Minister of Culture Pedro Verges says he has reached an agreement with independent theater groups to promote live theater in the country, including the celebrating of this year’s International Theater Festival (FITE2018). The Ministry of Culture last week had announced the 2018 festival would not be held in order to use the funds for other priority projects.
After the four-hour meeting at the Palacio de Bellas Artes the following points were agreed upon:
First, the creation of a technical working group for the theater sector; second, actress Paula Disla, the theater director Claudio Rivera and the vice minister of Creativity and Popular Participation, Claudio Espinal, would serve as liaisons between the independent theater sector and the Ministry of Culture; and third, that the International Theater Festival (FIT2018) will indeed be held this year.
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Ministry of Culture
10 April 2018
