Shakespeare

Celebrating the 25th production of a Shakespeare Festival in Latin America in April 2024.

  • In 2011, I established the Buenos Aires Shakespeare Festival. Since its inception, we have been commemorating Shakespeare annually, making it the sole Shakespearean festival in Latin America. Throughout the years, the festival has drawn over 250,000 attendees. Link to Festival Shakespeare Buenos Aires.

  • The Shakespeare Theatre, also known as the Teatro Shakespeare, was initially constructed in 2013. It functioned as a temporary Elizabethan-style theatre and was situated in various public parks across Buenos Aires. Over the course of its three seasons, the theatre welcomed over 300,000 visitors. Link to Teatro Shakespeare.

  • In 2014, 2015 and 2016 I produced and directed the Festival Shakespeare Uruguay, in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. Link to Festival Shakespeare Uruguay.

  • In 2015 I created the Festival Shakespeare en la Escuela (Shakespeare School Festival) and every year since then, hundreds of schools participate in it. Link to Festival Shakespeare en la Escuela.

  • In 2015, I was appointed as the president of the Romeo Foundation. Since then, we have developed educational initiatives in impoverished areas, established scholarships, presented awards, and conducted numerous successful fundraising campaigns. Link to the Romeo Foundation.

  • «Harold Bloom, the last interview» is a documentary that I directed and produced  in 2017. It shows the last interview given by Prof Bloom.

  • I have directed and produced plays written by Shakespeare: Macbeth, Anthony and Cleopatra, Richard III, Cardenio, Hamlet. «Shakespeare’s women», «Borges and Shakespeare», «Shakespeare, García Lorca y Hamlet», «The rape Lucrece» among others.

  • In 2023 I have directed and produced the documentary «Will´s Book, Shakespeare´s First Folio». Documentary on the creation of the Shakespeare’s First Folio (First edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare). The film was released by AMC LATAM on 23rd April and by SKY ARTS UK on 14th November. TVF manage the international distribution. The AMC version was narrated by Greg Doran and the SKY ARTS version by PRof Emma Smith. The documentary features the participation of scholars like Sir Stanley Wells, Prof. Emma Smith, Prof. Paul Edmondson, Prof. Tiffany Stern, and others. A collaborative production with Folio400.com

  • Conferences and workshops: «Shakespeare seminars» (British Art Centre and Romeo Foundation 2018/19/20/21), «Shakespeare and Cervantes» (Jockey Club de Buenos Aires – 2016), «Shakespeare 450» (Universidad Di Tella, Buenos Aires – 2015), «Richard III» (Escuela Shakespeare Argentina – 2014), «Shakespeare 450» (Université Sorbonne – Paris – 2014), Master class with Stanley Gontarski y Penny Cherns (Festival Shakespeare Buenos Aires – 2012).

Awards

Member of the Order of the British Empire Medal, given by Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom. (2019)

Outstanding cultural achievement: Distinguished by the Buenos Aires City Parliament. (2019)

Teatro del Mundo Award given by the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2007, 2015, 2018)

María Guerrero Award given by Cervantes National Theatre, Argentina. (2010)

Scholarship for young artists given by Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina. (2004)