Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador (Catalan for Slaughterhouse Theatre) is a theatre on carrer de Lluís Companys, in the Templers-Instituts quarter of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It's remarkable for its striking modernista-art nouveau architecture, unusual for a former slaughterhouse, a work by the Tarragona-born architect Francesc de Paula Morera i Gatell, nowadays refurbished and complete with some 1990s additions. It was heavily damaged during the Spanish Civil War bombings.[1] It has been in operation since 1998, and is owned by the Lleida city council. It has two stages: Sala 1, an Italian-style hall with 310 seats, and Sala 2, used for plays and performances of a more experimental sort. There's a third space located in the former convent of Saint Theresa. Next to it is the Cafè del Teatre.
Theatre school edit
The Aula Municipal del Teatre de Lleida is a publicly operated theatre school comprising courses both aimed at children and adults, including Studies in Dramatic Art, and a member of the Associació Catalana d'Escoles de Teatre (ACET). La Inestable 21 is the young people's theatre company of the school.[2]
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References edit
- ^ "Catalan Modernism in Lleida: art in symbiosis with nature". lleidatur.com. 2007-12-05. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05.
- ^ "Índex de cursos - Curs 2009/2010". aulateatre.paeria.es. Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2010-01-01.