English Language Broadcast - De ferias a feria: A tour to celebrate poetry and theater - 23/04/24

English Language Broadcast

We are slowly approaching the end of the month of March and there are two dates that we could not miss. On the 21st of March we celebrated World Poetry Day, a date that was declared by UNESCO in the year 1999, to "celebrate one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity." And next week, on the 27th of March we will be commemorating World Theater Day, which was initiated in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute.

Here in Spain the association Soy de la Cuesta, have organized a poetic and theatrical tour under the name "De fieras a ferias. Alguien tuvo la delicadeza de enviar una carta" (From beasts to fairs. Someone was kind enough to send a letter) from the Retiro Park to the Cuesta de Moyano to celebrate these dates. The tour is also intended to celebrate the figure of novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, Gertrude Stein, and commemorate the Surrealist Manifesto, 100 years after its publication. Actress, writer and performer, Sasha Falcke, and writers Juanpe Sanchez Lopez and Maria de la Cruz will also be taking part in this celebration. To tell us all about this tour we spoke with writer, researcher, translator, and curator of the tour Helena Mariño.

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