Antonio Banderas

, who received a deferred Medal of Honor from the SGAE and was nominated for

A Chorus Line

, the musical of his newly founded company in which 90 people work, wondered "What is the worst thing that can happen to someone who just opened a theater? Well, a global pandemic. "

Well summarized.

At worst, the

Max Awards gala

, which should have been held in June and had to be postponed, like so many cultural events, went ahead tonight at the Cervantes Theater in Malaga, with prizes for works as forceful as

Jauría

, by

Jordi Casanovas

, built on the statements of the defendants and the brave complainant in the

La Manada

case

, which was deservedly the Best Theater Show, or

Shock (El Cóndor y El Puma)

, adaptation of Naomi Klein's essay

The Shock Doctrine

, which meant the award for Best Stage Direction for

Andrés Lima

.

Verónica Forqué

obtained her first Max for

Las things que se que son verdaderos

, and

Lluís Homar

, who was Best Actor for

La nieta del Señor Linh

.

she claimed the theater "as a commodity of first necessity, as necessary as education and health".

The gala, which took place under the slogan The art of listening symbolized by a gigantic conch shell, was postponed because it could not be canceled.

The world of the performing arts not only needed to celebrate the best shows of the season prior to the pandemic, but also to show its union and its

discomfort with the measures of the Ministry of Culture and Sports

, considered insufficient to alleviate the crisis in a sector that, After the period of confinement, he still does not see the light at the end of the tunnel.

After the presentation of the clown Chochotte, the stage was filled with dancers wearing masks, and the winners began to parade, sprinkling their gratitude speeches with claims of all kinds, before the minister

José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes

, who made the figure of a smiling stone guest .

The dancer and choreographer

Manuel Liñán

, winner of the audience award for

¡Viva!

, asked not to have to end up designing shows for "trains, planes and buses."

Elisa Sanz, costume designer for

Play

, a dance piece focused on children that won up to three awards (costumes, lighting and musical composition), recalled that "if the gala had been held in Valladolid, like last year, the capacity would be 25 people ".

The most direct and forceful message was Antonio Onetti and Juan José Solana, presidents of the SGAE and the SGAE Foundation respectively, who diagnosed: "Things are looking bad.

The pandemic has left the performing arts like a Gruyère cheese

", in allusion to the empty seats.

We need to be listened to, and above all to be allowed to work. "

Among the numerous musical performances, the exquisite appearances of the Cordovan

María José Llergo

, who sang

Me miras pero no me ves

, a title that synthesizes the current relationship between the institutions and the sector

, stood out

.

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