EL PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE VI PREMIS DE TEATRE JOSÉ ESTRUCH.

The Teatro Principal resolves the VI PREMIS DE TEATRE JOSÉ ESTRUCH, announcing the winners and the date for the awards gala.

The jury for the awarding of the VI Premis José Estruch for the 2021-2022 season of the Teatre Principal met last June 7th to proceed to the awarding of the prizes.

The jury was made up of:

Mila García, actress.

Marc Llorente, theatre critic of the newspaper Información.

Elena Candela, actress.

Manuel Palomar, Culture technician of the Alicante City Council.

Diego Juan, actor.

Juana María Balsalobre García, doctor in History and art critic.

Rosa Mª Monzó, former director of the Gabriel Miró Library.

Iván Jiménez, director, actor, author and theatre educator.

Juan Antonio Ríos Carratalá, Professor of Literature at the University of Alicante.

Antonio Díez Mediavilla, EU Professor of Literature Didactics at the University of Alicante.

Antonio Sempere, journalist, writer and film critic.

María Dolores Padilla Olba, Deputy Director of the Teatro Principal de Alicante.

After discussing and evaluating the different theatre shows and Valencian productions in the programme of the aforementioned season with a total of 37 plays performed at the Teatro Principal de Alicante, the following prizes were awarded:

Llàntia contribution to the performing arts of the Valencian Community: Compañía Ferroviaria.

Llàntia for the best cast performance: Full cast of Cigarreras, Tamara Canosa, Susana Dans, Merce Castro, Isabel Naveira, Covadonga Berdiñas, Ana Santos and Ledicia Sola.

Llàntia for Best Leading Actor: Carlos Hipólito in Oceania.

Llàntia for Best Leading Actress: Blanca Portillo in Silencio.

Llàntia for Best Playwright: Álvaro Tato in Malvivir.

Llàntia for Best Direction: Juan Carlos Pérez de la Fuente for Torquemada

Llàntia for Best Show: El hombre almohada, co-produced by Producciones Teatrales Contemporáneas, Producciones Abu, Teatros del Canal, Milonga Producciones, Vértigo Tours, Som Produce, Gosua, Teatro Picadero and Anexa.

Llàntia d’Honor: Cristina Fenollar and Manolo Ochoa for their brilliant careers in the field of the performing arts and for consolidating themselves as references of honesty and commitment in the world of acting, both in theatre and in television and film.

The awards gala will be held on 17 October at 20h. An event full of surprises that commemorates the life and career of José Estruch.

This year a new llàntia has been added: the llàntia d’honor. The llàntia for the best main performance has also been changed for the llàntia for best main actor and best main actress. 

For the second consecutive year, the llàntia is designed by the sculptor Miguel Bañuls Maciá. It is an abstract sculpture, in keeping with the aesthetic line he has been investigating recently, and its treatment of space and light is reminiscent of a modern or almost futuristic theatrical set design, through a set of backdrops. For this he has used very modern materials such as coloured acrylic or vinyl.