La_Compañía exlímite

La_Compañía exlímite is the culmination of a longstanding project that finally emerged in 2015 with its first show In November 2017, after finding a venue of its own for its undertakings, it restructured and merged with the project exlímite to become its resident performing arts group La_Compañía exlímite arose from the need to form a group or team of artists from the different disciplines involved in theatre for the purpose of creating dramatic art based on collaborative creation, risk-taking and commitment, with a clear focus on contemporary works. The group’s first work was ILIRIA, a coproduction based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will, and written by Denise Despeyroux. The Bard’s original text was put through a process of research and deconstruction, combining it with a contemporary reading grounded in social networks, society, the liquid loves of Zygmunt Bauman, and the imagination of each member. This combination resulted in a hybrid show that rides the lines between classic and contemporary and performative and dramatic, in which music, movement, and the spoken word coexist in a precarious and extremely entertaining state of equilibrium. The show received special mention at the 2016 Almagro Off Festival and was nominated for the Max award for the best new show in 2017. In and of itself, La_Compañía exlímite is an experiment that explores what we can do together, how we listen, what we think, and the role each member of a group assumes. Theatre has always been a small-scale experience about communities and, at its core, a mirror: a privileged space that speaks to and raises questions before the community and the society in which it happens. Hence, in exlímite, each of us is considered an artist and creator in his or her field, and creation is about each individual's experience of being part of the group and projecting his or her voice through an artistic formation. FERNANDO DELGADO-HIERRO - AUTHOR AND ACTORHe studied script interpretation at RESAD drama school in 2013 and furthered his training with the Open Group of Jerzy Grotowski, the SITI Company of Anne Bogart, LAMDA (London Academy of Dramatic Arts), and instructors including David Zinder, Jeremy James, Fernanda Orazi, Pablo Messiez, Lucas Condró, Brigid Panet, Alfredo Sanzo, and Sol Garre. He also trained for several years with the association Vértico, where he studied Viewpoints, Suzuki, Kalari, and the Chekhov technique.He began his theatrical career with La distancia, adapted and directed by Pablo Messiez, and later collaborated with Messiez on Bodas de Sangre by Federico García Lorca at Centro Dramático Nacional and He nacido para verte sonreír by Santiago Loza at the Abadía Theatre.His stage work includes performances in Scratch with Grumelot and Carlos Aladro, Cuando caiga la nieve with Julio Provenció and La Belloq, and Man Up with Teatro en Vilo for Centro Dramático Nacional. He has also worked extensively with Juan Ceacero on Iliria, Comedia fallida, and Los Remedios, earning the Max Award for Best New Playwright in 2021. With La_Compañía exlímite, he wrote the script for Cluster, staged at the Matadero in June 2021. The following year, he made his directorial debut and starred in El mal de la montaña at Teatro Español, based on a text by Santiago Loza and co-directed by Francesco Carril. In 2024, he wrote Ficciones, which premiered at La_Compañía exlímite at Teatros del Canal.His audiovisual credits include Violeta no coge el ascensor (2019) by Mamen Díaz, Las niñas de Cristal (2022) by Jota Linares, Cerdita (2022) by Carlota Pereda, La consagración de la primavera (2022) by Fernando Franco, and Hildegart (2023) by Paula Ortiz. JUAN CEACERO – DIRECTOR Born in Úbeda, Jaén, he studied audio-visual communication at the Complutense University and earned a degree in dramatic art and script interpretation from RESAD in 2005. He furthered his training with the SITI Company at Skidmore College (USA) and with professionals including Phillip Zarrilli, David Zinder, Sophia Hill, Paola Rizzi, Fernando Piernas, Ellen Lauren, Leon Ingulsrud, Akiko Azawa, Hernán Gené, Will Keen, Sol Garre, Jeremy James, and Michael Stubblefield.As an actor, his recent theatre credits include Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck (dir. Carlos Aladro), Sueños y visiones de Rodrigo Rato (dir. Raquel Alarcón), La noche justo antes de los bosques (dir. Fernando Renjifo), Un cine arde y diez personas arden and Tiestes (both by Grumelot), as well as roles in La ternura, El tratamiento, Bodas de sangre (dir. Pablo Messiez), Como está Madriz, Titus Andronicus (dir. Andrés Lima), Carne viva, Los dramáticos orígenes de las galaxias espirales (written and directed by Denise Despeyroux), A Hunger Artist (dir. Luis D’Ors), and La increíble historia de la chica que llegó la última (dir. María Folguera).His audio-visual work includes series such as La Ruta (Atresmedia), Arde Madrid (Movistar+), Centro médico (TVE1), Amar en tiempos revueltos (TVE1), El comisario (Tele5), Con dos tacones (TVE1), and short films including El álbum blanco and Proceso de revelado.In 2011, he co-founded Asociación Vértico with Michael Stubblefield and Sol Garrela, focusing on actor training, research, and creation. In 2014, he and Fernando Delgado-Hierro created the web series Diplarama, handling writing, acting, direction, and editing. His company’s first production, Iliria by Denise Despeyroux, premiered in 2015, followed by Moon River by Huichi Chiue and Irma Correa in 2017. In 2018, he co-founded Espacio exlímite with Gérard Imbert, a venue dedicated to training, research, and collaboration. The group, relaunched as La Compañía exlímite, has since staged Los Remedios (2019), Cluster (2021), De la juventud (2023), and Ficciones (2024). PABLO CHAVES - ACTOR AND SET DESIGNERPablo Chaves completed his architectural studies at ETSA in Seville and specialised in set design at Sapienza University of Rome. He later earned a degree in script interpretation from RESAD in Madrid. After six years as an architect in Madrid, he shifted his focus to set design, initially working as an assistant and then as project coordinator for Marta Pazos on productions such as Safo by María Folguera, Othello by Voadora, and Hoax Hamlet.He has also collaborated with set designers including Max Glaenzel, Blanca Agnon, and José Novoa. His first role as set and costume designer was for Cucaracha con paisaje de fondo by Javier Ballesteros for Mujer en Obras at Teatro Español, earning him a Max award nomination for best theatrical space design. Recent projects include set and costume design for La Fortaleza by Lucía Carballal (Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico), Pequeño cúmulo de abismos by Cris Blanco (María Guerrero Theatre), Psicosis 4.48 directed by Luz Arcas (Teatro Español), El Banquete (Ferviente Compañía), and Gaviotas (Gritadero Teatro).He regularly appears on La Sala, a programme on Radio Nacional de España hosted by Daniel Galindo, discussing contemporary Spanish set design. Currently, he works as both an actor and a set designer.His recent stage credits include Los remedios (2021) by Fernando Delgado-Hierro, Cluster (2021) at Teatro Español, Las apariciones, Hoax Hamlet (2022) by Hugo Torres, Othello directed by Marta Pazos, Cucaracha con paisaje de fondo by Javier Ballesteros, Algunos días by Cristina Rojas, Arde y no quemarse by José Padilla, and El gran teatro del mundo directed by Lluís Homar at Teatro de la Comedia. In film and television, his latest projects are Heridas and El ser querido.