Facto Teatro

Facto Teatro is a company dedicated to the creation of paper theater shows for all audiences. Founded in 2007 by its director, Alejandro Benítez, it focuses on experimenting with the approach to the bi-dimensional scenic space through acting, oral narration, the manipulation of flat puppets, live music and the combination of different languages ​​such as Spanish, English, German, Catalan and French, using paper as the main material for the production of their spectacles.

One of the main objectives of Facto Teatro is the diffusion of paper theater in Mexico and the world, through presentations, workshops, publications and collaborations with cultural institutions and national and international artistic companies.

Throughout its 10 years of existence and international career, the company has performed at important national and international venues and festivals in Mexico, the United States, France, Spain, Germany, Poland and Argentina: Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes (Charleville -Mézières, France, 2013), Great Small Works' International Toy Theater Festival (New York, USA, 2010, 2013 and 2015), Schaubude theater and Salon K Das Kunts- und Kultur- Festival im Lettekiez, Berlin, Germany (2017) , Indie Grits Festival, Columbia, South Carolina, EU (2017), 9th and 10th Marathon theater for children and youth, El Granero Theater of the Cultural Center of the Forest, Mexico City (2017), Eppinger Figuren Theater, Eppingen, Lübecker Theaternacht, Lübeck, and Europäische Schule, Frankfurt, Germany (2016). The company has made collaborations with cultural institutions in Mexico and other countries, which has allowed us to have the premiere of our first show: Panteón de fiesta (2008), at the Music Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, Cal., USA, and other four at the Preetzer Papiertheatertreffen in Preetz, Germany: Don Chico con alas / Don Chico with wings (2011), Duraznos azules / Blue Peaches (2013), Vom Esel, der auf Regen hoffte / The donkey who awaited the rain (2017), There's no home like place (2017).

Facto Teatro co-produces the International Paper Theater Festival (FITP), which takes place in Mexico City. Four editions of this meeting of creators of paper theater took place in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 with the participation of companies from Mexico, the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, the Czech Republic, the Republic Argentina and Brazil.

Its director, Alejandro Benítez, has given the "Workshop on approach to the construction and manipulation of paper theaters" at the Indie Grits Festival, Columbia, South Carolina, United States (2017), Eppinger Figuren Theater, Eppingen, Germany (2016) , La Titeria Casa de las Marionetas (2015 and 2016), Festival El gran papelón, City of Córdoba, Argentina (2015), Goethe Institute New York, Manhattan, NY, United States (2015), Teatro Casa de la Paz de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (2015, 2012, 2011), the X Fair of the calacas at the National Arts Center (2010), the Casa Talavera as part of the Re-Mex Festival, produced by the Goethe Institut México, CONACULTA, The British Council, and the Ministry of Culture of the DF, Room CCB, of the Cultural Center of the Forest, of the INBA (2012), and of private form in the city of Mexico from the year 2012 to the date.