Alcalá opens a theatre festival with free entry on Saturday

The San Miguel Cultural Centre in Alcalá de Guadaíra is hosting the International Festival of Commedia dell'Arte and Integration from Saturday, November 21, running until February 2027 with theatre, open workshops, screenings and meetings with professionals. All activities are free to attend until full capacity is reached, although advance registration by email is required. The first day begins at 17:00 with the official presentation of the festival. At 17:30 there will be an open interview with theatre directors Michelle Salvatori and Luis Miguel Rodríguez. After a break at 18:30, the activity continues at 19:00 with an open Commedia dell'Arte workshop and ends at 20:30 with the screening of «Zanni: Astuzie e ridicolezze d'ogni sorte!», subtitled in Spanish. The following day, Sunday, November 22 at 18:30, «Quieto Parao» is performed, a comedy and improvisation piece. In December come «Amor en Sevilla», on the 19th at 20:00, and «Somos del TBO», on the 20th at 18:30. Already in 2027, on January 16 at 20:00, «Magnolia» can be seen. The festival will close in February with a closing day whose date is yet to be announced. The festival is organised by the Asociación Cultural La Sala, linked to the European project CDAI, which connects experiences of performing arts applied to adult education and social inclusion. The proposal revives Commedia dell'Arte, a popular Italian theatrical tradition from the 16th to the 18th centuries based on improvisation, masks and characters such as Harlequin or Pantalone, and brings it into a contemporary setting with theatrical play and body expression. The municipal Culture delegate, Christopher Rivas, has stated that the festival presents theatre «as a tool for learning, communication and social inclusion» and has defended that cultural spaces be «open places, where different generations, experiences and forms of expression can meet». To take part in any activity, you must first write to infolasalasevilla@gmail.com. Entry is free until full capacity is reached for each session.