September arrives and although the high season with the greatest influx of public to the oldest city bathed by the Mediterranean in Spain, Almuñécar, is ending, there is still the Greco-Latino Theater Festival, which this year is already celebrating its sixteenth edition in the Parque de El Majuelo.
When will the XVI Greco-Latin Theater Festival 2024 in Almuñécar be:
Well, it will be held on the weekend of September 5th to Sunday September 8th, 2024. This festival is called “Sexi Firmum Iulium” which is the full name that the Romans used to call Almuñécar when they conquered it, and where its demonym sexitanos and sexitanas comes from, because sexi is not the same as sexy.

Organization of the event

The Greco-Latin theater festival of Almuñécar is organized by the SKS Teatro and its coordinator Antonio Cantudo, who every year give their best to make this festival a success.  Cantudo is committed, throughout the year, to bringing high-level works to Almuñécar, with the support of the Department of Culture of the Almuñécar City Council. With the main premise of the Greco-Latin theater theme.

Complete agenda of the Sexi Firmum Iulium:

This year’s Program brings us to the El Majuelo park, next to the garum factory for which the Sexita city was famous in ancient times, four works, three professional and one amateur, one each day starting at ten at night , in which we have to highlight “Electra” by the Pílades group, since this representation of the classic has been awarded the prestigious MAX award for best revelation show of 2024. Which will be performed on Saturday night, September 7.
But the rest of the program is not far behind, since on the night of September 5th in the El Majuelo park auditorium you can enjoy the play “Las Tesmoforias” performed by the Alezeia Teatro group, a group from the Las Maravillas school. from the Costa del Sol town of Benalmadena. Which present a fun and updated version of The Thesmophorias by Aristophanes. It must also be said that this work is not included in the subscription offered to see the rest of the performances.

On the night of Friday, September 6, you can enjoy the classic work “The Appearance” by Menandro, which is a work premiered at the Mérida Festival this year 2024. It is presented by Producciones Verbo, a well-established group of actors from Extremadura who are already well known in the tourism capital of the Costa Tropical of Granada, Almuñécar, since they have performed other works in previous years at this same festival.

On the night of Saturday, September 7, as we have already pointed out, we will be able to enjoy the play “Electra” by Pílades Teatro, which is the highlight of this festival and has won two MAX awards in 2024, for best revelation show and best adaptation. Furthermore, the festival coordinator, Antonio Cantudo, highlighted that “it is a completely different show from what we have seen so far. A different, modern, contemporary, very surprising adaptation that we believe will impact the public.”

And to close this sixteenth edition of the Almuñécar Greco-Latin theater festival, Sexi Firmun Iulium, on Sunday night, September 8, the group “Las Niñas de Cádiz” will perform the play “Las Bingueras de Euripides” for the enjoyment of all attendees. , which were already in the last 2023 edition of the Almuñécar theater festival, and were a revelation and a great success. In this case, the coordinator of the event, Antonio Cantudo, pointed out that “it is a very funny, witty, intelligent and current show that I recommend 100%, because we are going to see street culture, the Cadiz carnival and Greek tragedy, all mixed together.” .

Concert tickets

The ticket, for only 30 euros, can be obtained at www.bravoentradas,es, Viajes Azulmarino and at the House of Culture of Almuñécar.

Come and enjoy the Greco-Latin Theater in Almuñécar

Don’t hesitate and if you are somewhere on the Costa del Sol in Malaga or the Costa Tropical in Granada, come and enjoy all the classic theater in a place as emblematic and opportune as El Majuelo Park next to the Phoenician ruins. Romans from the Garum factory in Almuñécar.