The Municipal Theater Group ‘Farándula’ premieres at the Felipe VI Auditorium the play ‘Los héroes de Villafranca’ by playwright Ignasi García Barba.

With the representation of this comedy, next Friday, February 16, at 20:00 hours, ‘Farándula’ ends the commemorative acts of its 40th Anniversary. Admission will be free until full capacity is reached.

Estepona City Council reports that the Municipal Theatre Group ‘Farándula’ will premiere next Friday, February 16, at 20:00 pm, on the stage of the Auditorium Felipe VI, the play ‘Los héroes de Villafranca’ by the great author Ignasi García Barba.

This representation, which will take place next Friday, February 16, at 20:00 hours, ‘Farándula’ closes a year full of activities and performances, on the occasion of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of its creation.

This is an absolute premiere of the play, thanks to the generosity of the playwright, novelist and screenwriter, who offered this possibility to the municipal theater group of Estepona.

The play is set in Aragon, in the early nineteenth century, during the Napoleonic occupation of the peninsula. A pure style comedy, which will be performed by local actors Miguel López, Rafa Alijas, Ana Fargas, Nathalie Martín, Sebastián Márquez, Miguel Aragón, Carlos Llovet, Sabrina Castellano M., Jorge Centeno and Maribel Aragón. Directed by Jesús Luque, with Asunción Rivera as assistant director.

Admission is free until full capacity is reached.

GMT ‘FARÁNDULA’. The Municipal Theater Group was created in 1983, and debuted in 1984 with the play ‘En la ardiente oscuridad’, by Buero Vallejo. Since then it has premiered almost a hundred titles of different theatrical genres.

Among the numerous awards received, it is worth mentioning the one awarded in the XV Certamen de Campillos: best play and best female interpretation for Mª Victoria de Miguel with ‘La gata sobre un tejado de zinc caliente’, a free version of the play based on the text by playwright Tennessee Williams, whose interpretation also earned her the Best Play Award in the National Theater Contest ‘Villa de Pizarra 2014’.

In the XIII Certamen de Campillos, two of its components: Rafa Alijas and Mar Berlanga, were, likewise, recognized as best performers in the well-known play by Adolfo Marsillach ‘Yo me bajo en la próxima, ¿y usted?’. In 2011 two recognitions stand out: award for best male interpretation to Miguel López for his role in ‘Gaviotas subterráneas’ in the XI Certamen de Campillos and in the III Certamen de Teatro de Olvera. And that same year he received the

Torre Almenara 2011′ Award as Best Cultural Entity, granted by the 24 Hours Sports Foundation of Estepona.

In addition, the GMT ‘Farándula’ won in 2016 two awards in the XVI Certamen de Teatro ‘Isidro Carbonero Villa de Campillos’. The show ‘Mamás’, a comic play by Marc Egea in which two women tell their experience in the world of motherhood, won the award for best female performer for Mercedes Bazán and best set design.

Since 1998, GMT ‘Farándula’ has been directed by Jesús Luque.