Today the countdown begins to fill the 60,457 theater seats for Saturday, March 16. The Cap butaca buida initiative, promoted by Adetca, Time Out and the CCMA, with the support of the institutions, want to fill the professional rooms one hundred percent one day a year.
In this proposal to create a kind of theatrical Sant Jordi, 145 theaters from all over Catalonia have joined this first call, with the hope that this number will increase in the next calls.
Toni Albaladejo, vice-president of the Association of Theater Companies of Catalonia (Adetca), explained that some theaters could not be in this edition because of lack of time, but he trusts that they will join in the next editions, until they reach the target of 148,000 butacas: “We are at 50% of the theaters that program regularly”.
Àlex Casanovas, president of the Association of Professional Actors and Directors of Catalonia (AADPC), says that “in Catalonia there are about 3,000 actors and actresses”, and adds that the No empty seat initiative “is restricted to theaters that program professional companies , and it means support for the profession”.
2% of the March 16 collection from the participating theaters will go to the NGO Pallassos sense Fronteres. On his behalf, Tortell Poltrona thanked the proposal: “We are very happy that it is Adetca, rather than the Government, that gives us the promised 2%,” and announced his intention to reach Gaza with his clowns.
Today, with the implementation of the reversal of the scoreboard, it has also been announced that the data center is in charge of the Work Center of the Fundació Esclerosi Múltiple. Ticket purchases can be made through the usual channels on the websites of each theater or venue.
