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SPEEDRITU
Sebastian joins the cast of Speedritu playing Saint Antobio Abad, patron saint of animals (San Antón). The project is born from an investigation of the concept of remix in theater together with the influence of camp aesthetics. Nunca Se Sabe Theatre Company sets up this project alongside a large number of theater professionals and premieres at Sala Tarambana in May 2024, Madrid. Later, it is performed at the Tyl Tyl Theater in Navarcalnero, Madrid that same month.
Synopsis
Madrid, Tuesday July twenty-sixth at a temperature of 66 0C. A dangerous panther has escaped from the zoo and is wandering aimlessly through the city. The mayor, fearful that this will ruin his reputation, has offered a succulent reward to whoever kills the beast and gives him its head. Saint Anton, patron saint of animals, who has been ruined by the excesses of drugs and alcohol, is entrusted by God with the task of saving the panther from the cruel fate that awaits him and helping him escape to the island of Formentera. . In case he doesn’t succeed, he will lose his sanctity…forever. Aided by his gang of lifelong friends: San Paquito, San Jacobo and San Cucufato, San Antón embarks on a journey to save the panther and thus maintain his saint status. On this journey he will encounter all kinds of grotesque situations, surreal musical numbers and the most extravagant characters, such as a redneck fond of hunting, a Glovo delivery man expert in tap dancing or a blind coupon seller who just wants to find love. …And to the panther, who, far from wanting to be saved, his intention is to devour anyone who gets in his way.
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PETER PAN. THE MUSICAL
The Company
Producciones Barceló is a company that, under the seal of quality entertainment, creates and produces both shows -in all the major performing areas: theater, music, circus, dance- and large and small events for companies, municipalities and theme parks. Exciting and entertaining without distinction of age at national and international level since 2007. Experience and professionalism is the guarantee with which we ensure that our customers and spectators always reach the degree of satisfaction necessary to consider us leaders in the artistic sector.
Peter Pan. El Musical
Sebastian Atienza joins the cast of Peter Pan. The musical playing the role of Captain Hook, one of the most relevant villans of children’s stories. Sebastian joins the cast at the end of the 2023/24 season, the eighth season for this musical. The season begins in September and runs through May at the Teatro Maravillas in Madrid.
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FACE2FACE THEATRE COMPANY
The company
Face2Face Interacting Company is an interactive English-speaking company based in Madrid. With more than 15 years of experience, Face2Face Theatre Co. produces educational theater plays in English with native actors and they create theatre-based teacher trainings
2021/2022 season
Together with the rest of the cast, Sebastian joins this season touring cities and towns in Spain performing in educational and cultural centers.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. THE MUSICAL
Candileja Productions
Their Musical Theater shows are based on classic tales, which are reinvented into new stories concerning current issues and values. They touch on the basis of equality, inclusion or emotional education. Their vision of the Family Musical Theater format is of a valuable vehicle of values. Their new plays with educational contents are definitely the basis of this creative company from Madrid that promotes sociability, tolerance and empathy creating a social value through Theater and Music.
The Musical
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is more than a musical for the whole family, it is a cultural and educational project that talks about our vision of society and the need to develop an “empathetic” look towards people who are considered different.
An exciting musical adventure for all ages starring a blind actress and singer who plays “Belle”, the heroine of our story who will have to prove to The Beast that BEAUTY IS IN THE WAY WE LOOK AT OTHERS.
One of the most important and complex bets that CANDILEJA productions has made in recent years. The show has an imposing scenery, spectacular costumes and original musical themes that drink from styles such as pop to different Latin rhythms.
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La Bella y la Bestia. El Musical
PERDÓN (SORRY)
The production
Perdón is a short theater play fruit of the initiative and creativity of its members, Lidia Guillem, Pau Zeiss and Sebastian Atienza. It tells the story of Alicia and David who seem to have forgotten why they fell in love. Memories and monotony will not make it easy for them to ask for forgiveness.
How far will they go to save their relationship? And how far will they go to destroy it?
