The first theatre companies to be on stage during this third edition of the MEI festival will be El Galpón, from Uruguay, and Delirium, from Tenerife.

Next week, the third edition of the Iberoamerican Theatre Festival MEI kicks off with four performances and two national premières: "Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista" (an anarchist work) and "La buena vecindad. Lo que tú y yo siempre habíamos deseado para nuestra vejezLo que tú y yo siempre habíamos deseado para nuestra vejez." (The good neighbourliness. What you and I had always wished for in our old age.) The theatre companies El Galpón, from Uruguay and Delirium, from Tenerife, will be the first ones to be on stage during this festival that is organised by the Tenerife Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture that is managed by the island Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga.

The first play takes place on 2 September at 8:00 p.m. at Teatro El Sauzal: “Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista” (an anarchist work), by the Uruguayan company El Galpón. Margarita, an old anarchist who is specialised in cognitive computing, plans to kidnap Ema, IBM's new general manager for Latin America, from a hotel sauna in Las Vegas. Two IBM ex-officers, Rosa and Bernardo, help her together with a computer humanoid that looks like the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakunin and that is specially programmed for the purpose. However, the action gets out of control. Tickets are on sale here: www.meitenerife.com

Delirium, the veteran theatre company from the Canary Islands, presents on 3 and 4 September at 8:30 p.m. at Auditorio Capitol in Tacoronte the new première "La buena vecindad. Lo que tú y yo siempre habíamos deseado para nuestra vejez." (The good neighbourliness. What you and I had always wished for in our old age.) This text by Antonio Tabares reflects the alibis, self-delusions, and justifications we daily cling to, as we don't want to face an uncomfortable and implacable reality. Tickets are sold out for both performances of this play directed by Severiano García.

On Sunday 5 September at 7:00 pm at the auditorium of Guía de Isora ends the programme of this first festival week with the second performance of "Bakunin Sauna, an anarchist play". The tickets for this performance are free prior reservation because of the limited capacity. To reserve the tickets, please dial 922 850 100, extension 3303, from Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The third and last performance of “Bakunin Sauna, an anarchist play”, will take place on 8 September at 8:00 p.m. at Paraninfo de la Universidad de la Laguna. All the information about the shows, the tickets, and the agenda is available at www.meitenerife.com

The 3rd edition of the MEI Festival runs from 2 September to 6 October in 12 municipalities. It brings 40 performances of 14 shows by 12 different companies from Latinamerica, Spain, and Portugal. This year, the festival venues will be the Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna and those of the municipalities of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, El Rosario, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz, Tacoronte, Tegueste, Vilaflor and El Sauzal.

In addition, during this MEI edition the companies El Galpón and Delirium participate together with other nine companies: three are from Chile (Niño Proletario, Silencio Blanco and Colectivo Cuerpo Sur), Marea Productora (Uruguay), Señor M (Colombia), Diego Casado Rubio (Argentina), Teatro Justo Rufino Garay (Nicaragua), Hotel Europa Teatro (Portugal) and two from the Canary Islands: Ángulo Producciones and Unahoramenos.