Jesús Torres brings his award-winning Lorca to the Pedro Muñoz Seca

The Teatro Municipal Pedro Muñoz Seca hosted this Friday, November 6, «Poeta perdido en Nueva York», the theatrical adaptation in which Jesús Torres, from El Puerto, combines Federico García Lorca's poetry collection with the letters the Granada-born writer sent to his family from the American city. Torres creates, directs and performs in the show, for which he received a MAX Award this year. The production recreates the poet's journey to New York in search of the peace he could not find in Madrid, and his encounter with a city sunk in the crash of 29. Through the poems and the letters, the work shows the most intimate and human Federico. Torres himself explains that his intention is «to bring out the Federico behind Lorca». The performance lasted an hour and a half and there were two showings: in the morning before secondary school students and in the afternoon, as part of the theatre's autumn programme. With both, according to the Ayuntamiento de El Puerto de Santa María, the artist gives back to the city «everything it has given me». Regarding the award, Torres values it as «a satisfaction and a responsibility, since one must defend an award that has brought us a lot of work». The work has already been performed in France, Great Britain and Romania, as well as in numerous Spanish cities, and has around 200 performances scheduled until June. The cultural weekend at the Pedro Muñoz Seca continues this Saturday, November 7 with the flamenco premiere «Desde el origen», by the bailaor from El Puerto Jaime Cala, accompanied by the guitarist Juan Ramón Ortega and José Peña on palmas and jaleo. As guest artists, the singers Aroa Cala and Nazaret Cala will perform, together with the singers Selu Torres and Wilo del Puerto.