Kafka in love
Centro Dramático Nacional
Actor, author, stage director and screenplay writer, he has collaborated with numerous companies both in Paris and Madrid (Jean Louis Barrault, Pierre Chabert, TÁBANO, TEATRO LIBRE, etc.) as well as directing the companies TRES TRISTES LIBRES, C.C.C.K. and CULEBRÓN PORTÁTIL.
He has a degree in Filología Hispánica (Hispanic Studies) from the Complutense University, Madrid and an M.A. from Montreal University (Canada), has undertaken studies in stage direction at R.E.S.A.D., Madrid and has a diploma in audio-visual writing and speaking in Madrid.
His work includes: “Las aventuras y andanzas del Aurelio y la Constanza” (1983), “Luna negra” (1984), “Fantastic calentito” (1985), “La parte contratante” (1992), “Vanzetti” (1993), “Carmen Privatta” (1996), “Los gatos blancos” (1998), “La construcción de la catedral” (Premio Tramoya Internacional for Best Play of the Year 2000 in the Spanish Language), “Trenes que van al mar” (2001), “Enemigo” (2005), “Sin novedad” (2006), “Mercado libre” (Premio Esperpento 2008), “¿Por qué no dan sirope las acacias?” (2010) “Trayectoria de la bala” (Premio Internacional de Dramaturgia Cultura Frontal, Buenos Aires 2010), “Kafka enamorado” (2013), “El cielo de Madrid” (2014) and “Lentejas” (Premio Barahona de Soto 2014). His work has been translated into French, English, Portuguese, German, Italian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Greek and Galician.
As well as directing his own texts, he has produced or co-produced almost fifty works by contemporary Spanish and foreign authors in the Centro Dramático Nacional, the Teatro Español, the Teatro Real, the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the Centro Cultural de la Villa, the Ateneo and several private and alternative theatre venues in Madrid.
He has taught dramatic writing at the Escuela de Letras, in the Centro Nacional de Nuevas Tendencias Escénicas, at R.E.S.A.D., the Fundación Autor, ISADACC in Rabat (Morocco) amongst others. He was a teacher of interpretation at the University of Montreal (Canada) and the Institute of European Studies in Madrid.
He has given courses on the Golden Age Theatre, Elizabethan Theatre and Stage Direction at the University of Kent at Canterbury and held seminars on theatre translation at the European Centre for Literary Translation in Brussels and at the University of Strasbourg (France).
General Secretary (1992-95) and Vice-President (1995-98) of the Association of Theatre Authors of Spain, he has written studies on metatheatrical language and alternative theatre and numerous articles in specialised magazines.
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Matthew Solon is an award-winning writer. His drama for BBC World Service, The Great Charter, celebrates the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and was directed by Nicolas Jackson.
His drama about the collapse of Lehman Brothers, The Day That Lehman Died won a coveted Peabody Award in the US as well as a Sony Radio Award. He also wrote Five Days in May, a dramatic reconstruction of the tense negotiations between the political parties after the 2010 UK general election, How To Make Your First Billion, about an internet start-up in Silicon Valley, and recently for BBC Radio 4 a series about religious tensions in a British school, Recent Events At Collington House.
 
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Atlas of Human Geography
Centro Dramático Nacional
Born in Madrid in 1970, he graduated in Dramaturgy from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid and also has a degree in Philosophy from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He has taught “Dramatic Literature”, “Theatrical Theory” and “Dramatic Writing” at El Submarino school of theatre and cinema, Madrid and has edited Acotaciones: revista de investigación teatral.
His works include Dile adiós al tren (1991); Muñecos (1992-1997-1998-1999); Estiramientos (1995); Paridad (1996); Refugio: definición (1997); Recinto Hipermercadario (1998‑2004); La identidad de Fulano (2000); Nuestra Señora del Pairo (2000); Higiene de los recuerdos (2000); Silvia (2000); La Pilara (2001); La verdadera muerte del papa W. (2001); Como cerdos (2001); La secta (2001); Delirar Europa (2002); Adiós a todos (2002); Café, in collaboration with Susana Sánchez and Javier García Yagüe (2005); Panzarriba y Panzabajo (2005); No sé callar cuando sueño (2006); and Rebeldías posibles (2007) and Ojos y cerrojos (2007) with Javier García Yagüe.
