Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador (

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on carrer de Lluís Companys, in the Templers-Instituts quarter of

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. It's remarkable for its striking '' modernista''-

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architecture, unusual for a former

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, a work by the

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-born architect Francesc de Paula Morera i Gatell, nowadays refurbished and complete with some 1990s additions. It was heavily damaged during the

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bombings. It has been in operation since 1998, and is owned by the Lleida city council. It has two stages: ''Sala 1'', an Italian-style hall with 310 seats, and ''Sala 2'', used for plays and performances of a more experimental sort. There's a third space located in the former convent of Saint Theresa. Next to it is the Cafè del Teatre.

Theatre school

The Aula Municipal del Teatre de Lleida is a publicly operated theatre school comprising courses both aimed at children and adults, including Studies in Dramatic Art, and a member of the Associació Catalana d'Escoles de Teatre (ACET). La Inestable 21 is the young people's theatre company of the school.

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External links

L'Escorxador at the IMAC website.Official blog.City council website, in Catalan.Official Facebook page.
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Theatre school

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