What a week! Ten nights of theatre are over and it has been wonderful!
Every year here in Ribadavia a big theatre event is organised called "MIT - Mostra Internacional de Teatro". Groups from different parts of Spain, Chile, Argentina and Belgium came to perform in this festival.
Sabrina and I volunteered to help, not only to get free entries to all the shows but also to take part in the organisation and peek behind the curtain. They gave us shirts and staff badges. On three days at 11pm I needed to scan the tickets at the entrance to the amphitheatre behind the castle, which has exclusively been build for the MIT! For some reason I really enjoyed doing that. It was the first time they used scanners instead of just tearing the ticket.
Every year here in Ribadavia a big theatre event is organised called "MIT - Mostra Internacional de Teatro". Groups from different parts of Spain, Chile, Argentina and Belgium came to perform in this festival.
Sabrina and I volunteered to help, not only to get free entries to all the shows but also to take part in the organisation and peek behind the curtain. They gave us shirts and staff badges. On three days at 11pm I needed to scan the tickets at the entrance to the amphitheatre behind the castle, which has exclusively been build for the MIT! For some reason I really enjoyed doing that. It was the first time they used scanners instead of just tearing the ticket.
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After letting the people in we needed to close the doors and wait outside to tell people who were coming late that they could use the other door, for instance. We always were in pairs doing all that. And so I also got in touch with some more people, which is great! The waiting of course was rather boring.
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The view from my chair down the narrow street and Sabrina waiting. |
Apart from the performances we could not see because we were working, we tried to visit all the shows. So last week I have been out every night at least from 11pm to 1am or even longer if there was a second show before (in the Culture House or in the streets) or after (in the streets for free). And it has been wonderful! The plays were all very different, ranging from a lot of comedy over thriller to mute puppet theatre. Most of them were in Spanish of course which was partly quite hard to understand and some even were in Gallego which is even harder to understand...but still I enjoyed watching all the different actors, stage settings and ideas that have been presented.
My two favourite plays were:
"O home almofada" (The Pillow-Man)
Although it was in Gallego (the Galician language) I understood quite a lot. It was a very impressive thriller, playing with the border between reality and nightmare with incredible performances of the four actors, great light effects and a clever use of the a stage setting.
"A mano" (Handmade)
Before entering the small and dark room you get a tiny little cup with some delicious tea and a homemade cookie to get you in the right mood for this adorable little play which is by all means exactly the opposite of my other favourite.
A puppet theatre done by two people, accompanied by music and spotlight tells the story of a small clay man who happens to be stuck in a second and shop and is not able to escape. The little figure is as simple as it is artful. It has a head made of clay and the hand of one of the performers serves as his body. I absolutely loved the antique touch this play had and it's clear and beautiful simplicity. Yes, sometimes less is definitly more!
My two favourite plays were:
"O home almofada" (The Pillow-Man)
Although it was in Gallego (the Galician language) I understood quite a lot. It was a very impressive thriller, playing with the border between reality and nightmare with incredible performances of the four actors, great light effects and a clever use of the a stage setting.
"A mano" (Handmade)
Before entering the small and dark room you get a tiny little cup with some delicious tea and a homemade cookie to get you in the right mood for this adorable little play which is by all means exactly the opposite of my other favourite.
A puppet theatre done by two people, accompanied by music and spotlight tells the story of a small clay man who happens to be stuck in a second and shop and is not able to escape. The little figure is as simple as it is artful. It has a head made of clay and the hand of one of the performers serves as his body. I absolutely loved the antique touch this play had and it's clear and beautiful simplicity. Yes, sometimes less is definitly more!
Here are some fotos of two other shows which were on the streets and therefore for free.
The first one was for adults and a little bit unsettling in my opinion. A big crazy spectacle.
The other one was for children and the group involved people from the audience into their play which was quite amusing and worked out better than I expected it to do. However, I think neither of them had been breathtaking.
The first one was for adults and a little bit unsettling in my opinion. A big crazy spectacle.
The other one was for children and the group involved people from the audience into their play which was quite amusing and worked out better than I expected it to do. However, I think neither of them had been breathtaking.
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