The Academic Theatre of Gil Vicente (TAGV) will receive works of recovery between July 5 and September 15.
At the press conference on Wednesday it was announced the intervention in Coimbra, the director of the space, Fernando de Oliveira Matos, explained that “being running out the validity of the equipment”, the aim is By “create conditions for the next two decades.”
According to the director of the room, which belongs to the University of Coimbra (UC), the rehabilitation will go through the recovery of auditorium chairs for the improvement and automation of the technical area, improvement of internal cabelagens and “other minor qualifications in various theater dimensions.” Oliveira de Matos also said that the TAGV is part of the group of 32 buildings classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site, so it had to conduct a “previous work, with commitments from various entities.”
The head He mentioned the “strategic opportunity to continue public activity,” the purpose of the intervention that has a cost of 180,000 euros and is funded entirely by Santander Totta, under the cooperation agreement that the financial institution has with UC.
Opened in 1961, the TAGV not suffered, according to the director, works for over three decades. The last significant intervention was carried out in 2003, when Coimbra was the national capital of culture, he explained Matos de Oliveira.
The UC’s vice-rector for Culture, Clara Almeida Santos understands that part of the that room problem “stems from intensive use,” which considers a positive aspect. Clara Almeida Santos stressed the importance of carrying out an intervention that keeps the “identity space.”
Oliveira de Matos reinforced this point and said that the intention is not to produce “immediate astonishment effects”, but “improve the technical capacity” and the comfort of the room. The TAGV closes, as a rule, in August. According to the director, this period is this year “extended” for one to run the project.
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