It has been ten years that the Alicante Contemporary Writers Spanish Theater Exhibition lived and lived with the same budget. This is equivalent to saying that he has a smaller party to organize, spread and showcase this gathering with the most up-to-date props.
Now the Ministry of Culture, National Institute of Performing Arts and Musicthey wanted to break this trend and budgeted some money for 2023. 240.000 € For the Authors Example, as collected General budgets of the state. It is not an insignificant number and Contributed 163,430 Euros for this year’s editionnumber 30 in history.
Director of INAEM, Joan Francesc Marco At his presentation of this cycle in Madrid on 3 October, he underlined his commitment to “put at his disposal all possible resources”. And if these budgets were not approved, this body made an increase. Around 80,000 Euros for the 2023 edition.
a budget completed with 30,000, to which the County Council usually contributes; most 10,000 (8,000 up to 2020) from Alicante City Council, they also gave up the gaps and, as in the case of Teatro Principal, assumed the cache for two shows this year; IVC, whose contribution was recognized in two productions and the transfer of Teatre Arniches, and SGAE Foundation. Moreover University of Alicante It takes over the cache of a production for the auditorium.
In this way, the cash budget that the Alicante Authors Show will have for next year it will be 280,000, unless the increase is made by other institutions, Compared to 212,000 of this issue From 4 to 12 November.
Guillermo Heras’ voluntary departure at the end of last year’s meeting raised the question of whether he would continue. While all institutions have expressed their absolute support for The Theater Show to continue adding new editions, various performing arts associations and groups have expressed concern about the possible disappearance of the show.
Thus, from INAEM, this encounter with the contemporary scene is «a Strategic structure for INAEM as an essential tool for the promotion, support and promotion of contemporary theatrical creativity and authorship».
The appointment of Mónica Pérez Blanquer as director in April demonstrated her commitment to continuity, although it wasn’t official until July, when she was commissioned as a “transition”. Its inclusion in the General Government Budgets for 2023 and the increase in the item guarantee its future for now.