He Arniches Theater will premiere on Monday November 18 the winning work of the 25th edition of the Price of the Teatre Breu of Valencia “Évariste Garcia», a competition promoted by the Provincial Delegation of Alicante. The writer David Sanchez Pacheco wins the competition for the second time with La Carn.
The deputy of Culture, Juan de Dios Navarro, highlighted the journey of this award organized by the provincial institution with the aim of promote culture and promote theater Valencian. The performance of La Carn will take place at 6:00 p.m. and entry is free until the hall is full.
The jury of the last edition of the Evarist García Prize, chaired by the Deputy for Culture, was composed of Jaume Sellés, representing the Conselleria d’Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport; Isabel Marcillas, doctor in Catalan philology at the University of Alicante; José Tomás Mestre; and Mª Ángeles Francés, doctor in Catalan philology. The director of the cultural sector of the Provincial Council, María José Argudo, served as secretary.
David Sánchez, who has already won the Evarist Garcia Prize in 2022 with the work La navalla d’Ockham, won the prize on this occasion with a work about two roommates who, to make ends meet, are forced to resort to all means kinds of means. strategies, such as sporadically renting the third room in the house.
Always linked to drama
Born in Torremendo In 1994, Sánchez Pacheco graduated in Catalan philology from the University of Alicante and completed a master’s degree in teacher training for compulsory secondary education and language teaching. Since his childhood, he has been linked to dramatic art, a discipline in which he began within the theater troupe of his hometown.
Later he continued his training in the theater room of the UA with Tomàs Mestre, Ricardo Arqueros, Elena Candela, Iván Jiménez and Joan Miquel Reig, as well as in the companies of the Teatre Raspeig, under the direction of Miguel Segura, La Sobreactuà, directed by Elena Candela. , and Escola Hamlet by Roger C. Dorca and Miquel Murga. He also received theater training from José Gabriel Campos, Ana Sala, Joan Nave, Josep Maria Miró, Sergi Belbel, Pere Riera, Marc Martín and Sílvia Navarro.
During his literary career he received recognitions as the VI Concurs de Textos Teatrals en VI-U, d’Arrel’Art (Stage Culture) and was a finalist for the XLVIII Premi Born (2023), the VII Premi de teatre breu Ciutat de Gavà “Paraules en scène”, the XXIII Prize of the Brown Theater of Valencia “Evarist Garcia” and the XLVII Prize of the Ciutat d’Alcoi Theater “Pep Cortés”.
He currently combines his creative work with investigation and the education and participated in conferences, symposia and international conferences. He has completed Research Collaboration and Initiation grants with the Department of Catalan Philology of the UA, where he is pursuing a Doctorate in Philosophy and Letters; He is currently a full professor at the Torre Roja Institute in Viladecans.
