{"id":3692,"date":"2013-06-12T17:21:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/2013\/06\/12\/negrie-people-attending-the-fitt-will-see-high-quality-plays-while-discovering-new-theatre-spots\/"},"modified":"2013-06-12T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T16:21:33","slug":"negrie-people-attending-the-fitt-will-see-high-quality-plays-while-discovering-new-theatre-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/en\/2013\/06\/12\/negrie-people-attending-the-fitt-will-see-high-quality-plays-while-discovering-new-theatre-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Negri\u00e9: \u201cPeople attending the FITT will see high quality plays, while discovering new theatre spots\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joan<\/a><\/p>\n

Joan Negri\u00e9<\/strong> (30) has dedicated fifteen years of his life to professional theatre, and more than twenty actually getting on stage. It\u2019s in his blood. I recall him at La marat\u00f3 de Nova York<\/em>, one of the latest plays he has taken part in, running non-stop up and down for the one and a bit hours it lasted. Running and performing. You can tell he\u2019s in good shape.<\/p>\n

Joan<\/strong>, together with Oriol<\/strong>, Maria<\/strong>, Octavi<\/strong>, Paloma<\/strong>, Yolanda<\/strong> and Ramon<\/strong>, are the current essence of the Sala Trono<\/a><\/strong>. Actors, but also promoters. \u2018In 2011, after a decade bringing first-class theatre to the Sala Trono<\/strong>, we decided to go one step further. Why not also bringing other kinds of shows that, due to their characteristics or dimensions, would run out of space at the Sala Trono? We then choose to create new dramatic proposals on larger spaces and open them up to the city. This is how the Festival Internacional de Teatre de Tarragona (FITT) was born.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Firstly, the FITT<\/strong> took the Avignon Festival<\/a><\/strong> as an example. \u2018When we went to Aviny\u00f3 for the first time we thought: this is exactly what we want for Tarragona<\/em>\u201d. In addition to this, everything was on our side: two sister cities; two mayors being friends; a history and heritage with loads of parallelisms; similar cultural spots\u2026 And the first edition started. \u2018On the first year of the FITT<\/em> \u2013recalls Joan Negri\u00e9\u2013 people got wowed by this proposal. They were amazed, for example, by a nighttime performance at the Roman Circus<\/em>\u2019. <\/p>\n

\"Los<\/a><\/p>\n

The second edition of the Festival Internacional de Teatre de Tarragona<\/strong> lands in Tarragona from the 26 till the 30 of June<\/strong> with a high-class offer. \u2018People will appreciate, above all, an increase in the quality of the shows, and will discover new theatre spots, such as the Col\u00b7legi d\u2019Arquitectes, the Voltes del Pallol or Casa Canals. They will get a more festival-like dynamic<\/em>\u2019, says Negri\u00e9, who highlights that \u2018in order to achieve this atmosphere, we\u2019ll organise a dinner previous to some of the plays, and invite people to actually comment about it with the actors, once finished, while having a drink<\/em>\u2019. A sort of rugby\u2019s third time, but between actors and public this time. \u2018We want everyone to really feel they\u2019re in a festival; to feel part of the community while experiencing it personally<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

The FITT<\/strong> has a biennial nature and a structure essentially human. \u2018It is the result of adding effort, time and money dedication, and the fact of counting on the complicity of companies putting down their prices aware that the festival can become an incredibly attractive display for them<\/em>\u2019, says Negri\u00e9<\/strong>. Given the current recession atmosphere, one must split hairs.<\/p>\n

A good example is the Verkami<\/a><\/strong> project at the Sala Trono<\/strong>, during the FITT<\/strong>. It is not just a kind of micro-sponsorship so much as an advance tickets sale. From a certain amount of money, you are guaranteeing your ticket, and its lowest possible price. Therefore, it is well worth it. Festival\u2019s organization is actually helping these people have a more thorough control in the ticket\u2019s sale, would it be necessary to rearrange a certain show or to increase its capacity. The Verkami<\/strong> project has gone beyond initial expectations; first victory.<\/p>\n