This past weekend, November 27-28th, one of Cantera’s four theater groups in Ciudad Sandino, Panico de Risa (Laugh Attack), performed at the 13th annual National Popular Theater Festival. The festival, which was put on by MOVITEP-SF (Popular Theater Movement Without Borders), brought 20 popular theater groups from around the country to perform in Matagalpa, a city near central Nicaragua. Popular Theater (or Theater of the Oppressed) is a type of performing that reveals an important social message according the reality of the audience in order to create a space for critical thinking and dialogue. Often times, popular theater groups will create their own plays based on a social justice issue like gender inequality or environmental destruction and perform in the streets so that everyone can have access to seeing and discussing them.
At this year’s festival, Panico de Risa, Cantera’s adult theater group, performed a self-written and directed play on the importance of recycling and taking care of the environment. The performance was received very well amongst fellow actors, organizers, and the communities of Matagalpa. 
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