Longing for water

Manuel Galiana, winner of the 1998 National Theater Award, and Marta Belaustegui play the leading roles in Nostalgia de Agua. An encounter at a stone picnic area on the banks of a reservoir. He is a surly fisherman. She, a mysterious woman who shuns silence. A confusing relationship that unfolds through humor, fear, differences, and also what unites them.

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MOVING PERFORMANCE

I never imagined that this piece, made up of atmospheres, silences, and vague premonitions, could materialize, much less in such an eloquent and moving way as in this production by Jesús Salgado, in which two extraordinary and admired performers shine: Marta Belaustegui and Manuel Galiana. It is difficult to express such amazement and gratitude.

Ernesto Caballero, author of the work Nostalgia del Agua (Longing for Water)

THE SHOW

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ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

A work by Ernesto Caballero

Director: Jesús Gª Salgado

Production: Teatro Del Duende

Set design: José Luis Raymond

Cast: Manuel Galiana, Marta Belaustegui, Natalia Fernández

Lighting design: Ciru Cerdeiriña

Costumes: Malgorzata Zak-Eva Iszoro

Photograph: Eduardo García

CAST OF ACTORS

Manuel Galiana and Marta Belaustegui play the leading roles in Nostalgia de Agua, two characters from different walks of life who come together in a shared quest.

		Manuel Galiana (Madrid, 1941) is known for his renowned work in theater, film, and television. In 1998, he was awarded the National Theater Prize "for his professional career in all theatrical genres and his high-quality acting." He has also received other prestigious awards such as the Gold Medal of Valladolid, the Silver Minerva from the Circle of Fine Arts, the Rojas Zorrilla from Toledo, and the Ricardo Clavo Performance Award from the Madrid City Council. He has also been awarded Best Actor at the Palencia Theater Festival and received the Quality in Theater Award from the Spanish Theater Friends Association. His passion for theater also led him to open his own company, Martes Teatro, and launch Estudio 2 in Madrid, where acting classes are taught and performances are held.
		Marta Belaustegui (Madrid, 1966) began her professional career in 1984 and since then has worked both on stage and in film and television studios. As a theater actress, she has worked in plays such as Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; Vicente Aranda's Amantes; Denis Chalem's Dile a mi hija que me fui de viaje; The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare; Living Like Pigs by John Arden; Santa Cruz by Max Frisx; The Head of the Dragon by Valle Inclán; The Trojan Women by Euripides; The Balconies of Madrid by Tirso de Molina; The Schemes of Scapin by Molière; The Scandals of a Town by Goldoni, among others. In 1994, she founded the Teatro del Duende theater company together with Jesús Salgado. She currently also directs the International Women in Film Festival and the traveling exhibition Mujeres en dirección nómada (Women in Nomadic Direction). Within this context, she carried out the campaign against gender violence Somos más libres sin violencia (We are freer without violence). He also directed the short film Bajo la Máscara (Under the Mask) together with Jesús Ruiz, for which he received the ES + award from the Ministry of Equality in 2009 for his commitment to eradicating violence against women.

JESÚS GARCÍA SALGADO. DIRECTOR

Jesús Gª Salgado began his career in 1981, when he joined the Teatro de Cámara de Madrid, where he remained until 1993 and then again from 2012 to 2015. A graduate of the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid, he founded the Teatro del Duende company in 1993, together with María Belaustegui.

He has directed all his productions: Pirandello's La Tinaja (1993); Valle-Inclán's La cabeza del dragón (1994); Max Frisch's Santa Cruz (1998); Los chismes de las mujeres by C. Goldoni (1999); Vale, cuéntamelo pero rapidito (2002); Vivir como cerdos by John Arden (2003); Cervantes entre Palos (2004); The Comedy of Errors by W. Shakespeare (2005); The Baby Comedy by Edward Albee (2006); Tell My Daughter I Went on a Trip by Denise Chalem (2007); The Learned Ladies by Molière (2008); Spring Awakening by Wedekind (2009); Game of Massacre by Ionesco (2010); Naked Masks (La Tinaja) by Pirandello (2011); El Retablo de las Maravillas by Cervantes, produced in Peru (2012). MaTRIOska, three stories by Chekhov (2013). Don Dinero based on Cervantes' El vizcaíno fingido and poems by Quevedo, Arcipreste de Hita, and Góngora (2015).

In addition, since 1993 he has been teaching acting at the Royal School of Dramatic Arts in Madrid, where he is currently head of the acting department. Until 2008, he was a professor at ESAD in Torrelodones (University of Kent, Canterbury), where he also headed the acting and stage direction department from 2000 to 2008.

He has also directed C. Goldoni's El abanico (The Fan) (1996) for the TVE program Lo tuyo es puro teatro (Yours is Pure Theater); J. P. Sartre's A puerta cerrada (No Exit)(1997); Molière's El Tartufo (Tartuffe) for Lo tuyo es puro Teatro ( 2001); S. Berkoff's Querido, estuviste maravilloso(Darling, You Were Wonderful) (2004); M. Maeterlink's El pájaro azul (The Blue Bird ) (2007); Ionesco's Qué formidable burdel (What a Wonderful Brothel) (2012); Gustavo Ott'sFotomatón (Photo Booth)(2010); Tirso de Molina'sPor el sótano y el torno (Through the Cellar and the Turnstile) (2012); Las tres hermanas(The Three Sisters) by A. Chekhov (2013); Terror y Miseria del III Reich(Fear and Misery of the Third Reich) by Bertold Brecht (2016).

He currently combines his acting classes with directing the Teatro del Duende theater company.