Festivals

Artistic director and producer of LA FAM Teatre, Sergi Heredia began his professional career in 2011 at the age of 18 working as an actor for companies such as Scura Splats, Visitants or Xarxa Teatre among others. His interest in the performing arts led him to study in 2012 at the Col legi del Teatre in Barcelona where he graduated in Dramatic Art. Later he completed a postgraduate degree in stage direction at the same Col·legi del Teatre and in 2018 he continued his studies and training at the Laura Jou Actor Studio in Barcelona with the renowned actor director Isaac Alcayde. Simultaneously with his training, in 2014, he founded the company LA FAM Teatre, with which in recent years he has carried out numerous productions and custom commissions for large events, in addition to directing performing arts festivals such as the MUT! from Castelló, A RAS! from Oropesa del Mar, SEU-TE! from Burriana, FESTAM! of Almassora or the AL CARRER festival! de Gilet among others, and also directs the municipal theater school of Vila-real and Castellón. In 2022, LA FAM expands with LA FAM Produccions and its show AMBULANT, a large-format circus production that wins the award for best circus show at the Valencian Performing Arts Awards 2023, the award for best family show of the Alcoy Show 2022 and the FETEN award for best circus show 2024. In addition to the stage direction of the LA FAM Teatre and LA FAM Produccions shows, Sergi directs "Xafar la gespa" in 2022, the first production of street arts produced by the Escalante Performing Arts Center.

Sara Broch was born in Vila-real and trained as an administrative assistant, beginning her professional career in theater companies in 2000 as their production and administration manager. She has worked for renowned companies on the national and international scene such as Xarxa Teatre and its productions " Deus o Besties '' and " Tombatossals '', also working for Velam Produccions and its performing arts magazine Fiestacultura. A few years later, he continued his career at Albena Teatre, working on productions such as "El museu del temps", "Mans quietes!" or "Que tinguem sort!", moving on in 2011 to work for Produccions Scura, producer of the companies Scura Splats, La Banda del Drac, Percupads and La Furtiva, where she will work in the administration and management department of the companies. In 2014 she started working for LA FAM. Sara Broch has worked like this since the creation of the company until today, being responsible for the company's office until today.

Multidisciplinary actor, graduated from ESAD in Valencia. He highlights his training at the Conservatory of Music specializing in Oboe, where he also acquires complementary training in piano. This training has helped him compose some sound environments for theater pieces, such as Nagg i Nell or Fedra among others. Trained in the theater field by professionals in the sector such as Fernando Piernas, Israel Elejalde, Àlex Rigola, Jorge Eines, María José Peris, Eva Zapico.... In the field of dance he has been trained by Mamen García, Guillermo Weickert, Dominik Borucki , Carla Chillida or Joaquín Collado. His latest works include The Rube Goldberg Machine by Nacho Diago, where he works as a puppet manipulator and performer, Mr.Blue Sky and Achilles by Sergio Heredia for La Fam Teatre, Pictures from an Exhibition by Víctor Gil for the Palau de Les Arts , The musical Happy End directed by Salva Bolta for Teatres de la Generalitat Valenciana playing the character of NANO, Médula by Eva Zapico for La Coja Dansa, Verona by Javier Sahuquillo (Special Mention Almagro Off), Fedra by Javier Sahuquillo, where he has worked as an actor and musician; or K, creation of Eva Zapico based on research on The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. He has also performed at the Sagunt International Festival on Stage with Sisyphus, Proletarian of the Gods by Ximo Flores. In addition, he expands his career with street shows with the company Maduixa Teatre, La Fam Teatre or Pepa Cases.

Victor Segarra Balado, born in Castelló, began his working life in street theater and circus companies from 2011 to the present, being part of the cast of companies known as Produccions Scura, La Finestra Nou Circ or La Fam Teatre. In 2014 he traveled to Argentina to study at the Circo Criollo school (Buenos Aires) training in disciplines such as Acrobatic Portés, Juggling, Balance and Scale. Currently he is part of LA FAM's artistic team in numerous shows. In addition to new collective acrobatics and Russian bar projects with the Valencian company Spinish Circo.

