The Madrid region's Festival de Otoño (Autumn Festival), organised by the regional government's Vicepresidencia, Consejería de Cultura y Deporte y Portavocía del Gobierno (Vice-presidency, Department of Culture and Sport and Government Spokespersons' Department), this year celebrates its 26th edition from November 4 to 29. During a four week period in autumn, 32 invited companies perform works of theatre, dance, music and circus.
35 events:
Theatre: 16
Dance: 7
Music: 3
Contemporary circus: 3
Theatre/Dance/Music: 1
Mime: 1
Dance/Theatre/Performance: 1
Theatre/Dance: 1
Theatre/Musical: 1
Performance/Audiovisual: 1
142 performances
Theatre: 76
Dance: 22
Music: 3
Contemporary circus: 14
Theatre/Dance/Music: 4
Mime: 4
Dance/Theatre/Performance: 6
Theatre/Dance: 4
Musical theatre: 3
Audiovisual performance: 6
35 premieres
World premieres: 2
Spanish premieres: 16
Madrid premieres: 17
6 SPANISH EVENTS
1 from Andalusia, 2 from Catalonia, 2 from the Madrid region and 1 from the Madrid region/Belgium
29 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
From 19 different countries: Argentina 3, Austria/USA 1, Belgium 4, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Canada 1, France 4, Germany 1, Italy 4, Japan 2, Latvia 1, Norway 1, Portugal 1, Serbia 1, Switzerland/Morocco 1, USA 1, USA/Iceland/Australia 1 and Vietnam/Switzerland/France 1.
IN THEATRES IN THE MADRID REGION
There are 4 events making up a total of 9 performances. Of these, 2 are Argentinean, 1 Spanish and 1 French.
11 VENUES IN MADRID:
Teatro de La Abadía, Teatros del Canal, La Casa Encendida, Teatro Circo Price, Sala Cuarta Pared, Teatro Español, Teatro Fernán Gómez. Centro de Arte, Teatro del Instituto Francés, Teatro de Madrid, Naves del Español / Matadero Madrid and Teatro Pradillo.
10 VENUES IN 10 MUNICIPALITIES IN THE MADRID REGION:
Teatro Auditorio Ciudad de Alcobendas (Alcobendas), Centro Cultural Isabel de Farnesio Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo (Aranjuez), Auditorio Montserrat Caballé (Arganda del Rey), Centro Comarcal de Humanidades Cardenal Gonzaga Sierra Norte (La Cabrera), Teatro Auditorio Federico García Lorca (Getafe), Casa de Cultura Carmen Conde (Majadahonda), Teatro Villa de Móstoles (Móstoles), Mira Teatro (Pozuelo de Alarcón), Centro Cultural Federico García Lorca Teatro Auditorio (San Fernando de Henares) and Teatro Municipal de Tres Cantos (Tres Cantos).
MADRID REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
President
Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma
Vice-president, Director of Culture and Sport and Government Spokesperson
Ignacio González
Deputy Director of Culture
Concepción Guerra Martínez
Chief Administrative Officer
Borja Sarasola
Director General of Cultural Promotion
Amado Giménez Precioso
Deputy Director of Cultural Programming
Cristina Santolaria
Deputy Director of Administrative Records and Cultural Promotion
José Martínez
Head of Cultural Programming Department
Ruperto Merino
Head of Communications
Pablo Muñoz
Press Team
Milagros Gosálvez
Lara Sánchez
Timanfaya Custodio
Head of Advertising
Jaime Fernández López
Advertising Team
Emilio Benítez
Patricia Calvo
Paulino Díez
Ana Ripoll
Cristina Carrasco
Public Relations
Nicolás Díaz Chico
Photographer
Andrés de Gabriel
FESTIVAL DE OTOÑO 2009
Director
Ariel Goldenberg
Assistant Director
Paula Foulkes
Production
Pablo Messiez
Alejandro Foulkes
Press - Documents - Texts
Elvira Giménez
Ángela de la Torre
Public Relations
Ana Brihuega
Technical production
José María Ojeda
Douglas McNicol
Design
Ray Díaz
Website
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