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The building is sponsored by the City Council, the Autonomous Community and the Foundation CajaMurcia.
The facilities are designed for all children, without barriers or limitations to those who suffer a disability.
The Mayor says it is "a dream come true for all children Murcia"
The first building designed and built stage thinking about the children, without exception resulting from a disability, will open its doors in Murcia next December.
The new facility, which in a few weeks will come true, originated in 2003 after the project secured Pupaclown, Hospital Clown Arrixaca developed in children and young patients.
The Scenic Center of Children and Youth Social Integration "Pupaclown" was presented today at an event that has been attended by the Mayor, Miguel Angel House, the president and vice president of the association, Pepa Astillero and Juan Pedro Romea, respectively also the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, and the Manager of the Foundation CajaMurcia, Pascual Martínez.
They have also attended the presentation the council Rafael Gomez and Fatima Barnuevo.
The investment for the construction and equipping of the building has exceeded 2.4 million euros, financed by the city of Murcia, the region and the CajaMurcia Foundation, in addition to the contributions of the association.
The center will offer shows for children and young people in an insurmountable barrier-free environment, allowing the assistance and the integration of children with disabilities or sequel of disease and some without, in a standardized environment.
The building, designed by architect Vicente Martínez Gadea, occupies a plot of 971 square meters, valued at 584,000 euros, which was ceded by the City for this purpose.
Located on Calle Federico García Lorca, has a first floor, where we find the dressing rooms, storage rooms and technical control booths and audio description for blind and translation simultaneously, low-to a room with capacity for 370 people and spaces for children Bedridden and wheelchair adapted to disability clubhouse and lockers, and the basement, where there are 5 workshops, offices and show rooms for babies up to 50 people.
Clown school and solidarity bank
As for technical equipment, the center has all the elements necessary for its stagings, and a special technical equipment for the disabled to guarantee that anyone with vision or hearing problems can follow a performance, attend a workshop or talk.
To this end, we have built a system of infrared-based audio description for visually impaired, and a magnetic induction loop which eliminates interference with standard hearing aids and cochlear implants.
In addition to other content, the center will have two unique initiatives: a school of clowns and a bank of solidarity, which will allow people who wish to contribute by buying more tickets which are to be used, creating a reserve that will attend functions children from disadvantaged families, or a workshop expenses, etc..
Theatre Festival for Christmas
Ananda Dansa company with his show "The Snake Woman Circus" will be the first being hosted by the center, in its opening scheduled for Dec. 11, that from 18 to Jan. 4 will provide the Festival Theater Children.
The facility will be operational in the big room and all access conditions, while in 2011 postponed the pit room and babies.
To complete the equipment and meet outstanding needs, has developed a list of claims remaining to be filled which can be accessed www.pupaclown.org
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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