Lali Álvarez

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She is a playwright, stage director and writer. She studied Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, Audiovisual Production at La Mercè and Direction and Playwriting at the Barcelona Theatre Institute (Institut del Teatre). At present, she is the resident artist at the Nau Ivanow with the HUI BASA theatre group, of which she is artistic director. The group works on projects focused on three areas: scenic documentary, theatre in unconventional spaces and relationship with the audience. With HUI BASA she premiered THA TZPAR, which she co-authored with Pau Matas, at the Tàrrega Festival (FiraTàrrega) in 2018, and also DISSENY HUG, a work conceptualised with Gary Shochat that takes the form of an intervention in the public space of the Design Museum. She wrote and directed BARCELONA (against the wall) (BARCELONA (contra la paret)), performed by the company LAPùBLICA (Grec, FiraTàrrega, and Temporada Alta 2016), as well as Ragazzo (Nau Ivanow, 2015), which received the Critics’ Prize for Best Young People’s Show, Best New Actor, and the 2015 Serra d’Or Prize for the Best Show.