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The great theatrical tradition of Las Torres de Cotillas (27/11/2018)

Someone wrote that the people who do not love the Theater are doomed to suffer.

I do not know based on what reasons this assertion made, but I do know two things: that a thousand reasons could be adduced and that my town, Las Torres de Cotillas, will not suffer.

The Torrena passion for the Theater comes from centuries.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, sacramental cars have been represented in the town, such as El Prendimiento.

Also to the nineteenth century, in particular to the month of November 1896, the news related to the performance in the corralón - rather than Theater - of "Las Delicias" of a Zarzuela Company directed by the comedian actor Antonio Galván, went back. in its five days of billboard a great success of audience.

The seed of the Theater in Las Torres de Cotillas rested in the fertile kiss of a hobby always expectant, in the heat of suns lit to the epic tale of past glories and costumbristas canvases, a seed, the Theater, watered - in beautiful metaphor of the theatrical actor French Jean Louis Barrault - for the heart of all men to make the scene an effective vehicle of peace, leaving aside everything that separates Humanity.

And the seed bore fruit in several sections of our recent local history.

According to the investigations carried out by our Official Cronista of the Villa Ricardo Montes, that local scenic appearance would begin with the creation of a fixed and stable theater in Las Torres de Cotillas, hand in hand with the cinema since in 1926 it opened its doors the disappeared "Salón Carrillo" breathing life into the cultural panorama of the municipality as evidenced by the repertoire of representations of a certain entity that are happening in later dates (worth as an example the work "Juan José", by Joaquin Dicenta).

But a milestone that will mark the most glorious and extensive period of the Torreño theater will be the foundation in 1966 of the TEJUBA Theater Group (JUan BAño Theater of Rehearsal), under the impulse of its charismatic alma mater and first Director -which it takes its name from- , member of a long saga of lovers of the local scene.

The TEJUBA, to date one of the most veteran amateur theatrical ensembles in Spain, is composed of a cast of actors of all ages characterized by its masterful interpretive quality and the good work of its current Director Joaquín Cantero.

Throughout its more than half a century of history, the Juan Baño Theater has represented a wide and varied repertoire of pieces in venues throughout the regional geography, which have also earned it countless accolades and distinctions.

At the initiative of this amateur group of actors, the Spanish Theater Competition, which, as its name suggests, would be launched as a national outreach event, was launched in Las Torres de Cotillas for two consecutive years (1975 and 1976). to its success of organization and prestige according to the participating Companies, it would serve as the germ and point of inspiration and start of both the prestigious National Theater Festival "Villa de Las Torres" and the Amateur Theater Contest "Juan Baño" that they have gathered and they bring together the best of the Spanish tables.

In short, we speak of the splendid fruits of that seed that, with impetuous effort and full dedication, made germinate a group of bright neighbors full of vocation and disinterested delivery.

Cultural heritage is of great importance, not only because of the transcendence that faces the exterior for the image of Las Torres de Cotillas, but because at all times we have to do our Torreños, all equally;

we should be proud of this legacy, both for the personal and cultural enrichment it entails and for the aesthetic enjoyment that these national events have awakened and awakened.

Source: JJRM

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