He has also written versions and adaptations of El aumento, Spanish version of L’augmentation, by Georges Perec (1997); La cosa humana, by José Ricardo Morales (1998); La noche veneciana, a tragi-comic version of Nuit vénitienne, by Alfred de Musset (2000); Una historia del zoo, adaptation of the play The Zoo Story, by Edward Albee (2003); La velada en Benicarló, by Manuel Azaña (2003); El servir con mala estrella, by Lope de Vega (2003); Peer Gynt, by Henrik Ibsen in collaboration with Ignacio García May and José Antonio Cuartas (2003); El hechizado por fuerza, by Antonio de Zamora (2003); Donde hay agravios no hay celos, y amo criado, by Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, in collaboration with Nacho Sánchez Pascual (2004); Don Gil de La Mancha, an anonymous 17th Century play (2005).
As a director he has produced La Odisea and La cosa humana, by José Ricardo Morales (1997); Paridad (1998); P.O.E., a play based on texts by Enrique Amigó (1998); Caja, short film produced in the Faculty of the Science of Information at the Complutense University of Madrid (1998); Con la sangre de Venecia, by Federico Castro (1998) and Un marciano sin objeto, by José Ricardo Morales (2004).
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Audio works
Click Here – Centro Dramático Nacional
Graduated from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático with a degree in performing arts. Winner of Radio Nacional de España’s El Ojo Crítico de Teatro 2013 prize and the Réplica award for best author from the Canary Islands for his work Porno casero. Translated and adapted Blasted by Sarah Kane and Have I None by Edward Bond. Amongst his original works are En el cielo de mi boca and Sagrado Corazón 45. At the first edition of the Almagro Off competition, his play Malcontent won a special mention from the jury. In 2012 his version of Henry VIII opened at the Globe Theatre in London. His adaption of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, created together with Alfredo Sanzol, was nominated for a Premio Max for Best Newcomer. He wrote and directed Click Here in Decemeber 2013 as part of the Centro Dramático Nacional’s Escritos en la escena cycle.
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Audio drama
Arizona
Born in Montilla, Córdoba, since 1992 began to combine his work as an actor with television screenwriting (“Farmacia de Guardia”, “Pepa y Pepe”, “Colegio Mayor”, “Más que amigos”, “Manos a la obra” ” Ellas son así”,” A las once en casa” or ” Adolfo Suarez, El Presidente”) film (” El calentito”,” Retorno a Hansala”, ” Bon appétit “) and as playwright.
His first text, “Esta noche no estoy para nadie”, was released in 1997. Since then he has released his works in Spain: “10”, “El bosque es mío”, “¿Dónde se esconden los sueños? “,” Las heridas del viento”,”Humo”, “Arizona”,” Tres”, “100m2 ” (El inconveniente) and “El manual de la buena esposa”.
He has also premiered his works in Peru, Chile, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico, the USA, Slovenia, Greece and England. As a theater director has been staging in Spain his own plays “Humo,” “Arizona”, “Tres” and “100m2”. And “El pez gordo” by Roger Rueff, “Races” by David Mamet and “Specials Ocasions” by Bernard Slade. Abroad, he has directed “100m2-El inconveniente” in Santiago de Chile (2011) and “Specials Ocasions” in Miami (2011).
He has directed and written shows for the Awards for Young Artists in the Community of Madrid, for Buero Theatre Awards, the Málaga Film Festival 2010 and the Max Theatre Awards 2011.
Among other awards won the prize “HERMANOS MACHADO DE SEVILLA 2000” for “Las heridas del viento,” ALCORCON CITY AWARD 1998 for “Esta noche no estoy para nadie” CHILDREN’S THEATRE AWARD SCHOOL OF THEATRE 2004 NAVARRA for “¿Dónde se esconden los sueños?,  “ANIMASUR THEATRE PRIZE SHORT 2005 for “Epitafio “SGAE THEATRE AWARD 2005 for “Humo”, AWARD FATEX” MORENO RAUL “2006 Mention DE TEATRO LOPE DE VEGA 2006 for “Arizona “.
He was nominated for the 2009 Goya Film Award for best original screenplay for “Retorno a Hansala” and his film “Bon appétit” won the silver Biznaga Best Screenplay at the 2010 Málaga Spanish Film Festival.
The Hispanic Theatre Guild production of “Las heridas del viento”, directed by Juan Manuel Cifuentes and starring Marcos Casanova and Humberto Rosenfeld was nominated in five categories in New York ACE Awards 2005. Also in New York, he won the HOLA award 2011 as best director for “Races”.
