46th edition The Almagro International Classical Theater Festival will lift the curtain this Thursday with the awarding of the XXIII Corral de Comedias Award to the actor, producer and director. Blanca PortilloHe is an artist who “never” imagined that he would receive such an important award from a festival he attended many times “for pleasure and work”.
It was accepted by the actress herself at the press conference, which she presented this Thursday, hours before receiving such a distinguished award. thanked him “with all my heart” for being the hero It is a harbinger of a night when your nerves and feelings will also exist.
Receiving a call from festival director Irene Pardo to tell him the news, Portillo assured her that he had felt “surprised” ever since. It seemed “almost impossible” to receive such an important award. Participating in the birth ceremony on different occasions to accompany colleagues and friends.
The actress realized that many people will remember when she received the award, but most of all her “teacher” Pepe Estruch, who opened the doors to the world during her time at the Royal School of Dramatic Art and Dance. from the “classics”.
But he will think not only of himself, but of “all the people” who have accompanied him throughout his professional and vital career.
For Portillo, Almagro has always been “synonymous with pleasure”.a place where one “feels happy and produces a contagious energy”.
The actress admitted she has “great memories” at Almagro, which reached its “climax” with the award of the Corral de Comedias Award this Thursday.
Irene Pardo, director of the Almagro Classical Theater Festival, underlined the “privilege” of giving such an important award to Portillo.
In this sense, she appreciated Blanca Portillo’s audacity, as Pardo admits, for daring to interpret male characters who were undoubtedly “extraordinary” and “more in these times”.
Increasing effort to improve culture
When asked by journalists whether political parties in Spain adequately support the cultural world, Portillo always regretted saying. “Culture is very important” at election time, but not so much afterwards.
“Few people say after meeting or talking to promote the culture,” the actress criticized.
Given the call for a general election, Portillo recognized have a “certain fear” of new political parties entering future government.
“Every time new political parties enter, things change, and one of the things that scares me the most is that something that took a long time to build can be destroyed in a second.”