Julen Guerrero | |
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 Stage production "The loaves and the fishes" (2022). | |
| Born | Julen Guerrero Calvo 27 March 1996 Castro Urdiales, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spain |
| Education | Ánima Eskola School of Drama Higher School of Dramatic Art of Castilla y León (ESADCyL) |
| Occupation(s) | actor, stage director, dramaturgue |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Awards | Buero Vallejo Award (2015) |
Julen Guerrero Calvo (born in Castro Urdiales on 27 March 1996) is a Spanish film, theater and television actor and stage director. [1]
He was born in Castro Urdiales in 1996. From a young age he was attached to the theater, participating in different plays.
He studied and trained in theater and drama in Ánima Eskola School of Drama with David Valdelvira, Sandra Tejero and Marina Shimanskaya, training as a method actor, under the Stanislavsky-Vakhtangov-M.Chekhov-Meyerhold methodology (Russian method), following the methodologies of the Russian classical school. There he coincided with the also actresses Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, together with whom he was trained. Later, he graduated in theater at the Higher School of Dramatic Art of Castilla y León of Castile and Leon (in Valladolid), specializing in stage direction and dramaturgy. Afterwards, he studied a master's degree in contemporary thought and scenic creation also at the Higher School of Dramatic Art of Castilla y León.
In 2013 he performed the play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky, a production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, together with Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members.
In 2014 he performed the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, playing the role of Theseus, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, [2] [3] and with Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members. [4] The theatrical production was very well received by the public, and was staged several times between 2014 and 2015. [5] The stage production was awarded the Buero Vallejo Award (2015), in the XII edition of the awards. [6] [7] [8] [9] [4]
In 2017 he participated in the play Fuegos (Fires), written by Lola Blasco. The play won the "Best Show" award at the Valladolid International Festival. In 2019, he directed the play Yo, eromeno, a play about two men who maintain a relationship, with the collaboration of playwright and stage director José Manuel Mora Ortiz. [10] The work won the second prize at the Youth Art Contest of the Youth Institute of Castile and Leon. [11]
In 2019 he participated in the work The Seagull (by Chekhov). The performance was selected to be performed in Saint Petersburg (Russia), in an international theater festival, in which several plays from different countries are selected to be performed for two weeks at the festival. [12]
During the years 2019 and 2020 he was selected as an assistant director in two large theatrical productions. The first, Yerma (by Lorca), directed by Pepa Gamboa and starring María León. [13] The second, In the words of Jo... Little Women, based on the novel Little Women. [12]
Guerrero is a co-founder and member of the theater company Atrote Teatro (created in 2017), [14] [15] [16] with which he has staged works such as A slight discomfort (2018), I, eromen (2019) or The loaves and the fishes (2022). [17] In 2022 the company was selected within the residency framework of the "MeetYou" Festival in Valladolid.
In 2022 he staged the play The loaves and the fishes (Los panes y los peces), co-directed by Guerrero and Popy Vegas, at the "MeetYou" Festival in Valladolid. [18] [19] The staging was very well received and was taken to other theaters in Spain. [20] [21]
| Year | Title | Director | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The loaves and the fishes (Los panes y los peces) | Popy Vegas and Julen Guerrero Calvo | Abel | Within the "MeetYou" Festival in Valladolid | [20] [21] [18] [19] |
| 2021 | Mother's Love (Amor de Madre) | Julen Guerrero Calvo | |||
| 2021 | In loop (En Bucle) | Nina Reglero | Award for Best Theater Show at the Ciudad Rodrigo Theater Fair | [22] | |
| 2019-2020 | In the words of Jo... Little Women | Pepa Gamboa / Julen Guerrero Calvo (asist.) | |||
| 2019-2020 | Yerma | Pepa Gamboa / Julen Guerrero Calvo (asist.) | Starring María León | [13] | |
| 2019 | Yo, erómeno (I, eromen) | Julen Guerrero Calvo | [23] [24] [25] | ||
| 2018-2019 | The Seagull | On tour to Saint Petersburg (Russia) | |||
| 2018 | A slight discomfort (Un ligero malestar) | Julen Guerrero Calvo | |||
| 2018 | Ágora | Nina Reglero | |||
| 2017 | Fuegos (Fires) | Nina Reglero | |||
| 2014 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | David Valdelvira | Theseus | Stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre. Buero Vallejo Award (2015). | [3] |
| 2013 | The Lower Depths | David Valdelvira | Satine | Stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre | |
| 2013 | Gypsy Ballads | Sandra Tejero | Stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre |
| Year | Category | For work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Best theatrical/stage production | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Won |
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