The Minister of Culture and Sports, Patricia del Pozo, has presented the offer for the first semester of this year of the Andalusian Public Theaters Network, the program for the dissemination and promotion of performing arts that reaches a total of 70 Andalusian municipalities -16 of them in the province of Seville-, providing access to theater, music, dance, and circus performances, and contributing to the development of the Andalusian cultural sector.
«The Andalusian Public Theaters Network is a fundamental proposal for the promotion and dissemination of theater, dance, circus, and music with an impact on municipalities and performing arts companies,» said Minister Del Pozo, who highlighted that «in the first semester of 2025 there are a total of 312 performances, 201 aimed at the general public and 111 for school children.»
According to Patricia del Pozo, this is a «collaborative program that brings together the efforts of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, municipalities, and companies.» The Andalusian Public Theaters Network is structured in two ways, one aimed at the general public and the other for school audiences under the name of ‘Abecedaria’, carried out in collaboration with educational centers.
The budget for the program for this year exceeds 2.1 million euros: 1.1 million provided by the Junta de Andalucía, and the remaining 980,000 euros by the 70 Andalusian municipalities affiliated with the Network. For the general programming, the Junta contributes 50% of the total cost of each activity, and the municipalities the other 50%, while in ‘Abecedaria’, the Junta covers two-thirds and the municipalities one-third.
The Network in the province of Seville
The province of Seville has 16 municipalities affiliated with the Network in this edition: Alcalá De Guadaíra, Arahal, Bormujos, Las Cabezas de San Juan, Cantillana, Écija, Gines, Lebrija, Mairena del Alcor, Morón de la Frontera, Osuna, La Rinconada, Salteras, Tomares, Utrera, and Valencina de la Concepción.
Thus, there are already a hundred performances scheduled in the province until next June. These include works by renowned companies such as A la Sombrita, Alba Molina, Atalaya, Chano Domínguez and Antonio Lizana, Compañía Danza Mobile, Da.Te Danza, David Montero/La Suite, Histrión Teatro, La Petita Malumaluga, Lapso Producciones, Las Niñas de Cádiz, Martirio y Raúl Rodríguez, Maui, O Sister!, Titiritrán Teatro, Un Proyecto Corriente, or Vagalume Teatro.
Additionally, in the second semester, municipalities can select and program their performances through a catalog of shows that will soon be expanded after the extension call published in BOJA, in which a total of 1097 performing proposals have been submitted.
Operation of the Network
The Andalusian Agency of Cultural Institutions, under the Ministry of Culture and Sports, holds an annual call for municipalities interested in joining the Andalusian Public Theaters Network. The applications are analyzed by a committee of experts, who assess both the quality of the performance spaces and their programming trajectory and design.
Furthermore, the presentation of cultural mediation projects and the hosting of artistic or technical residencies are taken into account, contributing to strengthening the professional fabric of the performing arts and music. After evaluating the applications and depending on the budget availability for each call, the list of municipalities that will be part of each year is made public, which in 2025 has reached a total of 70.
On the other hand, the performances that become part of the catalog are chosen by the Ministry of Culture and the municipalities in two periods of the year, after two plenary semi-annual meetings attended by all stakeholders. Currently, the catalog of performances includes over a thousand proposals of music, theater, dance, and circus, among them are recognized performances on the national territory included in the main professional forums and fairs of the sector.