ARLEQUÍN TEATRO

This small theatre was founded in 1982 by José Luis Ardissone, director, author, scriptwriter and theatre actor, born in Asunción in 1940. There are professional national and foreign troops. Theatre that was often engaged, even under the dictatorship, with playwrights' works, such as The Diary of Anne Frank, which were worth many threats to its director. According to Ardissone, "The theatre must move, impress, make the spectator think, worry and lead him to reflect on human nature and the society in which he lives".