Ser o no ser de un Director de Zarzuela en el Siglo XXI

Lecturer / Conferenciante: Jorge de Juan (director, ‘The Spanish Theatre Company’)

Lecture in Spanish / Conferencia en castellano

ABSTRACT / RESUMEN
Un recorrido por las puestas en escena tradicionales y los  intentos por modernizar el género chico. ¿Género chico? ¿Transgredir? ¿Modernizar? ¿Actualizar? ¿Se puede atraer a la gente joven con puestas en escenas innovadoras? ¿Cómo conseguir que un público cultivado como el británico se interese por este género tan español? 
¿Hay interés por parte de las instituciones españolas en considerar la zarzuela como ejemplo de « marca España »? 

BIOGRAPHY / BIOGRAFÍA
Jorge de Juan is a renowned Spanish producer, director, and actor. He is the Artistic Director of the Spanish Theatre Company in London.
He has produced and directed many major plays in Spain. These include the Spanish production of ‘The Woman in Black’, and ‘The 39 Steps’ (more than a thousand performances between both plays) for which he won a Turia Theatre Award.
Jorge is a film, TV, and theatre actor. He has appeared in more than twenty plays and has played the lead in twelve. He has appeared in thirty films and TV series, having played the lead in fourteen, and has worked with both Spanish and foreign directors.
He won the Best Actor Award at the Francisco Rabal Film Awards for his role in the Spanish ‘The Best of Times’.