Juanan Lucena, Valencian actor graduated in dramatic art from the Actor's School in 2005. From the beginning of his career he joined Parabara Teatre, at the same time he began to work as a clown with Bugus Teatre and Astracanada. It is with Visitants that he will get hooked on street theater, participating for years in different company shows. He has also worked at Teatres de la Generalitat, Teatro Quimera, Xana Teatre, Teatre de l'ull, Altereven, Espectáculos Pinkertón, Saga Producciones and La Fam among others. In recent years he has been more dedicated to children's-family-musical theater, both in acting and in dramaturgy and adaptation of texts for Saga Producciones, and the Teatro Flumen. He currently combines his acting work in family, musical, classical and street theater, with the construction of sets in the Reyes del Mambo.

Ainhoa Cebrià, actress and dancer. She graduated in Dramatic Art from the Escalante Theater Center, she continues her training with renowned professionals such as Andrés Lima, Alberto Velasco and Jorge Picó. Her background includes the study of various dance techniques at the Nayra Ruiz school and with different dance teachers. From her work as a performer to her role as a choreographer, she has worked in street theater companies (Scura Splats or LA FAM Teatre) and theater productions such as Màgia (Pepa Cases), Voràgine (IVC - Pepa Cases), Música Empresonada (Toni Tordera ), and After·Sun by Borja López Collado. In addition, she has participated in feature films such as Amor en Polvo by Juanjo Moscardó and Suso Imbernón and La Benvinguda by Pablo Peris.

César Marín Maestre is a multifaceted artist born in Onda, and trained in set design and production, as well as street arts, clowning, improvisation techniques and interpretation. He has left his mark as a street actor and stilt walker in renowned companies such as Scura Splats, Visitors, La Troupe Malabó and LA FAM, and has contributed to the success of various theatrical shows by designing costumes, props and sets for shows and events. companies such as La Fam, Scura Splats and La Troupe Malabó. Currently, he is part of the LA FAM Producciones work team, serving as a touring manager for the large-format show Ambulant.

Diploma in Dramatic Art from the Actor's School (Valencia, 2001/2005), Graduate in Direction and Dramaturgy from the Higher School of Dramatic Art (Valencia 2011/2015). He began his professional career in 2001 with Visitors, in which he developed his career in the first years, discovering Street Arts. He has always been interested in street theater and its spatial possibilities and interpretive techniques. Alternating throughout his career between different spaces of the performing arts, he has carried out artistic work with companies such as: La Fura dels Baus, CRIT, Kul de Sac, Musical Sport, Señores Jaguares, IVC etc. In the technical part he developed his work within the creative group Los Reyes del Mambo, for 12 years, researching and creating scenic spaces. Since 2014 he has been part of the artistic and human team of LA FAM.

Born in Castelló, she began her artistic training at the age of 6 with classical ballet and flamenco. Once she comes of age, and after many dance, theater and circus courses, she begins her professional career working in street theater companies such as Xarxa Teatre or Scura Splats. To expand her training, she traveled to Seville to specialize in musical theater, graduating in Performing Arts. Years later she will be part of the Esféric show “La Furtiva” where she will win several awards for best street show. Once this project is finished, she travels to Argentina to train in the circus, perfecting juggling, acrobatics, trapeze and scale techniques. We were able to see her with “Cirque Des Sens” giving life to the elf Ki, in important theaters in Madrid. For several years she evolved in contemporary dance with the help of Pepa Cases in A tempo dansa and she will be part of Karlik Danza (Cáceres) in the project “Maletas” represented at the Expo Zaragoza, or in the Roman theater of Mérida. We can currently see her in several shows at the La Finestra nou circ circus-theater company (Valencia) and at La Fam Teatre (Vila-real), where she has been installed for almost 8 years. She recently premiered her solo piece “Kabbala”, thus forming her own company called “La Raro” and she is part of the Imagine project of the company “Cirque des Sense” (Málaga).

He began his theater training in 2009 at the Escalante Theater Center, with teachers such as Fabrizio Meschini and Juan Carles Roselló. He graduated from the Higher School of Dramatic Arts, Valencia (ESAD). He has taken courses with professionals such as Juan Pablo Mendiola, Maria Jose Peris, Sandra Manclús, Fernando Soto, Ximo Flores, Eva Zapico, Toni Aparisi, Victoria Salvador. He co-founded the theater company Barbarie Teatre. The work he has done with the theater companies, Panicmap, Nacho Diago, La Fam Teatre, Maduixa Teatre, Colectivo Isquio, Cactus Teatre, ASSAIG stands out. He combines his career as an actor with that of lighting and assistant director.

