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[[File:Lleida-24-1 escorxador.jpg|thumb|300px|Detail of the main building, note the decoration.]]
'''Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador''' ([[Catalan language|Catalan]] for ''Slaughterhouse Theatre'') is a [[theatre]] on [[carrer de Lluís Companys, Lleida|carrer de Lluís Companys]], in the [[Templers-Instituts]] quarter of [[Lleida]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]. It's remarkable for its striking ''[[modernisme|modernista]]''-[[Art Nouveau]] architecture, unusual for a former [[slaughterhouse]], a work by the [[Tarragona]]-born architect [[Francesc de Paula Morera i Gatell]], nowadays refurbished and complete with some 1990s additions. It was heavily damaged during the [[Spanish Civil War]] bombings.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-12-05|title=Catalan Modernism in Lleida: art in symbiosis with nature|url=http://www.lleidatur.com/ing/modernisme.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205203410/http://www.lleidatur.com/ing/modernisme.html|archive-date=2007-12-05|access-date=|website=lleidatur.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Índex de cursos - Curs 2009/2010|url=http://aulateatre.paeria.es/index-cursos.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101040253/http://aulateatre.paeria.es/index-cursos.asp|archive-date=2010-01-01|access-date=2010-01-01|website=aulateatre.paeria.es}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Lleida#Culture|Culture in Lleida]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20150606010713/http://imac.paeria.es/en/artsEsceniques/e1scorxador/index.aspx L'Escorxador at the IMAC website.]
*[http://www.teatreescorxador.blogspot.com/ Official blog.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100122020941/http://imac.paeria.cat/ca/index.aspx City council website, in Catalan.]
*[http://www.facebook.com/teatre.municipaldelescorxador Official Facebook page.]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lleida]]
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[[Category:Modernisme architecture in Catalonia]]
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