinez has detailed the program of the contest "on Friday, 15, will be represented 'Huanita' in charge of Theater in Construction (1st finalist work), on Saturday, February 16, will take the tables 'The Inspector' with Theater Stable (2nd finalist work), on Sunday, February 17, 'El silto es un sabio' by MM Teatro (3rd finalist work) ".
The works of Friday and Saturday will be performed at 9:00 pm, while the works on Sunday will be at 8:00 pm.
In addition to these finalist works of the contest, on Friday, February 22, at 9:00 pm, the cultural association 'Ahora Teatro' will perform a pre-release of his work 'A husband of round trip', by author Enrique Jardiel Poncela.
The next day, at the same time, the premiere of the work will take place, while on Sunday, February 24, at 8:00 pm, a replacement of this work will be made, adapted by Francisco García Vicente and directed by Joaquina S. Gómez and María García.
The same, Saturday 23, will take place the Closing Ceremony, where the awards will be presented.
The awards are for the best actor and main actress, best actor and supporting actress and best direction, and will consist of a reproduction of one of the works of the Palma-born painter Pérez Cánovas.
It also establishes a financial aid to cover expenses of diet and displacement of the selected groups for the final of 1,200 euros, if it has its registered office to more than 500 kilometers, and of 900 euros, if it is located less than 500 kilometers away. .
Maite Ramos, of the board of 'Ahora Teatro' has concluded saying that "the reservations of the localities can be done through the web page, the QR code that appears in the program of the contest, calling to 639 715 364 or 639 974 517 or at the box office of the Civic Center of La Palma ".
The ticket prices are 7 euros for each show, or, 20 euros for each bonus, which includes the ticket to the three finalists.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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