The Casa de la Provincia will host the award ceremony for the dramaturgy prize named after the author from Morón this Friday. Antonio Álamo wins the first prize and David Montero and Javier Berger receive the honourable mention.
The Casa de la Provincia of the Diputación de Sevilla will host the II Alfonso Jiménez Romero Dramaturgy Award ceremony this Friday, September 11 at 19:00, a competition organised by Ediciones del Bufón with the support of the Diputación de Sevilla and the collaboration of the Ayuntamiento de Morón de la Frontera. The event will serve to recognise the awarded authors in this second edition and to keep the name of the Morón playwright alive.
The first prize has been awarded to Antonio Álamo for his work Yes, to Everything, while the honourable mention has gone to David Montero and Javier Berger for Tomorrow (Won't) Be Another Day. Both pieces have already been published by Ediciones del Bufón, allowing the awarded texts to reach the public and the professional sector of the performing arts.
The competition awards 1,200 euros for the first prize and 500 euros for the honourable mention. In addition to the monetary award, the publication of the works is part of the essence of the prize, which aims to promote contemporary theatrical creation linked to the province of Seville.
During the ceremony, Miguel Ángel Melero, coordinator of the Casa de la Provincia, will welcome attendees; Raúl Cortés and Mercedes Martínez from Ediciones del Bufón; and Maribel Parra, niece of Paco Domínguez Flores, partner of Alfonso Jiménez Romero, who will speak during the event. Representing Morón de la Frontera will be the municipal librarian Juan Diego Mata Marchena, who will participate in the presentation of one of the awards.
The award is named after Alfonso Jiménez Romero (Morón de la Frontera, 1931-Seville, 1995), one of the fundamental playwrights of contemporary Andalusian theatre. He was one of the founders, along with Juan Bernabé and Salvador Távora, of what would later be known as Teatro Ritual Andaluz.
Among his works, Oratorio stands out, awarded the Dolphin Theatre Prize in 1968 and premiered by the Teatro Lebrijano. The piece gained international recognition after its appearance at the Nancy Theatre Festival. He also collaborated with Salvador Távora on Quejío and received the National Theatre Prize Ciudad de Teruel, the Ateneo de Sevilla Theatre Prize, and the Hermanos Machado Prize from the Ayuntamiento de Sevilla.
His writing combined tradition and modernity, incorporating elements of Andalusian popular culture and seeking a unique theatrical language. He left behind more than thirty pieces and a recognisable mark on the renewal of Andalusian theatre in the second half of the 20th century.
With this award, Morón de la Frontera maintains its connection to contemporary dramaturgy and the memory of one of its most relevant theatrical creators. The event is this Friday at 19:00 at the Casa de la Provincia, with free entry until capacity is reached.
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