Stage director and drama teacher. Barcelona, Barcelonès, November 13, 1935 A graduate of the Institut del Teatre de la Diputació de Barcelona, he has been director of the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, based at the Teatro Real de Madrid (1968-70), of the Institut del Teatre (1971-80), which he greatly revitalized. of the Centre Dramàtic de la Generalitat de Catalunya (1982-88), and since 1998, of the Espai Escènic Joan Brossa --of which he was also co-founder--, which in 2010 was refounded as La Seca-Espai Brossa, Fabrica de Creació de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona. A member of the Consejo Nacional de Teatro of the Ministry of Culture of Spain (1985-97), he has been president of the Associació d'Actors i Directors Professionals de Catalunya (1997-2005). As a stage director, the following productions should be mentioned: The Seagull, by Chekhov, with translation by Joan Oliver;The shadow of a high-ranking official on the asphalt, a work of homage to the scenic avant-garde, with texts by J.V. Foix (1979);The Black Glove, of Strindberg;The Confession and Ritual Words for Electra, by Josep Palau i Fabre;For Federico a sound(1999), on texts by Federico Garcia Lorca, with which he won the Sebastià Gasch award from FAD for best direction;The monkey's hand(2000), by Salvador Vilaregut, for which he received the Butaca award for best stage direction;The damned lighthouse(2001), by Paul Autier, Paul Cloquemin and Rachilde, in a version by Sabine Dufrenoy;The monster manufacturer(2003), by Max Maurey, Paul Coste and Charles Moitrier;The Intruder by Maurice Maeterlinck(2005); Nausicaof Joan Maragall (2005); Don Juan, Prince of Darkness, by Palau i Fabre, at the Teatro Español in Madrid (2008),Return to Andratx(2010), by Baltasar Porcel;Count Arnau(2011), by Joan Maragall, andMy Ismènia(2013), by Eugène Labiche, among others. Source: http://www.enciclopedia.cat/EC-GEC-0011207.xml Copyright photo: La Seca