Sara Gil dancer, teacher and choreographer. She graduated in professional contemporary dance teaching at the Royal Mariemma Professional Dance Conservatory in Madrid, and with training in vertical dance and circus. Her artistic career encompasses a wide range of collaborations and creations in the field of dance and performing arts. She has collaborated with contemporary dance companies such as New Dance Company (Holland) and Takiri Art Company, she has been part of choreographies by professionals such as Pedro Berdäyes, Carmen Werner, or José Reches. She is a performer and collaborator of vertical dance companies such as La Fura Dels Baus, Aerial Jockey Strada and Zinbulu Kolektiboa and street theater companies such as LA FAM Teatre, Scura Splats, Nuc, Koselig.

Aitor Mendieta Zabala began his training as an actor in 2001 studying dramatic art at the Actor's School of Valencia and complemented his artistic training with different courses and degrees in dance and circus. During his first stage in Valencia he worked as a technician and set designer for theater and street arts companies such as Teatre de L'Ull, Visitants Teatre, for the actor's own School or in the Crisis Teatro-Danza company, among others. He continues his career as an actor, specializing above all in street arts and belonging to renowned companies in which he will make numerous national and international tours, such as La Fura dels Baus, Visitants Teatre and LA FAM Teatre, with which he has been working in the last decade.

Clown, actor, stilt walker, aerial acrobat and juggler, with 27 years of professional experience. A lover of street arts, he has spent his entire professional life from square to square. He is a restless mind who never stops creating, whether it be stories for shows or structures and systems. He is almost as passionate about producing as acting, and it is in that aspect where he can experiment with sets, porches and everything that a director - or he himself - is capable of imagining. During his long career in the entertainment world he has been the founder of several street theater companies.

Alba Blanco Benavent, born in Valencia in 1977. Trained as a contemporary dance dancer and actress at the Botànic Espai de Dansa (València) and the IUNA (Buenos Aires), she expanded her knowledge with teachers such as Ramon Oller, Keith Seiji Morino, Nadine Azor , Gerard Collins, Toni Mira, Francesc Bravo, Rick Merrill, Juan Bernardo Pineda, Rocio Perez, Cristina Andreu... He met the world of the circus with Gran Fele, and continued his learning in schools in Argentina, Espácio Cero, La Arena or the Criollo Circus, and it was also in Buenos Aires where he entered the world of aerial dance. She continued her training in England, in schools such as Circomedia or The Invisible Circus. Since she started working at age 20, she has participated and/or been part of Valencian companies such as Cèl Ras, Circo Gran Fele, Titola Teatre, Xarxa Teatre, and more recently in Produccions Scura, Pepa Cases, Xa! Teatre, La FAM... Also participating in national and international companies such as Nats Nus Dansa (Barcelona), Deambulants (Girona), Jobithume, Retouramonts, Ilotopie (France), Bartalak, Ojos Verticales (Buenos Aires).

Fanfi García, improviser actor, professional clown and theater teacher, trained for ten years with great teachers such as: Ami Hattab, Sergi Claramunt, Virginia Imaz, Carles Castillo, Emanuelle Gisert or Veronic Joly... among others. Obtaining a university postgraduate degree in Theater Pedagogy from the University of Valencia. Professor at the municipal theater schools of Castelló and Vila-real, since 2015. Workshop teacher in the projects “Vives Emplea” (Action Against Hunger) and “Jornadas de Teatro Joven” (Cia La Inestable). Professional clown for ten years for the Payasospital association. Co-founder and director of the “Castelló Improvisation League” (with a history of 12 annual editions) and creator of the improvisation group “Improplana”.

Actor, musician and clown. His first artistic works were carried out in street theater and circus companies. He specializes in the discipline of clowning which he combines with the task of teaching social circus and Philosophy. He graduated in Theater Interpretation and Creation from the La Mancha International School of Gesture and Image in Santiago, Chile. He also has a Graduate in Philosophy with a Master's Degree in secondary school teaching from the UV.