Bio

Laura Rubio Galletero is the director of the 7 Villas performing arts festival in the Community of Madrid which aims to revitalise the cultural fabric of smaller municipalities. She is co-founder of the Señora_Rojo theatre production company with which in 2022 she was a finalist in the Best New Show category for En tránsito (In Transit) and an entrant in the same category for Homo ausente: Cosas que un hombre no haría (Homo Absentia: Things a Man Wouldn't Do) in 2024.

As an author, she has collaborated in national and international productions and taken part in international festivals in countries such as Canada, the US, the UK, Greece and Argentina. She has published a dozen texts, including El techo de cristal (The Glass Ceiling) ( Antigone), Las Boulanger (The Boulanger Sisters) (Éride Editions) and Palacios de amor (Palaces of Love) (ADE Magazine).

She has received numerous awards and grants, such as the Laboratorio Sgae, Ensayando un clásico from the Almagro Foundation and the Galerías award from Segovia City Council for her performative installation on Camille Claudel, entitled Derrumbe (Collapse).

She is currently teaching drama and writing techniques - specialising in gender and diversity studies - and is studying for a doctorate in feminism and theatre.

Project

El tercer vértice (The Third Vertex) – Theatrical text

According to a recent study by Save the Children, more than 25% of children in Spain have suffered some type of abuse in childhood; however, only around 10% of cases are reported.

This text aims to explore the normalisation and invisibility of violence against children. It will also drill down on the emotional and psychological consequences this violence leaves on victims, as well as the difficulty in breaking a cycle of abuse perpetuated from one generation to the next. Through an exhaustive documentary research process in which she will collect testimonies from survivors of violence, health and educational professionals and critical observation of the system, Rubio Galletero will construct a stage fable to discuss violence and childhood.