The Candelaria’s theater

The Candelaria’s theater had created several national plays and presented them in national festivals, and international festivals demonstrating Colombian and others nation’s cultures. It was founded in 1966 from a group of artists of all around Colombia. Since the beginning of the theater group La Candelaria is an overriding concern was to work for public access to the theater and popular ownership of the national drama. Adaptations of works were made as “soldados” and the national Alvaro Cepeda Samudio “padre”, directed by Carlos José Reyes and some experiments that were named Magic, who were free to create experiences together between theater people and artists of the plastic. In this moment it’s located at the historical Candelaria´s zone. As the Candelaria’s theater and near it is the “casa de la cultura” which is painted with street art and on its top there is a phrase that said: “curtain of the time, images of dreams, dancing more than running the wind, harmony and color display”, by Sone, demonstrates as good as well the significance of dramatization.

By: Diana Catalina Márquez

By: Diana Catalina Márquez