Havana’s Marti Theater Reopens Next Week
The Marti Theatre of Havana, a Cuban heritage relic of the nineteenth century , will reopen on February 24 after 30 years of inactivity after a complex restoration, reported EFE.
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Miguel Angel Fraga: A Cuban Writer Born of Pain
The author of several works published in Cuba and abroad, Miguel Angel Fraga sets out to capture the truth of a difficult and misunderstood era, the experiences of those who became Cuba’s first victims of the terrible HIV-AIDS epidemic. “I can say that it is thanks to HIV that I am a writer today,” he tells us during his interview for Havana Times.
Read MoreAn All-Around Theater Man
Scene design is an art of visual perception in which the individual creates and recreates natural or fantastic worlds. It makes use of different techniques that allow feelings, emotions and ideas to be expressed, using drawing as a fundamental basis. I’ll be talking about this topic with the scene designer and creator Eduardo Gaspar Guasch Estuí.
Read MoreHavana Theatre Festival Begins Speechless
The total absence of words seems to be the common element between the two works that opened the 15th Havana Theatre Festival this past week at the National Theater of Cuba. Troupes from 18 countries and all over Cuba will be performing through Nov. 3. (28 photos)
Read MoreHavana Theatre Festival Opens
Starting today, and over the next nine days the 15th Havana Theatre Festival takes place at venues around the Cuban capital. To see the programing for the festival we invite you to visit our cultural calendar.
Read MoreHavana Events Calendars, Where Can I Find them?
Hello, I will be in Havana between November 20th and December 6th, this year. Where could I find a calendar of events of interest for that period or for current activities, since I intend to travel often to Cuba.
Read More“King of the World”: Cuban Actor Jose Antonio Alonso
“The stage must be occupied by actors who are alive, who are able to convey a message to the audience, who are full of vitality, this is what I believe. Without tasting this passion for theatre, without feeling the actor’s passion, no one can walk away satisfied from a performance,” says Jose Antonio Alonso in his interview with HT.
Read MoreAn Up and Coming Cuban Actress
We spent some time with the young actress Danae Hernández, talking about her aspirations for the future and the experiences that have marked her growing career in film, TV and theater. “In Cuba, television is the medium that brings you the greatest recognition among the population. People see you on the street and they greet you as if they’d known you for their whole life,” she told HT.
Read MoreHavana’s Teatro Martí Reopens in November
The landmark Teatro Martí in Havana, will reopen in November, after nearly 40 years closed to the public, announced the Office of the Historian of Havana.
Read MoreCuba: Making Art among Friends
The Variety Show companies draw upon many of the artistic possibilities (theater, dance, circus art, mime, visual art, audiovisual presentation). However, their basis is purely musical, sampling from a variety of sources and thus escaping formal definition. The script doesn’t necessarily have a single unifying theme and the performance is totally eclectic.
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