A graduate of the Institut del Teatre, I completed my training with Cloe Xauflaire of the Susan Batson Studio in New York; at Sala Beckett with Pablo Messiez; at Laura Jou Estudi per a l’Actor (where I also taught) with Isaac Alcayde and Fèlix Pons; casting with Tonucha Vidal; biomechanics with Moreno Bernardi; and Daulte training with Nuria Legarda.
My most recent work includes «Röbota (servitud)», «Masticar hielo» and «Aventuras brillantes», directed by Ivan Morales at Sala Beckett, where I was also assistant director on «Elefant terrible»; «Sacrifici» by Sergi Pompermayer at La Villarroel; «Captius» at Sala Beckett; and «Soliloquejar amb algú» by Roger Torns at La Seca, among others.
I starred in «Celebració», a short film that won Best Director at the 2017 Sitges Festival, and co-starred in Gemma Blasco’s feature film «El Zoo», among others. On television I have worked on «La Riera» (TV3) and Mar Coll’s «Matar al padre» (Movistar+).
Maria Hernández Giralt
Actress
A graduate of the Institut del Teatre and El Galliner in Girona, I completed my training in Argentina with Claudio Tolcachir at Timbre4, Ricardo Bartís at Sportivo Teatral, and with Javier Daulte and Guillermo Cacace. I have also trained in clown with Pep Vila and in biomechanics with Moreno Bernardi.
My most recent work includes «Masticar hielo» by Marc Ribera at Teatre Tantarantana; «Röbota» by Mar Pawlowsky at Teatre Tantarantana; «Hàbitat» by Roger Torns at Sala Atrium; «Aventures brillants», a staged reading directed by Ivan Morales at Sala Beckett; «Napoleón», co-written with Eric Balbàs; «Sacrifici» by Sergi Pompermayer at La Villarroel; «Carne viva» by Denise Despeyroux in Buenos Aires; and «Soliloquejar amb algú» by Roger Torns at La Seca Espai Brossa, among others.
Eric Balbàs
Actor · Director
A graduate of the Institut del Teatre and the Atelier, I completed my training with Fernando Piernas, Javier Daulte, Will Keen, Andrés Lima, Toto Castiñeiras and Nuria Legarda; biomechanics with Moreno Bernardi; and playwriting at Sala Beckett with Alistair McDowall.
As a director my most recent work includes «¡Hey, Hermana!» by Vicky Vargas; «Elefant terrible» by Eric Balbàs and Roger Torns; and «Dani i la profunda mar blava» by El Eje. As an actor: «Röbota», «Masticar hielo», «Sacrifici», «Soliloquejar amb algú», «Obsolescence» and «Cèl·lules T» by El Eje; «Elefant terrible» by Eric Balbàs and Roger Torns; «C/ Hospital amb St. Jeroni» by Blanco Roto; «F.A.M.Y.L.I.A.» by The Mamzelles Teatre; «Se fue en un barco» by Joan Vàzquez; «Això» by Roger Torns; «No pujaràs a l’Àtic» by Jumon Erra; and «Antígona.Garzón» by Boris Rotenstein, among others.
El Eje Manifesto
El Eje are three actresses: Mar Pawlowsky, Eric Balbàs and Maria Hernández Giralt.
This headless condition inspires our own poetics and internal politics, pushing our creative energy to join forces with other artists and head for new territory every time, and so claiming our promiscuous nature.
We gave birth to the company in 2013 to take ownership of creation by building our own means of production.
Our view of the theatre profession is shaped by having started from the bottom, doing the hard work.
Together we have put up 13 plays and one film to tell stories that grow on the margins, with broken characters written in lower case.
Our theatre is dirty, committed and raw, and it pivots on actor-driven dramaturgy. Devoted to cunning, fragile and fierce performance, never forgetting that people are, and must be, at the centre of all creation.
