Albufeira Municipal Auditorium with excellent programming in March

This March, the Albufeira Municipal Auditorium opens its doors to great musical shows such as the one that will be performed this night on March 1st, at 9:30 pm, by the Banda da Armada Portuguesa, as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April, the 1st Albufeira Dance and Classical Music Festival “Algarve Classic” with the Mário Laginha Trio (16th), and the World Theater Day Celebrations, with the presentation of the children’s musical “Peter Pan and the Secret of the Island dos Três Olhos” (24th) and the play “Definitely as Bahamas” with Custódia Gallego, Marques d`Arede and Galician actress Cristina Gayoso Rey (27th).

In parallel with the shows promoted by the municipality, several associations in the municipality chose the month of March to present their artistic productions, namely the Soul Association with the “Spring Break Soul Show” (2nd), the Albufeira Conservatory with the Albufeira Winter Concert Orff Orchestra and Youth Choir (4th) and Fuéte – Albufeira Dance Association with the spring show “Around the flowers” ​​(21st). To consult all the information in the Municipal Agenda for the month of March, click here.

Opening the month, as mentioned, on March 1st, the Banda da Armada Portuguesa, with more than 500 years of existence, takes the stage at the Municipal Auditorium of Albufeira, to star in a show integrated as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the 25th Of april.

It should be noted that the “Carnation Revolution”, an unavoidable and determining episode in the history of Portuguese democracy, also involved song, not only as a “throwing weapon” but also as an instrument for forming consciences. A pleiad of composers and lyricists, featuring Zeca Afonso, among many others, in a concert conducted under the baton of maestro José Veloso.

On March 16th (Saturday), from 7pm, the 1st Albufeira Dance and Classical Music Festival “Albufeira Classic” will take place. The concert, with Mário Laginha’s trio, is part of the premise of presenting to the public “musicians of excellence on the national and international scene”. Mário Laginha is an unmissable name in Portuguese jazz with a long-standing international career. The pianist and composer will present some of the most recent compositions from his new album, namely songs such as: “Segundo Dia”, “Short Shore”, “Noturno op. 48 no. 1”, “Ribeira da Barca”, “Valsa op. 34 no. 2”, “Tanto Espaço” and “Traffico”.

Tickets cost €10.00 and are on sale on the BOL platform, at the João Bailote Municipal Gallery (9:30 am – 12:30 pm; 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm, on weekdays) and at the Albufeira Municipal Auditorium (6:00 pm – 6:45 pm, on the day of the show).

As part of the celebrations of World Theater Day, which takes place on March 27th, the Municipality organized two shows, one aimed at children and the other aimed at adults.

On March 24th (Sunday), from 3:30 pm, “Peter Pan and the Secret of Three-Eyed Island”, boys and girls over the age of three, can dream about adventures and a story of travel across the seven seas! Sisters Xana and Babuxa are at risk of being given up for adoption and separated if their parents do not return after two years of absence to work in India.

Very sad and without hope, Xana and Babuxa meet Peter Pan and Fairy Tinkerbell, who will help them get rid of the terrible Governess Samantha, their nanny, and discover a way to bring their parents back. It is then that they discover that there is an island in Polynesia, close to Easter Island, the mysterious Island of the Three Eyes, which has a secret that could help them. Sisters Peter Pan and Tinker Bell leave their room and set off on a great adventure across seas and skies to this island where they will meet the fearsome Captain Hook and his gang.

Tickets cost €3.00 and are on sale on the BOL platform, at the Municipal Gallery and at the Municipal Auditorium (2pm – 3pm, on the day of the show).

“Definitely the Bahamas”, the main show of World Theater Day, takes place on the 27th, starting at 9:30 pm. It is a play by English playwright Martin Crimp written in 1986, for three actors from two different generations: the sexagenarian couple starring Custódia Gallego and Marques d’Arede; and the student originally from Galicia, by the young Galician actress Cristina Gayoso Rey.

A retired couple, Tita and Gui, married for decades, speak to us in the living room of their home. The couple rents a room in their house to a young student, who occasionally crosses the scene to do little more than answer the phone, but whose presence calls into question all the normality that is attempted to be fabricated in the description of everyday life. Having originally been written for Radio, the piece contains a strong ironic and dark humor, served by a dizzying and sizzling rhythm.

Despite being written more than 30 years ago, today we find a relationship with the discourse centered on issues of migration and cultural shocks, resulting in an excessive and alarmist position on the presence of the Other in our lives, but above all in our discourse and imagination. . The play now takes on renewed meaning with the rise of nationalism, populism and xenophobia.

Tickets cost €5.00 and are also on sale at BOL, the Municipal Gallery and the Auditorium (7:30 pm – 9:15 pm, on the day of the show).