Show “Neither enemies nor foreigners” will premiere this Friday at the National Theater

Published at: 23/06/2025 03:37 PM

The Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, reported that next Friday, June 27, the show “Neither enemies nor foreigners” will premiere at the Román Chalbaud National Theater in Caracas, with free admission, a multidisciplinary artistic proposal that combines theater, circus, dance, music and cinema in a poetic dramatization.

He indicated that this work denounces the kidnapping of compatriot migrants in El Salvador. “The United States invoked a law of 1798, called the Foreign Enemies Act to justify the unjustifiable: the return to the most abhorrent episodes of persecution that have occurred in humanity and the center of that persecution are Venezuelan women and Venezuelans,” he said.

In that sense, he explained that “Neither enemies nor foreigners” is opposed to the American narrative that discriminates against the poorest migrants and threatens Venezuelan citizenship. “We are not enemies. Venezuelans, Latin Americans and the overwhelming majority of humanity when they migrate will contribute to the material and spiritual wealth of the receiving peoples,” he said.

Villegas highlighted that Venezuelan artists and creators honor and free their migrant compatriots from these stigmas, through culture and art.

For her part, the director of the production, Jericó Montilla, stressed that this work stems from the firm conviction of approaching this topic from a social commitment. “As artists, we should take art as a tool for transformation, with the responsibility to say, denounce, reflect and do a grain of sand on our social context, ” he stressed.

In addition, he pointed out that the joint work of the National Theater Company, Teatro Ceres and the National Circus of Venezuela has resulted in “a precise and concrete show that does not intend to disguise anything at all, but that is full of poetry and stage dynamism.”

“Neither Enemies Nor Foreigners” will offer performances, with free access, on June 28 and 29 at the National Theater, at 4:00 p.m. Then, it will be transferred to the Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CELARG), where it will be presented on July 3, 4 and 6, with performances on Friday and Saturday at 5:00 p.m. In addition, the show is expected to tour throughout the country and will be performed in Central America.

MINCULTURA PRESS/Mazo News Team