The organising Committee of the National Amateur Theatre Contest ‘Antonio Ferrer el Cartero’ has already selected the three plays that will be performed this year, which reaches its 12th edition and will take place every Sunday from 3 to 24 November.
A total of 112 plays have been submitted from all over Spain and the selected ones are: ‘La habitación del niño’ by Carpe Diem Teatro, from Tomelloso (Ciudad Real), which will open the event on 3 November, ‘Cuando no ves la luz’ by Twister Teatro, from Rivas Vaciamadrid (Madrid), which will perform on 10 November and finally ‘El trastero’ by Amigos del Teatro from Castellón, which will perform this play on 17 November.
The awards ceremony is scheduled for 24 November. And on that day, as the culmination of the competition, there will be a performance of ‘Coplas del alma’ with Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, in which the renowned Spanish actor will take a journey through the great authors of Spanish poetry from the 16th century to the present day, such as San Juan de la Cruz, Santa Teresa de Jesús, Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado and Miguel Hernández. He will be accompanied by José Manuel Cuenca on the piano and the baritone Luis Santana who will sing songs of the period.
The event will be held at 18.30 in the municipal auditorium and admission will be free. A total of 7,500 euros in prizes will be awarded: 3,500 euros for the best show and 2,000 euros for each of the other two groups selected as finalists. There will also be prizes for best direction, best leading performance and best supporting performance.
The National Amateur Theatre Contest ‘Antonio Ferrer el Cartero’ was born in 2012 with the aim of paying tribute to amateur theatre and its tradition in Calpe, as well as to the Antonio Ferrer “El cartero” (The postman) from Calpe, alma mater of the local scene, and undoubtedly, one of the actors with the greatest personality that this land has given.