Almagro (Ciudad Real) (EFE)
The Corral de Comedias Award is one of the most important awards with which the professional career of people linked to the dramatic arts is recognized.
Portillo, in a meeting with the media, assured that it was a surprise for her to receive the call from the director of the International Classical Theater Festival, Irene Pardo, announcing the granting of this recognition.
“I’m excited that I can’t tell you,” said the actress, who has acknowledged feeling “very small” in the face of receiving this award, which she considers an honor, she doesn’t know if it is deserved or not, for which she is grateful with all her heart .
“Tonight I want to have a good time, I want to take away the anguish I have, and enjoy it,” said the actress.
The Almagro Festival, the best in the world, according to Portillo
And he has not hesitated to ensure that his gratitude to this festival will translate in the future into ensuring that the Almagro Festival “continues to be what it is, the best classical theater festival in the world.”
Regarding who he will remember when he receives the award, Portillo has commented that the first person he will remember will be his teacher at the Pepe Estruch Dramatic Art School.
“He was the one who opened the door to the classics and who made me fall in love with this,” he acknowledged.
Also, he has said that he will think of many more people, “because one does not reach places alone, one arrives, because you come from the hand of many and many who have helped you and have taught you, and who have accompanied you”.
Thus, he also mentioned Helena Pimenta that, although she will not be able to be in Almagro tonight, Portillo has assured that for her “this moment will also be very exciting.”
Of course, he has said that he will also remember his mother who, he has recognized, will be happy to see everything that is happening to him professionally.
Portillo believes that Almagro is a place to feel happy
Portillo has commented that Almagro is always synonymous with pleasure, “not banal, but the pleasure of a place where you feel happy, where you feel part of something.”
“The festival generates an energy in this city that inevitably rubs off on you. People are super close, and suddenly it seems that we are all friends, ”he told reporters.
The actress has shown her desire to return to Almagro both to interpret and to direct, and has recognized that while directing she would like to prepare a production about Lope de Vega.
“I love Lope and I need comedy, and do it seriously and not trivialize it,” he said.
The director of the International Classical Theater Festival, Irene Pardo, has commented that this award to Blanca Portillo is a “boost for her future” and has assured that it is an award that “very much deserves.”