The play
Perdón premieres its first season at La Escalera de Jacob during February and March 2020 in downtown Madrid. Sebastian Atienza makes his debut as the director of the piece and also plays David, replacing Pau Zeiss in the performance on March 3 2020.
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ALICIA IN WONDERLAND
The production
Alice in Wonderland becomes the 3rd year Theatre Company’s latest production. Sebastian works intensely alongside the company to create this piece inspired by the original 1965 tale Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol. This piece brings together the imagination and creative work of all its creators to form a unique adaptation and original setting and language for this magical story. It is full of movement, visual effects, and original songs and physical theater pieces that excite audiences of all ages.
The Tour
This production of Alice in Wonderland was taken to many schools in the Barcelona area and Catalan territory and was presented for audiences from 6 to 18 years old. Each performance was made unique due to the need to adapt the show to the age range and English level of the audience. Alice and Wonderland ends with final performances open to the public at El Retiro in Sitges where it is enthusiastically received by audiences of all ages.
OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR
The Musical
Originally produced by Joan Littlewood at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London in 1963, Oh! What A Lovely War is a satirical masterpiece about the First World War, told through song and documents in the form of a pierrot entertainment of the period. This show was devised by the Littlewood Theatre Workshop and was the result of close cooperation between writer, actors and director, with the entire team involved in the detailed research of the period and the creative task of bringing their material to life in theatrical terms. It won public and critical acclaim and the Grand Prix at the Théâtre des Nations festival in Paris in 1963 and has become a classic of modern theater.
The production.
Beginning in January 2019, Oh! What A Lovely War becomes the new show of the 3rd Year Acting Company, directed by Michael Howcroft. This show is made up of a strong group of actors who bring together their experience and training along with their music and dance skills to create this new edition of Oh! What A Lovely War. With a personal approach to the script, the Company incorporates the visual style of the 21st century, through the styles of pantomime and drawing inspiration from drag culture, fusing it with the historical knowledge and reflection that this play offers.
13
The Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB) 3rd Year Acting Company begins a new production of Mike Bartlett‘s play 13. The production will be directed by Rob Watt and will open at IAB the week of December 3-8, 2018.
The play.
An identical, terrifying dream haunts Londoners amid economic gloom and ineffectual protest. As the Prime Minister considers a pre-emptive war, a young man returns home with a vision of the future. Coincidences, omens and visions collide with political reality in this epic new work from the writer of Earthquakes in London. Set in a dark and magical landscape, it depicts a London both familiar and strange, a London staring into the void. In a year that has seen governments fall as people take to the streets, 13 explores the meaning of personal responsibility, the hold the past has on the future, and the nature of self-belief.
Mark
In this production, Sebastian plays Mark. Being one of the 13 main characters in the play, Mark is a successful London lawyer who is haunted by a traumatic dream that will have a major impact on his work and personal life. He will go through an emotional journey that will make him confront his traumatic past, which will affect his relationships with other characters in the play.
Liam
Alongside Mark, Sebastian takes on the supporting character, Liam. He is one of the three political advisors to the British Prime Minister and helps him with the difficulties and responsibilities of his job.
THE SEAGULL
LA GAVIOTA
La Compañía de Interpretación de 3er año del Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB) están trabajando en una nueva producción: La Gaviota de Anton Chekov, traducida por Michael Frayn y dirigida por Drew Mulligan. Esta producción se estrenará en el IAB el 24 de octubre de 2018.
La obra
La Gaviota de Anton Chekov es un drama de retazos de la vida ambientado en la campiña rusa a finales del siglo XIX. El elenco de personajes está insatisfecho con sus vidas. Algunos desean el amor. Algunos desean el éxito. Algunos desean el genio artístico. Sin embargo, nadie parece alcanzar la felicidad. Esta traducción de La Gaviota se estrenó en el Palace Theatre, Watford, el 7 de noviembre de 1986. Posteriormente fue producida por la Real Compañía de Shakespeare en el Teatro del Cisne, Statford-on-Avon, el 31 de octubre de 1990.
Sorin
Sebastián Atienza interpretará a Piotr Nikoláievich Sorin, aka Sorin, un anciano en sus 60 y terrateniente de la finca donde se desarrolla la acción de la obra.
