Cabra celebrates the III Titiricabra Puppet Festival from November 6 to 8

The III Titiricabra Puppet Festival will be held in Cabra from Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8, according to the town council. The programme includes eight stage productions for family and adult audiences, as well as a photography exhibition, a lecture and a contest in shops. The shows will be spread across the Teatro El Jardinito, the Cinestudio Municipal Antonio Espinar Arcos, the Museo Arqueológico and the Plaza de España.

On Friday, November 6, the school performance «Amaranta», by El Grillo Títeres, will open at 11.00 at the Teatro El Jardinito, a story about hygiene and good habits. In the afternoon, at 19.00, the Catalan company Festuc Teatre will present «La niña de la jungla». On Saturday, November 7, the Plaza de España will host the travelling show «Los viajes de Kobac», by La Nube Teatro, at 11.30, and «Limonardo da Vinci», by Kalina Teatro, at 13.00. At 19.00, the Teatro El Jardinito will offer «Wendy también vuela», by Tresgracias, aimed at adult audiences. Sunday, November 8 will begin with «Palabras coloreadas», by Andén Mágico, at 12.00 in the Plaza de España. At 17.30, the Museo Arqueológico will host «Del cuento al títere», a display from the puppet-making workshop held during October. The stage programme will conclude at 18.00 at the Cinestudio Municipal with «Rojo», by La Canela Títeres.

The photography exhibition «Titiriteros», by María José González de la Lastra, can be visited from November 6 to 8 at the Casa de la Cultura. On Saturday, November 7, at 17.30, Francisco Cornejo Vega will give the lecture «La historia del títere en Andalucía» at the Museo Arqueológico. As a new feature, the festival adds «En busca del títere», a contest that invites children to find hidden characters in the shop windows of establishments in the city and which will culminate in an awards ceremony. The culture councillor of the Cabra town council, M. Sierra Sabariego, presented the festival together with Encarni Peña and Beatriz Godoy, those responsible for the Egabrense company El Grillo Títeres. Sabariego noted that these proposals «offer joy and entertainment, but also reflection».