Macário
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| Free admission |
| German |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Belongs to: Fiesta de Día de Muertos |
A woodcutter from a humble background meets death and is given the gift of healing people. Macário becomes rich and famous, but his abilities also sow mistrust and he is accused of witchcraft. The story is accompanied by music and impressively staged for children with theatrical elements.
Narrator
Adriana Barrera, born and raised in Mexico, is an actress, theatre scholar, theatre pedagogue, educator, language teacher and storyteller. Since arriving in Berlin in 2009, she has combined her theatre career with the education, upbringing and promotion of the language of children and young people.
Coordination
comes from Peru, is a human rights activist, works in cultural management and has been active with Calaca e.V. for no less than 23 years. She got to know the association at the Mexican Festival of the Dead and was thrilled by the artistic and political content. Calaca e.V. also deals with difficult topics with humour and depth. It was love at first sight!
Culture and media manager at the artists’ agency Ekkehard Jung Artists & Projects Berlin. Educated in Córdoba (Argentina) and Weimar. She was a scholarship holder at the Academy “Musiktheater heute” in the cultural management section of the Deutsche Bank Foundation (2017-19) and a mentee of the mentoring programme of the German Cultural Council (2020-21).
As a member of Calaca e.V., she has been responsible for everything to do with theatre for many years.
Make-up and Costum
Michelle Parilla, Anastasia Boukli