El Retablo

 
El Retablo has been performing for more than 20 years all over Spain and abroad. Its last creations “Animals” and “The Stained Cat and Sinhá the Swallow” have received great reviews from both criticism and audience.
 

This last one has been awarded the following prizes:

 

· Best Direction (FETEN (European Treatre Fair for Children) 2000)

· Best Show (FETEN 2000)

· Best Show (TEATRALIA (Festival of Performing Arts for Children) 2000)

· Best Show. Specialized Jury (Belo Horizonte Puppet International Festival, Brazil. 2002)

· Best Aesthetics (Val d’Albaida, 2000 International Festival)

 

The success of this show has gone beyond the borders of the country where it was created and it has been present in prestigious programmings in France, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and Brazil. It is necessary to stress the fact that some performances were done at the highly demanding Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

 
Participations in Festivals:
 
· Tolosa International Puppet Festival.
· Segovia International Puppet Festival. "Titirimundi".
· Sevilla International Puppet Festival.
· Bilbao International Puppet Festival.
· Alicante International Puppet Festival.
· Val D'Albaida International Puppet Festival.
· Guggenheim Museum. Bilbao.
· International University Menéndez Pelayo. Santander.
· Almagro Classic Theatre International Festival.
· Curitiba International Puppet Festival. Brazil.
· Belo Horizonte International Puppet Festival. Brazil.
· Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes. Charleville-Mézières. France.
· Théâtre Maxime Gorki. Rouen. France.
· Théâtre du Corps. Le Havre. France.
· Theatre of Bellinzona. Switzerland.
· Belém's Cultural Centre. Lisbon. Portugal.
· Theatre Viriato. Visseu. Portugal.
· Festival Internazionale delle Figure Animate. Peruggia. Italy.
· International Festival of Renaissanceand Medieval Theatre. Anagni. Italy.
· Vetrina Europa. Parma. Italy.
· Festival dei Bambini. Piccolo Teatro de Milano. Italy.
· Fira de Tárrega.
· Jerusalem International Puppet Festival. Israel.
· PIF. Zagreb International Puppet Festival. Croatia.
· Bluebird International Festival for Children. Seul. Korea.
 
Other prizes:
 

In 1993 Pablo Vergne obtains a Special Mention in the II Latin American Contest of Children Theatre, organized by the CELCIT, for his work "Cirilinda", which is published by the Puppet Documentation Center of Bilbao. (See document)

 
In 1992 he obtains another Special Mention of the Jury for the Theatre Award for the same work, "Ariel Bufano", organized by the General San Martín Theatre, of Buenos Aires. (See document)