Sa 26,859 theater tickets were sold at EasterMar del Plata had a historical record which is more than double the previous best year, with 12,000 admissions in 1982.

An absolute sales success as a result of a joint work between the private and public sectors. In fact, a series of fascinating plays along with the power gained by local independent theater have created a climate of extraordinary interest to be seen at the box office.

The Secretary of Culture, Carlos Balmaceda directed to Clarion that, after the success that took place at the carnivals, it was expected that something bigger could happen at Easter.

Seen it coming

For his part, theater producer Carlos Rottemberg taught: “Ten days before there were clear signs of the success of Holy Week. The pre-sale of the seats emerged as the possibility of breaking a historical record; this gave us that there were 20,000 tickets soldwho, in addition to being fortunate, shows a keen interest in theater ”.

By the way, dracula, genderby Jose Maria Muscari, Less than a week (the highest earnings produced by the Mar del Plata summer, with Nicolás Vázquez, Gimena Accardi Y Benjamin Rojas) Y mothers They are the pieces with the highest billboard attendance.

For Balmaceda, continued support for private theater activity from the public sector has created conditions of greater security, improvements to cinemas that made the experience of going to the theater comfortabledesirable.

“Undoubtedly, the joint work between the private sector and the public sector has made it possible to create the conditions for this record sale,” Balmaceda said.

And he added: “We only count tickets sold, because, for example, in two free shows like the singer’s performance. Susana Rinaldiin the Auditorium, as Creole Masskinanta ni Jairus accompanied by a choir and the Municipal Symphony, in Estancia Sur, gathered more than 7,000 people ”, said Balmaceda.

Rottemberg also emphasized the opening of cinemas and spaces in the municipality Together with the Victorium Complex, with different proposals, they developed a combo that a priori allows us to be optimistic.

The running of time

The producer stressed, in any case, an interesting aspect to consider, the shift of the season which usually goes from the last week of December to the first two weeks of March and that, as a result of the variant of Omicron and the infections, it should be postponed.

“The season effectively started in the last week of January until the first two weeks of April and that’s what happened, that Easter closed the season and that it achieved tremendous success in ticket sales ”, Rottemberg added.

“Since we came to the Ministry of Culture, we have strengthened independent theater and many others after the severe inconvenience we are experiencing due to the pandemic,” Balmaceda added.

“Support is in various aspects, both in investment and in the improvement of rooms. In March, for example, producer Julieta Navarro inaugurated the Microteatro (as in CABA and Córdoba) with six rooms that expanded the cultural offer of Mar del Plata; this type of business has the support of the secretariat ”, added the Secretary of Culture of Mar del Plata.

The officer recalled the casting of the musical Almost Normalone of the works that broke the public record, was made at Villa Victoria, provided by the authorities for a work requiring time and infrastructure.

“We are trying actively supporting the cultural development of the city and we believe that this record reached at Easter faces us with an important challenge and that is to maintain the quality of the cultural offer and the places along with a city that allows us to continue to enjoy its shows ”, he concludes.

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