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Works
Doña Perfecta
Director of  Centro Dramático Nacional (National Theatre of Spain) since 1 January 2012 and known equally as a playwright, stage director and theatre company director. He has written more than 20 works for theatre and for many years has taught acting at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático as well as being Associate Director at La Abadía Theatre.
Ha dirigido algunos de los mayores éxitos de las últimas temporadas teatrales en Madrid: El señor Ibrahim y las flores del Corán, de Eric-Enmanuel Schmitt, estrenada en el CDN en 2004 y por el que obtuvo el Premio Max al texto mejor adaptado; Sainetes, de Ramón de la Cruz, estrenado en 2006 por la Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico; La comedia nueva, de Leandro Fernández de Moratín, estrenada en 2008; En esta vida todo es verdad y todo mentira, de Calderón de la Barca, estrenada en 2012 por esta misma compañía; Las visitas deberían estar prohibidas por el Código Penal, sobre textos de Miguel Mihura, estrenada en 2006; Presas, de Ignacio del Moral y Verónica Fernández, estrenada en 2007; La colmena científica o el Café de Negrín, de José Ramón Fernández, estrenada en 2010, Doña Perfecta de Benito Pérez Galdós, estrenada en 2012 y Montenegro (Comedias bárbaras) de Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, estrenada en 2013, todas producciones del Centro Dramático Nacional.
Con la compañía Teatro El Cruce, de la que es director artístico, ha puesto en escena, entre otros muchos títulos, Auto, obra que obtuvo el premio de la crítica y La tortuga de Darwin, de Juan Mayorga, estrenada en el Teatro de La Abadía; La fiesta de los jueces, basada en El cántaro roto, de Heinrich Von Kleist y Santo, en la que compartía la dramaturgia con Ignacio del Moral e Ignacio García May.
En su obra como autor resaltan además títulos como Squash, Retén, Solo para Paquita, Rezagados, Destino desierto, María Sarmiento, Santiago (de Cuba)… y cierra España, Un busto al cuerpo, Pepe el romano, Te quiero…. muñeca, Tierra de por medio…
Como director de escena destacan, además de los citados, sus montajes de El amor enamorado de Lope de Vega; Eco y Narciso de Calderón de la Barca; La ciudad, noches y pájaros, de Alfonso Plou; La mirada del hombre oscuro, de Ignacio del Moral; Querido Ramón, sobre textos de Gómez de la Serna; Mirandolina, de Carlo Goldoni; Brecht cumple cien años, sobre textos de Bertold Brecht; El monstruo de los jardines, de Calderón de la Barca; Yo estaba en casa…, de J. L. Lagarce; Las amistades peligrosas, de Christopher Hampton y He visto dos veces el cometa Halley, sobre Rafael Alberti.
También ha recibido el Premio José Luis Alonso, concedido por la Asociación de Directores de Escena, por su montaje de la obra Eco y Narciso, y el premio de la crítica teatral de Madrid al mejor autor de la temporada por sus obras Auto y Rezagados.
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Work with Afonica
Doña Perfecta
10 May 1843 – 4 January 1920
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish writer, representative of the Realist Spanish Novel of the 19th Century. Member of the Royal Academy from 1897 and nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1912.
He studied in the Colegio de San Agustín of his native city and collaborated with the local newspaper El Ómnibus. On finishing school in 1862, he moved to Tenerife in order to study a BA and later moved to Madrid to study Law. It was there that he attended the tertulias in the Ateneo and the cafés Fornos and Suizo where he met many intellectuals and artists of the day. He wrote for the newspapers La Nación and El Debate.
In 1873 he began the publication of the first series of his Episodios Nacionales with the novel Trafalgar. His popularity with readers during the 1890s continued to grow with his second series of Episodios Nacionales. He stayed mainly in Madrid but also spent long periods in his house in Santander, known as “San Quintín”.  He travelled throughout Europe as a press correspondent, thus coming into contact with literary currents of the day such as realism and naturalism. His work was influenced by the French writers Honoré de Balzac, Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert as well as Charles Dickens.
Interested in politics, he joined Sagasta’s Progressive Party and in 1886 was appointed MP for Guayama (Puerto Rico) in the Spanish parliament Las Cortes. At the beginning of the 20th Century he joined the Republican Party and in the Legislatures of 1907 and 1910 was Member of Parliament for Madrid with the Republican-Socialist Conjunction; in 1914 he was elected MP for Las Palmas. Galdós was one of the most prolific authors of his generation, in both novel and theatre.
Text by Instituto Cervantes
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