Basque performing arts leave Gayar empty-handed
The Spanish General Society of Authors and Publishers last night awarded the Max Performing Arts Awards in Pamplona. The Basque companies and artists had a total of six options (Marie de Jongh Company Award for Best Show for Children, Young People or Families and Best Costume Design Award for "Mr. Bo"; Tanttaka Theatre Award for Best Theatre Show and Best Actress - Itziber Garmendi- for "The Color of Leche/Milk"; Kukai
The discipline of dance has gained absolute prominence on the night of the Spanish State's Monumental Arts: the show of the National Ballet Afanador has won five awards, and the contemporary dance show Natural order of things has won three more.
The Max Prize of Honor for Fans or Society has been awarded to Ignacio Aranguren and Vicente Galbet, as announced, for their career as theatre professor at the Navarro Villoslada Institute of Second Language in Pamplona.
The Euskera was heard at the gala in Pamplona, as well as messages of support for Palestine, and Gorka Urbizu and Aurora Beltrán, among others, sang on stage.
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45 companies and almost 100 performances at the Leioa Humor Fair from 14 to 17 May
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"The Teacher," "Welcome & Sorry," and "Torcidxs," nominated for the Max Awards
In addition, at the Spanish performing arts awards, Vizcaíno producer Jesús Cimarro will receive the Honor Award. The Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers SGAE will hold the Award on June 1 in Merida.
He took Shakespeare to Alciza from Dantzerti
The fourth grade students of Dramatic Art at the Dantzerti School last night premiered in Barakaldo the play "Shakespeare Was Never Here", which will be seen again today in Barakaldo and on 27 April in Errenteria. 2026, it was reported that in a small town in Gipuzkoa an unpublished work by Shakespeare was discovered.
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Alfredo Sanzol arrives at Gayar with a reflection on kinship and mourning
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Alex Gerediaga premieres this weekend at the Arriaga "Gesualdo WC Station"
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Dejabu's work "The Return" has won the Donostia Theatre Award
in 2025 in San Sebastian it was the best work offered by a professional company in Basque for the adult public, according to the judgment. The company will receive a prize of 12,000 euros and a painting as an award, on 27 March, and the winning play will be played.
Tanttaka premieres in the Arriaga the play "Disobedient 18/98"
The play, written by Maria Goiricelaya and adapted and directed by Fernando Bernués and Mireia Gabilondo, draws a path of civil disobedience and plunges the viewer into the 18/98 summary. The Basque version will be released today, January 8, in the Arriaga, and the Spanish version tomorrow, January 9, on the same stage. Then the show will tour: Eibar, Zarautz, Donostia, Gasteiz, Barakaldo, Hondarribia...