Ignacio García

A graduate in stage direction of the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid, he has taken part in 14 of the 20 last editions of the festival as a director and composer.

During his career, he has received many awards, including the ADE (Association of Stage Directors of Spain) Premio José Luis Alonso for young directors, and won the first stage creation contest organized by Teatro Real de Madrid. His work as director and stage manager is remarkable, he has a thorough understanding of the Festival of Almagro and a long track record in promoting the Spanish Golden Age fund. He directed stage performances based on the texts of Calderón de la Barca, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza, Francisco de Quevedo, Juan Del Encina, José María Rodríguez Méndez, León Felipe, José Luis Alonso de Santos, Ernesto Caballero, Max Aub, León Felipe and José Saramago, among others, in theatres and at festivals with national theatre companies from Spain, Europe and Latin America. He was artistic director of the Teatro Español de Madrid and programmer of the Festival Internacional de Dramaturgia Contemporánea Dramafest of México. He successfully collaborated, among many others, with the ‘Gran Teatro Nacional de Perú’, ‘Teatro Nacional de Bogotá’, and ‘Compañía Nacional de Teatro de México’.