The Cordovan group Squizo Teatro won yesterday the award for the best show of the XI Certamen Nacional de Teatro Amateur "Antonio Ferrer, El Cartero" with the play "Cartas a mamà", a free version of "Visitando a Mr. Green". This play was the big winner of the gala, winning three prizes.
The award for best leading actor went to Manuel Porras for his role in "Cartas a Mamá" by Squizo Teatro, while the award for best supporting actor went to Alberto Palacios for his role in "La duda" by Grupo de Teatro Platea. The award for best direction went to Juan Castilla for "Cartas a Mamà".
The finalist companies were Ayusteatro with "Trampa para pájaros" by J.L. Alonso de Santos and Grupo de Teatro Platea for "La duda" by Patrick Shanley. The prize for the best show is endowed with a prize of 3500€ and a sculpture by Amando Fundación de Arte valued at 242€, while the prize for the finalist companies is endowed with 2000€.
Since the beginning of November, the Casa de Cultura of Calpe has hosted the performance of the three finalist plays from among the 64 companies that entered the competition. The competition closed yesterday with the awards ceremony and the performance of the well-known monologuist Alex O'Dogherty with his show "Imbécil", one of the most complete comedy shows on the current bill.
The contest was created in 2012 with the aim of paying tribute to theatre, an artistic discipline that has been a tradition in Calpe for more than a hundred years, and to the deceased local actor Antonio Ferrer.