Hermano de Arkadina y tío de Konstantin, Sorin ha trabajado para la oficina del gobierno ruso toda su vida, ahora está jubilado y vive en su granja. Es un oyente paciente, un confidente y un admirador compasivo de los talentos de su sobrino y su hermana. Salud, familia, arrepentimiento y conformismo son algunos de los temas que este personaje explorará a lo largo de la historia de esta obra.
PAINS OF YOUTH
Ferdinand Bruckner’s Pains of Youth is the first professional production staged by the 3rd Year Acting Company of the Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB). This production, based on the translation by Martin Crimp has been directed by Jonathan Floyd and was premiered on May 3, 2018 at the IAB Theatre.
The play
Pains of Youth by Ferdinand Bruckner is about a group of young people exploring life: love, morality, ambition, sex… and getting caught up in their own games. How to be an adult in a society plagued by uncertainty? Although Pains of Youth is set in Vienna a few years after World War I, the idea of a lost generation is quite familiar and relevant.
Freder
Sebastian Atienza takes on the protagonist of this story, Freder. The action of the play is dominated by this sinister character, who delights in causing destruction. He corrupts an innocent servant girl, feeds the suicidal tendencies of the bisexual and aristocratic Desiree, and finally turns his attention to his mistress, Marie, whom he hopes to live.
VERANO (SUMMER)
The short film
Verano is a short film directed by Juan Antonio Valdivia and distributed by Line Up Shorts. Pau Zeiss and Sebastian Atienza form the cast of this nostalgic story. It tells the story of Lucas, a 20 year old boy, who in his last summer days in town, goes to spend an afternoon with his friends at the lake. There he will discover that maybe it is not the place where he should be.
Festivals
Verano has been well received by festivals, collecting a total of 10 national and 3 international selections. Being part of festivals such as the 23rd Malaga Film Festival, the Alicante Film Festival or the Santo Domingo OUTFEST, Verano will be released for the general public in the short film catalog of the FILMIN platform.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
VII PREMIOS PÁVEZ 2020 (Spain) CINE LGTBIQ+ Section / LGTBIQ+ Section
DIVERSO CINEMA 2020 (Colombia)
CERDANYA FILM FESTIVAL 2020 (Spain)
II DIVERSIA – SEXUAL DIVERSITY SHORT FILM COMPETITION (Spain)
ISLANTILLA CINEFÓRUM 2020 (Spain)
ALICANTE FILM FESTIVAL 2020 (Spain) LGBTI Section / LGBTI Section
VII FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES DEL ÓRBIGO, LUNA DE CORTOS (Spain) Sección Rural / Rural Section
FESTIVAL MIX MEXICO 2020 (Mexico)
23º FESTIVAL DE MÁLAGA 2020 (Spain) Sección Oficial Cortometrajes Málaga / Short Films from Málaga Competition
SANTO DOMINGO OUTFEST – INTERNATIONAL GLBT FILM FESTIVAL 2019 (Dominican Republic)
FICC CARTAGENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Spain)
FESTIVAL DE CINE DE ZARAGOZA 2019 (Spain) Certamen Internacional Cortometrajes Centros Educativos Audiovisuales / International Short Films Contest Audiovisual Educational Centers
FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA. CINE EUROPEO 2019 (Spain) Panorama Andaluz /Andalusian Competition
PEQUEÑO. (THE LITTLE ONE.)
The short film
Littleone is a short film directed by Jesús Zambrana and produced by Riverz Films. It tells the story of Lucas (Guim Puig), who attends a special birthday party to say goodbye to Carlos (Sebastian Atienza), a very special person for him.
