ASSITEJ Spain celebrates the 10th ASSITEJ Cycle of Dramatized Readings, on March 27, 28 and 29 at the Casa del Lector Auditorium in Matadero Madrid.
Reading dramatic texts becomes a unique and quality experience for children and young people, fostering this experience in the youngest audiences and highlighting the literary quality of theatrical texts.
The readings are accompanied by the projection of specially designed images that, like digital scenery, frame and energize the dramatization, placing the activity somewhere between a reading and a theatrical production.
After the reading, a meeting with the performer and/or author is proposed, during which the work and the reading can be explored in more depth.
All readings are free and specifically aimed at educational centers. After registration, we will send copies of the selected plays to the schools so that the teaching team can work on the reading with the students and explore the expressive potential of the dramatic works.
Lunes 27 de marzo 10:00 h.
The boy who fellme in a hole
Jordi Sierra i Fabra
RESAD MADRID
+8 years
The boy who fell into a hole is a harsh criticism of today's society, a fable about the lack of communication and loneliness, the way others see us and the fact that nobody listens to others, and even less to a child. It puts parents, mothers, politicians, the media, tourists, soldiers, priests, disabled people and a long etc. in the vision of a child with a problem that nobody believes. How can a child fall into a hole without being able to get out and end up half his body underground? The key, however, is not this simple anecdote. The key lies in the question: What is this hole?
Martes 27 de marzo 10:00 h.
Beautiful Julia
Maribel Carrasco
RESAD MADRID
Life at school is never easy. But if they also call you Filthy and you can't tell anyone you're Julia, everything becomes much more complicated. Maribel Carrasco, one of the most outstanding voices in children's theater, presents us with a harsh and uncondescending reality in Beautiful Julia. Julia tells us her own story: the story of a trans girl who stands up to school bullies, parents, and teachers, to accept herself as she is.
Miércoles 29 de marzo.
Gretel and Hansel
Suzanne Lebeau
ESAD ASTURIAS
Having a sibling isn't always easy. This is the story of how Gretel and Hansel became siblings. Gretel, the older sister, and Hansel, the younger brother, who keeps saying "Me too," like an echo. And, of course, there's also a breadbasket without bread, a forest, a dream house, and the risk of being eaten.
Suzanne Lebeau draws on the Brothers Grimm tale to write a new story about the love between two siblings and the vulnerability of childhood. As is typical in the work of this Canadian playwright, one of the most renowned voices in international theater, she does not sugarcoat the conflicts, contradictions, and difficulties the siblings face. Written in poetic and transparent language, Suzanne Lebeau draws us into a tender and disturbing world with Gretel and Hansel, where we will confront our fears.