Festivals
Pequeño. has been well received by festivals, garnering a total of 3 national selections, 2 international selections and a nomination for Best Original Song at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Alicante Festival 2020: LGTBI+ Official Selection
Andalesgai 2020: Official Selection
Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2019: Best Original Song (Nominated)
OMOVIES 2019: Official Selection
Queer International Film Festival Playa del Carmen Mexico 2019: Official Selection
7th LUMINISCENCE Social Film Festival LUMINISCENCE 2019: Official Selection
The Way I Danced With You
The short-film
The Way I Danced With You is a cinematographic adaptation by Lidia Guillem and Sebastian Atienza of the American playwright David Hansen‘s play published under the same name. The short-film is directed by Lucia Vijande and produced under the director’s production label Nocturna Films. Inspired by the essence of the nostalgic 80s, Sebastian works alongside Lidia and Lucia to bring to life the complex relationship of two adolescents who experience the changes in their relationship, eroded by time and maturity.
The story
It’s fall of 1986 in a college dorm. When the move to adulthood proves challenging, Dani and Charles, two high school lovers, take a little look at their relationship’s box of memories while playing an emotional role play game.
No mires a los ojos
The film
“No mires a los ojos” is a film directed by Félix Viscarret and based on the novel “Desde la sombra” by Juan José Millás, adapted to film script by Viscarret himself and David Muñoz.
The production is in the hands of Tornasol and Desde la Sombra Árbol AIE, in co-production with Entre Chien et Loup (Belgium) and with the participation of RTVE and Movistar. Universal Pictures International Spain will distribute the film in Spain.
Synopsis
Damián has just been fired after 20 years working in the same company. His reaction, furious and somewhat violent, leads him to run away from his boss and hide from him in the first place he finds when he leaves the office: a closet loaded in a van.
The closet with Damián inside is delivered to the home of Lucía and Fede, a couple Damián’s age who live with their teenage daughter, María.
That same night, an unexpected impulse leads Damián to stay with the family to become a mysterious presence that will observe and move from the shadows.
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GLOW AND DARKNESS
The TV Show
Glow and Darkness is the name of the new international English-language series directed and produced by Dream Light and co-produced by Spaniard José Luis Moreno, who also wrote the screenplay.
Based on an original idea by Argentinean Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers, Glow and Darkness tells the story of St. Francis of Assisi, without neglecting the most relevant historical figures of the time, such as Richard the Lionheart, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Frederick I Barbarossa, Philip Augustus or the Countess of Champagne, among many others.
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FINIQUITO
The short film
Finiquito is a short film born from Rodrigo Paniagua’s idea for an “elevator comedy” genre project. Produced by Noctura Films, Lucía Vijande directs Sebastian and Rodrigo in this sketch about a failed working relationship, an employee refuses to accept his dismissal.+
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TÚ
Sebastian Atienza is part of one of the four groups selected for the first edition of the ACTRUM EXPRESS Festival and wins the Best Acting Award for his performance in the short film “Tú”.
The Festival
The first edition of the festival was hosted in April 2021 in the towns of Jarandilla de la Vega and Piornal in the region of Extremadura. The participating groups had 24 hours to write the script, shoot and edit a 3.5min short film.
The short films were evaluated by the jury and screened in the auditorium. The screenings were free and open to the public. Awards were given for Best Short Film, Audience Award and Best Performance Award, which was awarded to Sebastian Atienza.
ACTRUM Productions
ACTRUM is an audiovisual production company based in Madrid. Organizer of the AIFF (Actum International Film Festival) and ACTRUM EXPRESS.
See ACTRUM EXPRESS festival report.
QUE ME LO EXPLIQUE ELLA (LET HER EXPLAIN IT)
Sebastian Atienza is part of one of the selected groups of the II edition of the ACTRUM EXPRESS Festival and stars in the short film “Que me lo explique ella” directed by Pablo Fuentes.
The Festival
The second edition of this festival was hosted in December 2021 in the towns of Jarandilla de la Vega and Guijo De Santa Bárbara in the region of Extremadura, Spain. The participating groups had 24 hours to write the script, shoot and edit a 4-minute short film.
The short films were evaluated by the jury and screened in an auditorium at the festival.
ACTRUM Productions
ACTRUM is an audiovisual production company based in Madrid. Organizer of the AIFF (Actum International Film Festival) and ACTRUM EXPRESS.
See ACTRUM EXPRESS festival report.